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Tiresias: The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Source Database



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Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 186-192


χρή σε τέρμα κέλ-wondering to what haven you must steer your ship to see an end of your voyage of sorrow. For the heart of Cronus’ son is hardened against entreaty and his ways are inexorable. Prometheus


σαντʼ ἐσιδεῖν· ἀκίχητα γὰρ ἤθεα καὶ κέαρwondering to what haven you must steer your ship to see an end of your voyage of sorrow. For the heart of Cronus’ son is hardened against entreaty and his ways are inexorable. Prometheus


ἀπαράμυθον ἔχει Κρόνου παῖς. Προμηθεύςwondering to what haven you must steer your ship to see an end of your voyage of sorrow. For the heart of Cronus’ son is hardened against entreaty and his ways are inexorable. Prometheus


οἶδʼ ὅτι τραχὺς καὶ παρʼ ἑαυτῷI know that Zeus is harsh and


τὸ δίκαιον ἔχων Ζεύς. ἀλλʼ ἔμπας ὀίωkeeps justice in his own hands; but nevertheless one day his judgement will soften, when he has been crushed in the way that I know.


μαλακογνώμωνkeeps justice in his own hands; but nevertheless one day his judgement will soften, when he has been crushed in the way that I know.


ἔσται ποθʼ, ὅταν ταύτῃ ῥαισθῇ·keeps justice in his own hands; but nevertheless one day his judgement will soften, when he has been crushed in the way that I know.


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

6 results
1. Hesiod, Theogony, 32 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

32. Spoke Zeus’s daughters. Then they gave to me
2. Homer, Iliad, 1.70 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

1.70. /and who had guided the ships of the Achaeans to Ilios by his own prophetic powers which Phoebus Apollo had bestowed upon him. He with good intent addressed the gathering, and spoke among them:Achilles, dear to Zeus, you bid me declare the wrath of Apollo, the lord who strikes from afar.
3. Aeschylus, Eumenides, 695, 778, 92, 172 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

172. παλαιγενεῖς δὲ μοίρας φθίσας. Χορός
4. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 150-151, 187-192, 197-241, 266, 400, 149 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

149. ταῖσδʼ ἀδαμαντοδέτοισι λύμαις.
5. Euripides, Medea, 493-495, 492 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

492. Gone is now the trust I put in oaths. I cannot even understand whether thou thinkest that the gods of old no longer rule, or that fresh decrees are now in vogue amongst mankind
6. Gorgias, Helena, 14, 10 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aeschylus,prometheus bound Gagarin and Cohen (2005), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law, 387
anger Gagarin and Cohen (2005), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law, 387
aoidos (ἀοιδός) de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 293
democracy de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 293
dialogue de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 293
emotional restraint,narratology of de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 293
empathy de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 293
hesiod de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 293
narratee de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 293
pain/suffering de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 293
pathos (πάθος) de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 293
private laws. Gagarin and Cohen (2005), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law, 387
prometheus de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 293
prometheus bound de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 293
punishment. Gagarin and Cohen (2005), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law, 387
tragedy,and law' Gagarin and Cohen (2005), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law, 387
zeus de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster (2022), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond, 293