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bolt, contemporary historians, knobbed Simon-Shushan (2012), Stories of the Law: Narrative Discourse and the Construction of Authority in the Mishna, 124, 127
bolt, liberalis, three types of jovian, manubiae Williams (2012), The Cosmic Viewpoint: A Study of Seneca's 'Natural Questions', 326, 329, 331
bolt, of zeus lightning Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 48, 132, 133, 156, 166, 167
bolt, of zeus, oaths invoking, lightning Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 297, 298
bolt, sabbath formulations, apodictic, knobbed prohibition, story Simon-Shushan (2012), Stories of the Law: Narrative Discourse and the Construction of Authority in the Mishna, 126
bolt, story, knobbed Simon-Shushan (2012), Stories of the Law: Narrative Discourse and the Construction of Authority in the Mishna, 126, 127
bolts, earth, bodies in blessed or afflicted by moon-goddess, of barred by proserpina Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 2, 117
bolts, of earth, proserpine, repels ghosts with threefold countenance, keeps barred the Griffiths (1975), The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI), 2, 117

List of validated texts:
3 validated results for "bolt"
1. Euripides, Bacchae, 6 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Zeus lightning bolt of • Zeus, thunderbolts and • thunderbolts of Zeus

 Found in books: Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 166; Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro, (2021), The Gods of the Greeks, 301

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6 ὁρῶ δὲ μητρὸς μνῆμα τῆς κεραυνίας'' None
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6 I am here at the fountains of Dirke and the water of Ismenus. And I see the tomb of my thunder-stricken mother here near the palace, and the remts of her house, smouldering with the still living flame of Zeus’ fire, the everlasting insult of Hera against my mother.'' None
2. Euripides, Suppliant Women, 498-499 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Zeus lightning bolt of • Zeus,oaths invoking, lightning bolt of

 Found in books: Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 133; Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 298

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498 ὃς προσβαλὼν πύλῃσιν ὤμοσεν πόλιν'499 πέρσειν θεοῦ θέλοντος ἤν τε μὴ θέλῃ; ' None
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498 trying to rescue and bury those whom their own acts of insolence haye ruined. Verily then it would seem Capaneus was unjustly blasted by the thunderbolt and charred upon the ladder he had raised against our gates, swearing he would sack our town, whether the god would or no;'499 trying to rescue and bury those whom their own acts of insolence haye ruined. Verily then it would seem Capaneus was unjustly blasted by the thunderbolt and charred upon the ladder he had raised against our gates, swearing he would sack our town, whether the god would or no; ' None
3. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9.36.3 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
 Tagged with subjects: • Zeus, thunderbolts and • thunderbolt • thunderbolts of Zeus

 Found in books: Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 167; Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro, (2021), The Gods of the Greeks, 27

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9.36.3 τοὺς δὲ Φλεγύας πολέμῳ μάλιστα Ἑλλήνων χαίρειν μαρτυρεῖ μοι καὶ ἔπη τῶν ἐν Ἰλιάδι περὶ Ἄρεως καὶ Φόβου τοῦ Ἄρεως πεποιημένα, τὼ μὲν ἄρʼ εἰς Ἐφύρους πόλεμον μέτα θωρήσσεσθον ἠὲ μετὰ Φλεγύας μεγαλήτορας· Hom. Il. 13.301-2 Ἐφύρους δὲ ἐνταῦθα ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν τοὺς ἐν τῇ Θεσπρωτίδι ἠπείρῳ λέγει. τὸ μὲν δὴ Φλεγυῶν γένος ἀνέτρεψεν ἐκ βάθρων ὁ θεὸς κεραυνοῖς συνεχέσι καὶ ἰσχυροῖς σεισμοῖς· τοὺς δὲ ὑπολειπομένους νόσος ἐπιπεσοῦσα ἔφθειρε λοιμώδης, ὀλίγοι δὲ καὶ ἐς τὴν Φωκίδα διαφεύγουσιν ἐξ αὐτῶν.'' None
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9.36.3 That the Phlegyans took more pleasure in war than any other Greeks is also shown by the lines of the Iliad dealing with Ares and his son Panic:— They twain were arming themselves for war to go to the Ephyrians, Or to the great-hearted Phlegyans. Hom. Il. 13.301-2 By Ephyrians in this passage Homer means, I think, those in Thesprotis. The Phlegyan race was completely overthrown by the god with continual thunderbolts and violent earthquakes. The remt were wasted by an epidemic of plague, but a few of them escaped to Phocis.'' None



Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.