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Euripides, Andromache, 16


Φθίας δὲ τῆσδε καὶ πόλεως ΦαρσαλίαςAnd here I dwell upon the boundaries of Phthia and Pharsalia's town, where Thetis erst, the goddess of the sea, abode with Peleus apart from the world, avoiding the throng of men; wherefore the folk of Thessaly call it the Thetideion, in honour of the goddess's marriage. Here dwells the son of Achilles and suffers Peleus still to rule Pharsalia, not wishing to assume the sceptre while the old man lives. Within these halls have borne a boy to the son of Achilles, my master. Now aforetime for all my misery I ever had a hope to lead me on, that, if my child were safe, I might find some help and protection from my woes; but since my lord in scorn of his bondmaid's charms hath wedded that Spartan Hermione, I am tormented by her most cruelly; for she saith that I by secret enchantment am making her barren and distasteful to her husband, and that I design to take her place in this house, ousting her the rightful mistress by force;


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3. Euripides, Hercules Furens, 241-246, 967-994, 240 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
andromache Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 139, 825
apollo Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 139
athens, and identity Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 65
athens Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 825
children of heracles (heraclidae) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 825
deception, and tragedy Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 65
delphi Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 139
eleusis Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 825
ephebic deception in tragedy Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 65
euripides, andromache Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 65
euripides, contemporary resonances Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 65
euripides, on spartans Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 65
hecuba (hecabe) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 139
helen Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 825
hera Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 825
heracles Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 825
lucas, d. Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 65
rehm, r. xxv Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 825
ritual Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 825
scharffenberger, e.w. Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 139
suppliant women (supplices) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 825
supplication' Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 825
tragedy, and athenian ideology Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 65
tragedy, and deception Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 65
trojan women (troades) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 139
vidal-naquet, p. Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 65
zeus, sôtêr Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 825
zeus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 825