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20 results for "erechtheus"

1. Pindar, Olympian Odes, 1.90-1.91 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •daughters, of erechtheus Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 172

2. Thucydides, The History of The Peloponnesian War, 5.11 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •daughters, of erechtheus Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 172, 186, 258, 296

3. Euripides, Antiope (Fragmenta Antiopes ), None (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 172, 186, 187, 188, 258, 296

4. Euripides, Electra, 535-541, 534 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 266

534. πῶς δ' ἂν γένοιτ' ἂν ἐν κραταιλέῳ πέδῳ

5. Euripides, Hecuba, 534-538, 540-541, 539 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 266

539. λῦσαί τε πρύμνας καὶ χαλινωτήρια

6. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, None (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •daughters, of erechtheus Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 186, 296

7. Philochorus, Fragments, None (4th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •daughters, of erechtheus Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 188, 296

8. Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 3.1026-3.1041, 3.1104-3.1222 (3rd cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •daughters, of erechtheus Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 266

3.1026. ‘φράζεο νῦν, ὥς κέν τοι ἐγὼ μητίσομʼ ἀρωγήν. 3.1027. εὖτʼ ἂν δὴ μετιόντι πατὴρ ἐμὸς ἐγγυαλίξῃ 3.1028. ἐξ ὄφιος γενύων ὀλοοὺς σπείρασθαι ὀδόντας, 3.1029. δὴ τότε μέσσην νύκτα διαμμοιρηδὰ φυλάξας, 3.1030. ἀκαμάτοιο ῥοῇσι λοεσσάμενος ποταμοῖο, 3.1031. οἶος ἄνευθʼ ἄλλων ἐνὶ φάρεσι κυανέοισιν 3.1032. βόθρον ὀρύξασθαι περιηγέα· τῷ δʼ ἔνι θῆλυν 3.1033. ἀρνειὸν σφάζειν, καὶ ἀδαίετον ὠμοθετῆσαι, 3.1034. αὐτῷ πυρκαϊὴν εὖ νηήσας ἐπὶ βόθρῳ. 3.1035. μουνογενῆ δʼ Ἑκάτην Περσηίδα μειλίσσοιο, 3.1036. λείβων ἐκ δέπαος σιμβλήια ἔργα μελισσέων. 3.1037. ἔνθα δʼ ἐπεί κε θεὰν μεμνημένος ἱλάσσηαι, 3.1038. ἂψ ἀπὸ πυρκαϊῆς ἀναχάζεο· μηδέ σε δοῦπος 3.1039. ἠὲ ποδῶν ὄρσῃσι μεταστρεφθῆναι ὀπίσσω, 3.1040. ἠὲ κυνῶν ὑλακή, μή πως τὰ ἕκαστα κολούσας 3.1041. οὐδʼ αὐτὸς κατὰ κόσμον ἑοῖς ἑτάροισι πελάσσῃς. 3.1104. καί μιν ἀκηχεμένη ἀδινῷ προσπτύξατο μύθῳ· 3.1105. ‘Ἑλλάδι που τάδε καλά, συνημοσύνας ἀλεγύνειν. 3.1106. Αἰήτης δʼ οὐ τοῖος ἐν ἀνδράσιν, οἷον ἔειπας 3.1107. Μίνω Πασιφάης πόσιν ἔμμεναι· οὐδʼ Ἀριάδνῃ 3.1108. ἰσοῦμαι· τῶ μήτι φιλοξενίην ἀγόρευε. 3.1109. ἀλλʼ οἶον τύνη μὲν ἐμεῦ, ὅτʼ Ἰωλκὸν ἵκηαι, 3.1110. μνώεο· σεῖο δʼ ἐγὼ καὶ ἐμῶν ἀέκητι τοκήων 3.1111. μνήσομαι. ἔλθοι δʼ ἧμιν ἀπόπροθεν ἠέ τις ὄσσα, 3.1112. ἠέ τις ἄγγελος ὄρνις, ὅτʼ ἐκλελάθοιο ἐμεῖο· 3.1113. ἢ αὐτήν με ταχεῖαι ὑπὲρ πόντοιο φέροιεν 3.1114. ἐνθένδʼ εἰς Ἰαωλκὸν ἀναρπάξασαι ἄελλαι, 3.1115. ὄφρα σʼ, ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἐλεγχείας προφέρουσα, 3.1116. μνήσω ἐμῇ ἰότητι πεφυγμένον. αἴθε γὰρ εἴην 3.1117. ἀπροφάτως τότε σοῖσιν ἐφέστιος ἐν μεγάροισιν.’ 3.1118. ὧς ἄρʼ ἔφη, ἐλεεινὰ καταπροχέουσα παρειῶν 3.1119. δάκρυα· τὴν δʼ ὅγε δῆθεν ὑποβλήδην προσέειπεν· 3.1120. ‘δαιμονίη, κενεὰς μὲν ἔα πλάζεσθαι ἀέλλας, 3.1121. ὧς δὲ καὶ ἄγγελον ὄρνιν, ἐπεὶ μεταμώνια βάζεις. 3.1122. εἰ δέ κεν ἤθεα κεῖνα καὶ Ἑλλάδα γαῖαν ἵκηαι, 3.1123. τιμήεσσα γυναιξὶ καὶ ἀνδράσιν αἰδοίη τε 3.1124. ἔσσεαι· οἱ δέ σε πάγχυ θεὸν ὣς πορσανέουσιν, 3.1125. οὕνεκα τῶν μὲν παῖδες ὑπότροποι οἴκαδʼ ἵκοντο 3.1126. σῇ βουλῇ, τῶν δʼ αὖτε κασίγνητοί τε ἔται τε 3.1127. καὶ θαλεροὶ κακότητος ἄδην ἐσάωθεν ἀκοῖται. 3.1128. ἡμέτερον δὲ λέχος θαλάμοις ἔνι κουριδίοισιν 3.1129. πορσυνέεις· οὐδʼ ἄμμε διακρινέει φιλότητος 3.1130. ἄλλο, πάρος θάνατόν γε μεμορμένον ἀμφικαλύψαι.’ 3.1131. ὧς φάτο· τῇ δʼ ἔντοσθε κατείβετο θυμὸς ἀκουῇ, 3.1132. ἔμπης δʼ ἔργʼ ἀίδηλα κατερρίγησεν ἰδέσθαι. 3.1133. σχετλίη· οὐ μὲν δηρὸν ἀπαρνήσεσθαι ἔμελλεν 3.1134. Ἑλλάδα ναιετάειν. ὧς γὰρ τόδε μήδετο Ἥρη, 3.1135. ὄφρα κακὸν Πελίῃ ἱερὴν ἐς Ἰωλκὸν ἵκοιτο 3.1136. Αἰαίη Μήδεια, λιποῦσʼ ἄπο πατρίδα γαῖαν. 3.1137. ἤδη δʼ ἀμφίπολοι μὲν ὀπιπεύουσαι ἄπωθεν 3.1138. σιγῇ ἀνιάζεσκον· ἐδεύετο δʼ ἤματος ὥρη 3.1139. ἂψ οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι ἑὴν μετὰ μητέρα κούρην. 3.1140. ἡ δʼ οὔπω κομιδῆς μιμνήσκετο, τέρπετο γάρ οἱ 3.1141. θυμὸς ὁμῶς μορφῇ τε καὶ αἱμυλίοισι λόγοισιν, 3.1142. εἰ μὴ ἄρʼ Αἰσονίδης πεφυλαγμένος ὀψέ περ ηὔδα· 3.1143. ‘ὥρη ἀποβλώσκειν, μὴ πρὶν φάος ἠελίοιο 3.1144. δύῃ ὑποφθάμενον, καί τις τὰ ἕκαστα νοήσῃ 3.1145. ὀθνείων· αὖτις δʼ ἀβολήσομεν ἐνθάδʼ ἰόντες.’ 3.1146. ὧς τώγʼ ἀλλήλων ἀγανοῖς ἐπὶ τόσσον ἔπεσσιν 3.1147. πείρηθεν· μετὰ δʼ αὖτε διέτμαγεν. ἤτοι Ἰήσων 3.1148. εἰς ἑτάρους καὶ νῆα κεχαρμένος ὦρτο νέεσθαι· 3.1149. ἡ δὲ μετʼ ἀμφιπόλους· αἱ δὲ σχεδὸν ἀντεβόλησαν 3.1150. πᾶσαι ὁμοῦ· τὰς δʼ οὔτι περιπλομένας ἐνόησεν. 3.1151. ψυχὴ γὰρ νεφέεσσι μεταχρονίη πεπότητο. 3.1152. αὐτομάτοις δὲ πόδεσσι θοῆς ἐπεβήσατʼ ἀπήνης, 3.1153. καί ῥʼ ἑτέρῃ μὲν χειρὶ λάβʼ ἡνία, τῇ δʼ ἄρʼ ἱμάσθλην 3.1154. δαιδαλέην, οὐρῆας ἐλαυνέμεν· οἱ δὲ πόλινδε 3.1155. θῦνον ἐπειγόμενοι ποτὶ δώματα. τὴν δʼ ἄρʼ ἰοῦσαν 3.1156. Χαλκιόπη περὶ παισὶν ἀκηχεμένη ἐρέεινεν· 3.1157. ἡ δὲ παλιντροπίῃσιν ἀμήχανος οὔτε τι μύθων 3.1158. ἔκλυεν, οὔτʼ αὐδῆσαι ἀνειρομένῃ λελίητο. 3.1159. ἷζε δʼ ἐπὶ χθαμαλῷ σφέλαϊ κλιντῆρος ἔνερθεν 3.1160. λέχρις ἐρεισαμένη λαιῇ ἐπὶ χειρὶ παρειήν· 3.1161. ὑγρὰ δʼ ἐνὶ βλεφάροις ἔχεν ὄμματα, πορφύρουσα 3.1162. οἷον ἑῇ κακὸν ἔργον ἐπιξυνώσατο βουλῇ. 3.1163. Αἰσονίδης δʼ ὅτε δὴ ἑτάροις ἐξαῦτις ἔμικτο 3.1164. ἐν χώρῃ, ὅθι τούσγε καταπρολιπὼν ἐλιάσθη, 3.1165. ὦρτʼ ἰέναι σὺν τοῖσι, πιφαυσκόμενος τὰ ἕκαστα, 3.1166. ἡρώων ἐς ὅμιλον· ὁμοῦ δʼ ἐπὶ νῆα πέλασσαν. 3.1167. οἱ δέ μιν ἀμφαγάπαζον, ὅπως ἴδον, ἔκ τʼ ἐρέοντο. 3.1168. αὐτὰρ ὁ τοῖς πάντεσσι μετέννεπε δήνεα κούρης, 3.1169. δεῖξέ τε φάρμακον αἰνόν· ὁ δʼ οἰόθεν οἶος ἑταίρων 3.1170. Ἴδας ἧστʼ ἀπάνευθε δακὼν χόλον· οἱ δὲ δὴ ἄλλοι 3.1171. γηθόσυνοι τῆμος μέν, ἐπεὶ κνέφας ἔργαθε νυκτός, 3.1172. εὔκηλοι ἐμέλοντο περὶ σφίσιν. αὐτὰρ ἅμʼ ἠοῖ 3.1173. πέμπον ἐς Αἰήτην ἰέναι σπόρον αἰτήσοντας 3.1174. ἄνδρε δύω, πρὸ μὲν αὐτὸν ἀρηίφιλον Τελαμῶνα, 3.1175. σὺν δὲ καὶ Αἰθαλίδην, υἷα κλυτὸν Ἑρμείαο. 3.1176. βὰν δʼ ἴμεν, οὐδʼ ἁλίωσαν ὁδόν· πόρε δέ σφιν ἰοῦσιν 3.1177. κρείων Αἰήτης χαλεποὺς ἐς ἄεθλον ὀδόντας 3.1178. Ἀονίοιο δράκοντος, ὃν Ὠγυγίῃ ἐνὶ Θήβῃ 3.1179. Κάδμος, ὅτʼ Εὐρώπην διζήμενος εἰσαφίκανεν, 3.1180. πέφνεν Ἀρητιάδι κρήνῃ ἐπίουρον ἐόντα· 3.1181. ἔνθα καὶ ἐννάσθη πομπῇ βοός, ἥν οἱ Ἀπόλλων 3.1182. ὤπασε μαντοσύνῃσι προηγήτειραν ὁδοῖο. 3.1183. τοὺς δὲ θεὰ Τριτωνὶς ὑπὲκ γενύων ἐλάσασα 3.1184. Αἰήτῃ πόρε δῶρον ὁμῶς αὐτῷ τε φονῆι. 3.1185. καί ῥʼ ὁ μὲν Ἀονίοισιν ἐνισπείρας πεδίοισιν 3.1186. Κάδμος Ἀγηνορίδης γαιηγενῆ εἵσατο λαόν, 3.1187. Ἄρεος ἀμώοντος ὅσοι ὑπὸ δουρὶ λίποντο· 3.1188. τοὺς δὲ τότʼ Αἰήτης ἔπορεν μετὰ νῆα φέρεσθαι 3.1189. προφρονέως, ἐπεὶ οὔ μιν ὀίσσατο πείρατʼ ἀέθλου 3.1190. ἐξανύσειν, εἰ καί περ ἐπὶ ζυγὰ βουσὶ βάλοιτο. 3.1191. ἠέλιος μὲν ἄπωθεν ἐρεμνὴν δύετο γαῖαν 3.1192. ἑσπέριος, νεάτας ὑπὲρ ἄκριας Αἰθιοπήων· 3.1193. νὺξ δʼ ἵπποισιν ἔβαλλεν ἔπι ζυγά· τοὶ δὲ χαμεύνας 3.1194. ἔντυον ἥρωες παρὰ πείσμασιν. αὐτὰρ Ἰήσων 3.1195. αὐτίκʼ ἐπεί ῥʼ Ἑλίκης εὐφεγγέος ἀστέρες Ἄρκτου 3.1196. ἔκλιθεν, οὐρανόθεν δὲ πανεύκηλος γένετʼ αἰθήρ, 3.1197. βῆ ῥʼ ἐς ἐρημαίην, κλωπήιος ἠύτε τις φώρ, 3.1198. σὺν πᾶσιν χρήεσσι· πρὸ γάρ τʼ ἀλέγυνεν ἕκαστα 3.1199. ἠμάτιος· θῆλυν μὲν ὄιν, γάλα τʼ ἔκτοθι ποίμνης 3.1200. Ἄργος ἰὼν ἤνεικε· τὰ δʼ ἐξ αὐτῆς ἕλε νηός. 3.1201. ἀλλʼ ὅτε δὴ ἴδε χῶρον, ὅτις πάτου ἔκτοθεν ἦεν 3.1202. ἀνθρώπων, καθαρῇσιν ὑπεύδιος εἱαμενῇσιν, 3.1203. ἔνθʼ ἤτοι πάμπρωτα λοέσσατο μὲν ποταμοῖο 3.1204. εὐαγέως θείοιο τέρεν δέμας· ἀμφὶ δὲ φᾶρος 3.1205. ἕσσατο κυάνεον, τό ῥά οἱ πάρος ἐγγυάλιξεν 3.1206. Λημνιὰς Ὑψιπύλη, ἀδινῆς μνημήιον εὐνῆς. 3.1207. πήχυιον δʼ ἄρʼ ἔπειτα πέδῳ ἔνι βόθρον ὀρύξας 3.1208. νήησε σχίζας, ἐπὶ δʼ ἀρνειοῦ τάμε λαιμόν, 3.1209. αὐτόν τʼ εὖ καθύπερθε τανύσσατο· δαῖε δὲ φιτρους 3.1210. πῦρ ὑπένερθεν ἱείς, ἐπὶ δὲ μιγάδας χέε λοιβάς, 3.1211. Βριμὼ κικλήσκων Ἑκάτην ἐπαρωγὸν ἀέθλων. 3.1212. καί ῥʼ ὁ μὲν ἀγκαλέσας πάλιν ἔστιχεν· ἡ δʼ ἀίουσα 3.1213. κευθμῶν ἐξ ὑπάτων δεινὴ θεὸς ἀντεβόλησεν 3.1214. ἱροῖς Αἰσονίδαο· πέριξ δέ μιν ἐστεφάνωντο 3.1215. σμερδαλέοι δρυΐνοισι μετὰ πτόρθοισι δράκοντες. 3.1216. στράπτε δʼ ἀπειρέσιον δαΐδων σέλας· ἀμφὶ δὲ τήνγε 3.1217. ὀξείῃ ὑλακῇ χθόνιοι κύνες ἐφθέγγοντο. 3.1218. πίσεα δʼ ἔτρεμε πάντα κατὰ στίβον· αἱ δʼ ὀλόλυξαν 3.1219. νύμφαι ἑλειονόμοι ποταμηίδες, αἳ περὶ κείνην 3.1220. Φάσιδος εἱαμενὴν Ἀμαραντίου εἱλίσσονται. 3.1221. Αἰσονίδην δʼ ἤτοι μὲν ἕλεν δέος, ἀλλά μιν οὐδʼ ὧς 3.1222. ἐντροπαλιζόμενον πόδες ἔκφερον, ὄφρʼ ἑτάροισιν

9. Plutarch, Aristides, 21.5 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •daughters, of erechtheus Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 172

10. Plutarch, Roman Questions, None (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •daughters, of erechtheus Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 258

290d. Nor, in fact, did the men of old think that this animal was wholly pure, for it was never sacrificed to any of the Olympian gods; and when it is sent to the cross-roads as a supper for the earth-goddess HecatÃª, it has its due portion among sacrifices that avert and expiate evil. In Sparta they immolate puppies to the bloodiest of the gods, Enyalius; and in Boeotia the ceremony of public purification is to pass between the parts of a dog which has been cut in twain. The Romans themselves, in the month of purification, at the Wolf Festival, which they call the Lupercalia, sacrifice a dog. Hence it is not out of keeping that those who have attained to the office of serving the highest and purest god should be forbidden to make a dog their familiar companion and housemate.

11. Lucian, The Lover of Lies, 14 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •daughters, of erechtheus Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 266

12. Lucian, The Scythian, Or The Consul, 1-2 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 258

13. Philostratus The Athenian, Life of Apollonius, 4.16 (2nd cent. CE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •daughters, of erechtheus Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 266

4.16. δεομένων δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τοῦ λόγου τούτου καὶ φιληκόως ἐχόντων αὐτοῦ “ἀλλ' οὐχὶ βόθρον” εἶπεν “̓Οδυσσέως ὀρυξάμενος, οὐδὲ ἀρνῶν αἵματι ψυχαγωγήσας ἐς διάλεξιν τοῦ ̓Αχιλλέως ἦλθον, ἀλλ' εὐξάμενος, ὁπόσα τοῖς ἥρωσιν ̓Ινδοί φασιν εὔχεσθαι, “ὦ ̓Αχιλλεῦ,” ἔφην “τεθνάναι σε οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων φασίν, ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ ξυγχωρῶ τῷ λόγῳ, οὐδὲ Πυθαγόρας σοφίας ἐμῆς πρόγονος. εἰ δὴ ἀληθεύομεν, δεῖξον ἡμῖν τὸ σεαυτοῦ εἶδος, καὶ γὰρ ἂν ὄναιο ἄγαν τῶν ἐμῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, εἰ μάρτυσιν αὐτοῖς τοῦ εἶναι χρήσαιο.” ἐπὶ τούτοις σεισμὸς μὲν περὶ τὸν κολωνὸν βραχὺς ἐγένετο, πεντάπηχυς δὲ νεανίας ἀνεδόθη Θετταλικὸς τὴν χλαμύδα, τὸ δὲ εἶδος οὐκ ἀλαζών τις ἐφαίνετο, ὡς ἐνίοις ὁ ̓Αχιλλεὺς δοκεῖ, δεινός τε ὁρώμενος οὐκ ἐξήλλαττε τοῦ φαιδροῦ, τὸ δὲ κάλλος οὔπω μοι δοκεῖ ἐπαινέτου ἀξίου ἐπειλῆφθαι καίτοι ̔Ομήρου πολλὰ ἐπ' αὐτῷ εἰπόντος, ἀλλὰ ἄρρητον εἶναι καὶ καταλύεσθαι μᾶλλον ὑπὸ τοῦ ὑμνοῦντος ἢ παραπλησίως ἑαυτῷ ᾅδεσθαι. ὁρώμενος δέ, ὁπόσον εἶπον, μείζων ἐγίγνετο καὶ διπλάσιος καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦτο, δωδεκάπηχυς γοῦν ἐφάνη μοι, ὅτε δὴ τελεώτατος ἑαυτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ τὸ κάλλος ἀεὶ ξυνεπεδίδου τῷ μήκει. τὴν μὲν δὴ κόμην οὐδὲ κείρασθαί ποτε ἔλεγεν, ἀλλὰ ἄσυλον φυλάξαι τῷ Σπερχειῷ, ποταμῶν γὰρ πρώτῳ Σπερχειῷ χρήσασθαι, τὰ γένεια δ' αὐτῷ πρώτας ἐκβολὰς εἶχε. προσειπὼν δέ με “ἀσμένως” εἶπεν “ἐντετύχηκά σοι, πάλαι δεόμενος ἀνδρὸς τοιῦδε: Θετταλοὶ γὰρ τὰ ἐναγίσματα χρόνον ἤδη πολὺν ἐκλελοίπασί μοι, καὶ μηνίειν μὲν οὔπω ἀξιῶ, μηνίσαντος γὰρ ἀπολοῦνται μᾶλλον ἢ οἱ ἐνταῦθά ποτε ̔́Ελληνες, ξυμβουλίᾳ δὲ ἐπιεικεῖ χρῶμαι, μὴ ὑβρίζειν σφᾶς ἐς τὰ νόμιμα, μηδὲ κακίους ἐλέγχεσθαι τουτωνὶ τῶν Τρώων, οἳ τοσούσδε ἄνδρας ὑπ' ἐμοῦ ἀφαιρεθέντες δημοσίᾳ τε θύουσί μοι καὶ ὡραίων ἀπάρχονται καὶ ἱκετηρίαν τιθέμενοι σπονδὰς αἰτοῦσιν, ἃς ἐγὼ οὐ δώσω: τὰ γὰρ ἐπιορκηθέντα τούτοις ἐπ' ἐμὲ οὐκ ἐάσει τὸ ̓́Ιλιόν ποτε τὸ ἀρχαῖον ἀναλαβεῖν εἶδος, οὐδὲ τυχεῖν ἀκμῆς, ὁπόση περὶ πολλὰς τῶν καθῃρημένων ἐγένετο, ἀλλ' οἰκήσουσιν αὐτὸ βελτίους οὐδὲν ἢ εἰ χθὲς ἥλωσαν. ἵν' οὖν μὴ καὶ τὰ Θετταλῶν ἀποφαίνω ὅμοια, πρέσβευε παρὰ τὸ κοινὸν αὐτῶν ὑπὲρ ὧν εἶπον.” “πρεσβεύσω”, ἔφην “ὁ γὰρ νοῦς τῆς πρεσβείας ἦν μὴ ἀπολέσθαι αὐτούς. ἀλλ' ἐγώ τί σου, ̓Αχιλλεῦ, δέομαι.” “ξυνίημι”, ἔφη “δῆλος γὰρ εἶ περὶ τῶν Τρωικῶν ̔ἐρωτήσων': ἐρώτα δὲ λόγους πέντε, οὓς αὐτός τε βούλει καὶ Μοῖραι ξυγχωροῦσιν.” ἠρόμην οὖν πρῶτον, εἰ κατὰ τὸν τῶν ποιητῶν λόγον ἔτυχε τάφου. “κεῖμαι μέν,” εἶπεν “ὡς ἔμοιγε ἥδιστον καὶ Πατρόκλῳ ἐγένετο, ξυνέβημεν γὰρ δὴ κομιδῇ νέοι, ξυνέχει δὲ ἄμφω χρυσοῦς ἀμφορεὺς κειμένους, ὡς ἕνα. Μουσῶν δὲ θρῆνοι καὶ Νηρηίδων, οὓς ἐπ' ἐμοὶ γενέσθαι φασί, Μοῦσαι μὲν οὐδ' ἀφίκοντό ποτε ἐνταῦθα, Νηρηίδες δὲ ἔτι φοιτῶσι.” μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ ἠρόμην, εἰ ἡ Πολυξένη ἐπισφαγείη αὐτῷ, ὁ δὲ ἀληθὲς μὲν ἔφη τοῦτο εἶναι, σφαγῆναι δὲ αὐτὴν οὐχ ὑπὸ τῶν ̓Αχαιῶν, ἀλλ' ἑκοῦσαν ἐπὶ τὸ σῆμα ἐλθοῦσαν καὶ τὸν ἑαυτῆς τε κἀκείνου ἔρωτα μεγάλων ἀξιῶσαι προσπεσοῦσαν ξίφει ὀρθῷ. τρίτον ἠρόμην: ἡ ̔Ελένη, ὦ ̓Αχιλλεῦ, ἐς Τροίαν ἦλθεν ἢ ̔Ομήρῳ ἔδοξεν ὑποθέσθαι ταῦτα;” “πολὺν” ἔφη “χρόνον ἐξηπατώμεθα πρεσβευόμενοί τε παρὰ τοὺς Τρῶας καὶ ποιούμενοι τὰς ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς μάχας, ὡς ἐν τῷ ̓Ιλίῳ οὔσης, ἡ δ' Αἴγυπτὸν τε ᾤκει καὶ τὸν Πρωτέως οἶκον ἁρπασθεῖσα ὑπὸ τοῦ Πάριδος. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐπιστεύθη τοῦτο, ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς τῆς Τροίας λοιπὸν ἐμαχόμεθα, ὡς μὴ αἰσχρῶς ἀπέλθοιμεν.” ἡψάμην καὶ τετάρτης ἐρωτήσεως καὶ θαυμάζειν ἔφην, εἰ τοσούσδε ὁμοῦ καὶ τοιούσδε ἄνδρας ἡ ̔Ελλὰς ἤνεγκεν, ὁπόσους ̔́Ομηρος ἐπὶ τὴν Τροίαν ξυντάττει. ὁ δὲ ̓Αχιλλεὺς “οὐδὲ οἱ βάρβαροι” ἔφη “πολὺ ἡμῶν ἐλείποντο, οὕτως ἡ γῆ πᾶσα ἀρετῆς ἤνθησε.” πέμπτον δ' ἠρόμην: τί παθὼν ̔́Ομηρος τὸν Παλαμήδην οὐκ οἶδεν, ἢ οἶδε μέν, ἐξαιρεῖ δὲ τοῦ περὶ ὑμῶν λόγου; “εἰ Παλαμήδης” εἶπεν “ἐς Τροίαν οὐκ ἦλθεν, οὐδὲ Τροία ἐγένετο: ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀνὴρ σοφώτατός τε καὶ μαχιμώτατος ἀπέθανεν, ὡς ̓Οδυσσεῖ ἔδοξεν, οὐκ ἐσάγεται αὐτὸν ἐς τὰ ποιήματα ̔́Ομηρος, ὡς μὴ τὰ ὀνείδη τοῦ ̓Οδυσσέως ᾅδοι.” καὶ ἐπολοφυράμενος αὐτῷ ὁ ̓Αχιλλεὺς ὡς μεγίστῳ τε καὶ καλλίστῳ νεωτάτῳ τε καὶ πολεμικωτάτῳ σωφροσύνῃ τε ὑπερβαλομένῳ πάντας καὶ πολλὰ ξυμβαλομένῳ ταῖς Μούσαις “ἀλλὰ σύ,” ἔφη “̓Απολλώνιε, σοφοῖς γὰρ πρὸς σοφοὺς ἐπιτήδεια, τοῦ τε τάφου ἐπιμελήθητι καὶ τὸ ἄγαλμα τοῦ Παλαμήδους ἀνάλαβε φαύλως ἐρριμμένον: κεῖται δὲ ἐν τῇ Αἰολίδι κατὰ Μήθυμναν τὴν ἐν Λέσβῳ.” ταῦτα εἰπὼν καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τὰ περὶ τὸν νεανίαν τὸν ἐκ Πάρου ἀπῆλθε ξὺν ἀστραπῇ μετρίᾳ, καὶ γὰρ δὴ καὶ ἀλεκτρυόνες ἤδη ᾠδῆς ἥπτοντο.

4.16. Therest of the company also besought him to tell them all about it, and as they were in a mood to listen to him, he said: Well, it was not by digging a ditch like Odysseus, nor by tempting souls with the blood of sheep, that I obtained a conversation with Achilles; but I offered up the prayer which the Indians say they use in approaching their heroes. “O Achilles,' I said, “most of mankind declare that you are dead, but I cannot agree with them, nor can Pythagoras, my spiritual ancestor. If then we hold the truth, show to us your own form; for you would profit not a little by showing yourself to my eyes, if you should be able to use them to attest your existence.” Thereupon a slight earthquake shook the neighborhood of the barrow, and a youth issued forth five cubits high, wearing a cloak ofThessalian fashion; but in appearance he was by no means the braggart figure which some imagine Achilles to have been. Though he was stern to look upon, he had never lost his bright look; and it seems to me that his beauty has never received its meed of praise, even though Homer dwelt at length upon it; for it was really beyond the power of words, and it is easier for the singer to ruin his fame in this respect than to praise him as he deserved. At first sight he was of the size which I have mentioned, but he grew bigger, till he was twice as large and even more than that; at any rate he appeared to me to be twelve cubits high just at that moment when he reached his complete stature, and his beauty grew apace with his length. He told me then that he had never at any time shorn off his hair, bit preserved it to inviolate for the river Spercheus, for this was the river of his first intimacy; but on his cheeks you saw the first down.And he addressed me and said: “I am pleased to have met you, since I have long wanted a man like yourself. For the Thessalians for a long time past have failed to present their offerings to my tomb, and I do not yet wish to show my wrath against them; for if I did so, they would perish more thoroughly than ever the Hellenes did on this spot; accordingly I resort to gentle advice, and would warn them not to violate ancient custom, nor to prove themselves worse men than the Trojans here, who though they were robbed of so many of their heroes by myself, yet sacrifice publicly to me, and also give me the tithes of their fruits of season, and olive branch in hand ask for a truce from my hostility. But this I will not grant, for the perjuries which they committed against me will not suffer Ilium ever to resume its pristine beauty, nor to regain the prosperity which yet has favored many a city that was destroyed of old; nay, if they rebuild it, things shall go as hard with them as if their city had been captured only yesterday. In order then to save me from bringing the Thessalian polity then to the same condition, you must go as my envoy to their council in behalf of the object I have mentioned.” “I will be your envoy,” I replied, “for the object of my embassy were to save them from ruin. But, O Achilles, I would ask something of you.” “I understand,” said he, “for it is plain you are going to ask about the Trojan war. So ask me five questions about whatever you like, and that the Fates approve of.” I accordingly asked him firstly, if he had obtained burial in accordance with the story of the poets. “I lie here,” he answered, “as was most delightful to myself and Patroclus; for you know we met in mere youth, and a single golden jar holds the remains of both of us, as if we were one. But as for the dirges of the Muses and Nereids, which they say are sung over me, the Muses, I may tell you, never once came here at all, though the Nereids still resort to the spot.” Next I asked him, if Polyxena was really slaughtered over his tomb; and he replied that this was true, but that she was not slain by the Achaeans, but that she came of her own free will to the sepulcher, and that so high was the value she set on her passion for him and she for her, that she threw herself upon an upright sword. The third questions was this: “Did Helen, O Achilles, really come to Troy or was it Homer that was pleased to make up the story?' “For a long time,” he replied, “we were deceived and tricked into sending envoys to the Trojans and fighting battles in her behalf, in the belief that she was in Ilium, whereas she really was living in Egypt and in the house of Proteus, whither she had been snatched away by Paris. But when we became convinced thereof, we continued to fight to win Troy itself, so as not to disgrace ourselves by retreat.” The fourth question which I ventured upon was this: “I wonder,” I said, “that Greece ever produced at any one time so many and such distinguished heroes as Homer says were gathered against Troy.' But Achilles answered: “Why even the barbarians did not fall far short of us, so abundantly then did excellence flourish all over the earth.” And my fifth question was this: “Why was it that Homer knew nothing about Palamedes, or if he knew him, then kept him out of your story?' “If Palamedes,' he answered, “never came to Troy, then Troy never existed either. But since this wisest and most warlike hero fell in obedience to Odysseus' whim, Homer does not introduce him into his poems, lest he should have to record the shame of Odysseus in his song.” And withal Achilles raised a wail over him as over one who was the greatest and most beautiful of men, the youngest and also the most warlike, one who in sobriety surpassed all others, and had often foregathered with the Muses. “But you,” he added, “O Apollonius, since sages have a tender regard for one another, you must care for his tomb and restore the image of Palamedes that has been so contemptuously cast aside; and it lies in Aeolis close to Methymna in Lesbos.' Wit these words and with the closing remarks concerning the youth from Paros, Achilles vanished with a flash of summer lightning, for indeed the cocks were already beginning their chant.

14. Hesychius of Alexandria, Lexicon, None (5th cent. CE - 6th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •daughters, of erechtheus Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 172

16. Anon., Schol. Sophocles,Oc, 100 Tagged with subjects: •daughters, of erechtheus Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 188

17. Epigraphy, Lss, 64 Tagged with subjects: •daughters, of erechtheus Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 172, 258

18. Epigraphy, Jameson, Jordan, Kotansky, A Lex Sacra From Selinous (1993), None Tagged with subjects: •daughters, of erechtheus Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 266

19. Etymologicum Magnum Auctum, Etymologicum Magnum, None Tagged with subjects: •daughters, of erechtheus Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 172

20. Anon., Schol. Pind., Ol., None Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Ekroth (2013) 172

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