1. Homer, Iliad, 6.187 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
| 6.187. /and this, said he was the mightest battle of warriors that ever he entered; and thirdly he slew the Amazons, women the peers of men. And against him, as he journeyed back therefrom, the king wove another cunning wile; he chose out of wide Lycia the bravest men and set an ambush; but these returned not home in any wise |
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2. Homer, Odyssey, 4.678, 4.739, 9.422, 19.137 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
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3. Aeschylus, Libation-Bearers, 220 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 220. ἀλλʼ ἦ δόλον τινʼ, ὦ ξένʼ, ἀμφί μοι πλέκεις; Ὀρέστης | 220. But surely, stranger, you are weaving some snare about me? Orestes |
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4. Euripides, Andromache, 100-116, 127, 147-159, 16, 160-169, 17, 170-179, 18, 180-189, 19, 190-199, 2, 20, 200-259, 26, 260-269, 27, 270-279, 28, 280-289, 29, 290-292, 309-319, 32, 320-332, 334-351, 361-363, 37, 376, 38, 381, 41, 419, 43-44, 46-48, 52-53, 537-539, 54, 540-544, 547, 55, 572-659, 66, 660-669, 67, 670-717, 78-80, 83-85, 87-89, 10 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 10. ῥιφθέντα πύργων ̓Αστυάνακτ' ἀπ' ὀρθίων | |
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5. Euripides, Children of Heracles, 102-113, 123-129, 23, 25, 254-264, 33, 61-79, 101 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 101. εἰκὸς θεῶν ἱκτῆρας αἰδεῖσθαι, ξένε | 101. rend= Copreus 101. Stranger, ’tis but right we should reverence the gods’ suppliants, suffering none with violent hand to make them Reading σφε (Musgrave) for MS. σε . Schmidt, τάδ’ ἀλιτεῖν σ’ ἕδη thee (i.e. Copreus) to transgress against. leave the altars, for that will dread Justice ne’er permit. Copreu |
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6. Euripides, Hercules Furens, 241-246, 967-994, 240 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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7. Euripides, Ion, 1529, 1528 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 1528. Nay, by our queen of Victory, Athena, that fought by Zeus, in days gone by, high on his car against the earth-born giants I swear |
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