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Euripides, Bacchae, 395-402
τὸ σοφὸν δʼ οὐ σοφία But cleverness is not wisdom, nor is thinking on things unfit for mortals. Life is short, and on this account the one who pursues great things does not achieve that which is present. In my opinion
τό τε μὴ θνητὰ φρονεῖν. But cleverness is not wisdom, nor is thinking on things unfit for mortals. Life is short, and on this account the one who pursues great things does not achieve that which is present. In my opinion
βραχὺς αἰών· ἐπὶ τούτῳ But cleverness is not wisdom, nor is thinking on things unfit for mortals. Life is short, and on this account the one who pursues great things does not achieve that which is present. In my opinion
δέ τις ἂν μεγάλα διώκων But cleverness is not wisdom, nor is thinking on things unfit for mortals. Life is short, and on this account the one who pursues great things does not achieve that which is present. In my opinion
τὰ παρόντʼ οὐχὶ φέροι. μαινομένων But cleverness is not wisdom, nor is thinking on things unfit for mortals. Life is short, and on this account the one who pursues great things does not achieve that which is present. In my opinion
οἵδε τρόποι καὶ these are the ways of mad and ill-advised men. Choru
κακοβούλων παρʼ ἔμοιγε φωτῶν. Χορός these are the ways of mad and ill-advised men. Choru
ἱκοίμαν ποτὶ Κύπρον Would that I could go to Cyprus , the island of Aphrodite, where the Loves, who soothe

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

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1. Aristophanes, Clouds, 604-606, 603 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) 603. Παρνασσίαν θ' ὃς κατέχων
2. Euripides, Bacchae, 10, 1109-1113, 115-118, 1185, 119-144, 157, 196, 2, 214-264, 268-271, 3, 309-310, 328-394, 396-399, 4, 400-431, 435-469, 5, 530-534, 55-57, 6, 685, 7, 72-79, 8, 80-81, 810, 82-87, 876, 9, 90-93, 941-948, 997-998, 1 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 1. ἥκω Διὸς παῖς τήνδε Θηβαίων χθόνα 1. I, the son of Zeus, have come to this land of the Thebans—Dionysus, whom once Semele, Kadmos’ daughter, bore, delivered by a lightning-bearing flame. And having taken a mortal form instead of a god’s
3. Euripides, Ion, 715-718, 714 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 714. Ho! ye peaks of Parnassu
4. Sophocles, Antigone, 1116-1154, 1115 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
anger (orgē)	Michalopoulos et al. (2021), The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature, 221
antithesis	Michalopoulos et al. (2021), The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature, 221
apollo,dionysus,association with	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 157
apollo,sacking of delphi predicted in bacchae	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 157
apollo,teiresias in bacchae as prophet of	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 157
aristophanes	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49; Jeong (2023), Pauline Baptism among the Mysteries: Ritual Messages and the Promise of Initiation. 74
bacchus	Michalopoulos et al. (2021), The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature, 221
bachofen,j. j.	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
blasphemy	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 236, 237
body	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
causality	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
dionysus	Michalopoulos et al. (2021), The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature, 221
dumézil,g.	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
dyssebeia	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 236
dyssebes phren	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 237
enlightenment,politics and	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 158
euripides	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49; Jeong (2023), Pauline Baptism among the Mysteries: Ritual Messages and the Promise of Initiation. 74
fear	Michalopoulos et al. (2021), The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature, 221
fire	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
hecuba	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
hymn,to hosia	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 237
hypsipyle	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
jackson,s.	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
kakos,thinking evil thoughts/badly	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 237
lejnieks,valdis	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 179
loraux,n.	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
madness	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 236, 237
martin,r.	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
moreau,a.	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
myrsilys of methymna	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
mystery cults,dionysian	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 236, 237
mythology	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
noos/nous,seat of purity/impurity,in the bacchae	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 236
pentheus	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49; Michalopoulos et al. (2021), The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature, 221; Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 236, 237
phren/phrenes,seat of purity/impurity,in the bacchae	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 236, 237
pohlenz,m.	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
polydorus	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
polymestor	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
power	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
rituals,bacchic	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 236, 237
seaford,richard	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 157
secret/secrecy	Jeong (2023), Pauline Baptism among the Mysteries: Ritual Messages and the Promise of Initiation. 74
semele	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 157
snake	Del Lucchese (2019), Monstrosity and Philosophy: Radical Otherness in Greek and Latin Culture, 49
sophia,wisdom in bacchae	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 157, 158, 179
sophism of teiresias in bacchae	Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 158
sophronein/sophrosyne,in the bacchae	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 237
teiresias	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 236, 237
thebes	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 236
theomachos'	Petrovic and Petrovic (2016), Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion, 236
war	Michalopoulos et al. (2021), The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature, 221
women	Michalopoulos et al. (2021), The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature, 221