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Euripides, Children Of Heracles, 1027-1045

ἐπεί μ' ἀφῆκε καὶ κατῃδέσθη κτανεῖν

rend= Bury my body after death in its destined grave in front of the shrine of the virgin goddess Pallas. at Pallene. And I will be thy friend and guardian of thy city for ever, where I lie buried in a foreign soil, but a bitter foe to these children’s descendants, whensoe’er Referring to invasions by the Peloponnesians, descendants of the Heracleidae. with gathered host they come against this land, traitors to your kindness now; such are the strangers ye have championed. Why then came I hither, if I knew all this, instead of regarding the god’s oracle? Because I thought, that Hera was mightier far than any oracle, and would not betray me. Waste no drink-offering on my tomb, nor spill the victim’s blood; for I will requite them for my treatment here with a journey they shall rue; and ye shall have double gain from me, for I will help you and harm them by my death. Alcmena

ἐπεί μ' ἀφῆκε καὶ κατῃδέσθη κτανεῖν

Slay me, I do not ask thee for mercy; yet since this city let me go and shrunk from slaying me, I will reward it with an old oracle of Loxias, which in time will benefit them more than doth appear.

χρησμῷ παλαιῷ Λοξίου δωρήσομαι

Slay me, I do not ask thee for mercy; yet since this city let me go and shrunk from slaying me, I will reward it with an old oracle of Loxias, which in time will benefit them more than doth appear.

ὃς ὠφελήσει μείζον' ἢ δοκεῖ χρόνῳ.

Slay me, I do not ask thee for mercy; yet since this city let me go and shrunk from slaying me, I will reward it with an old oracle of Loxias, which in time will benefit them more than doth appear.

θανόντα γάρ με θάψεθ' οὗ τὸ μόρσιμον

Bury my body after death in its destined grave in front of the shrine of the virgin goddess Pallas. at Pallene. And I will be thy friend and guardian of thy city for ever, where I lie buried in a foreign soil, but a bitter foe to these children’s descendants

δίας πάροιθε παρθένου Παλληνίδος:

καὶ σοὶ μὲν εὔνους καὶ πόλει σωτήριος

μέτοικος αἰεὶ κείσομαι κατὰ χθονός

τοῖς τῶνδε δ' ἐκγόνοισι πολεμιώτατος

ὅταν μόλωσι δεῦρο σὺν πολλῇ χερὶ

whensoe’er Referring to invasions by the Peloponnesians, descendants of the Heracleidae. with gathered host they come against this land, traitors to your kindness now; such are the strangers ye have championed. Why then came I hither, if I knew all this, instead of regarding the god’s oracle? Because I thought, that Hera was mightier far than any oracle

χάριν προδόντες τήνδε. τοιούτων ξένων

προύστητε. πῶς οὖν ταῦτ' ἐγὼ πεπυσμένος

δεῦρ' ἦλθον, ἀλλ' οὐ χρησμὸν ἡζόμην θεοῦ;

̔́Ηραν νομίζων θεσφάτων κρείσσω πολὺ

κοὐκ ἂν προδοῦναί μ'. ἀλλὰ μήτε μοι χοὰς

and would not betray me. Waste no drink-offering on my tomb, nor spill the victim’s blood; for I will requite them for my treatment here with a journey they shall rue; and ye shall have double gain from me, for I will help you and harm them by my death. Alcmena

μήθ' αἷμ' ἐάσητ' εἰς ἐμὸν στάξαι τάφον.

κακὸν γὰρ αὐτοῖς νόστον ἀντὶ τῶνδ' ἐγὼ

δώσω: διπλοῦν δὲ κέρδος ἕξετ' ἐξ ἐμοῦ:

ὑμᾶς τ' ὀνήσω τούσδε τε βλάψω θανών.

τί δῆτα μέλλετ', εἰ πόλει σωτηρίαν

rend= Away with him, ye servants, and cast him A strange breach of her promise just before—perhaps here, as in other parts of this play, some confusion is due to the very probable theory of Hermann that our text is incomplete—e.g. no account of Macaria’s death-scene is extant; this could hardly have been omitted by such a lover of pathos as Euripides. to the dogs when ye have slain him. Think not thou shalt live to cast me forth from my native land again. Choru

τί δῆτα μέλλετ', εἰ πόλει σωτηρίαν

Why, why delay to kill this man, after hearing this, since this is needed to secure the safety of your city and your children? Himself points out the safest road. Though the man is now our foe, yet after death is he our gain.

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

15 results

1. Homer, Iliad, 23.30-23.34, 23.166-23.178 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

23.30. /Many sleek bulls bellowed about the knife, as they were slaughtered, many sheep and bleating goats, and many white-tusked swine, rich with fat, were stretched to singe over the flame of Hephaestus; and everywhere about the corpse the blood ran so that one might dip cups therein. 23.31. /Many sleek bulls bellowed about the knife, as they were slaughtered, many sheep and bleating goats, and many white-tusked swine, rich with fat, were stretched to singe over the flame of Hephaestus; and everywhere about the corpse the blood ran so that one might dip cups therein. 23.32. /Many sleek bulls bellowed about the knife, as they were slaughtered, many sheep and bleating goats, and many white-tusked swine, rich with fat, were stretched to singe over the flame of Hephaestus; and everywhere about the corpse the blood ran so that one might dip cups therein. 23.33. /Many sleek bulls bellowed about the knife, as they were slaughtered, many sheep and bleating goats, and many white-tusked swine, rich with fat, were stretched to singe over the flame of Hephaestus; and everywhere about the corpse the blood ran so that one might dip cups therein. 23.34. /Many sleek bulls bellowed about the knife, as they were slaughtered, many sheep and bleating goats, and many white-tusked swine, rich with fat, were stretched to singe over the flame of Hephaestus; and everywhere about the corpse the blood ran so that one might dip cups therein. 23.166. /and on the topmost part thereof they set the dead man, their hearts sorrow-laden. And many goodly sheep and many sleek kine of shambling gait they flayed and dressed before the pyre; and from them all great-souled Achilles gathered the fat, and enfolded the dead therein from head to foot, and about him heaped the flayed bodies. 23.167. /and on the topmost part thereof they set the dead man, their hearts sorrow-laden. And many goodly sheep and many sleek kine of shambling gait they flayed and dressed before the pyre; and from them all great-souled Achilles gathered the fat, and enfolded the dead therein from head to foot, and about him heaped the flayed bodies. 23.168. /and on the topmost part thereof they set the dead man, their hearts sorrow-laden. And many goodly sheep and many sleek kine of shambling gait they flayed and dressed before the pyre; and from them all great-souled Achilles gathered the fat, and enfolded the dead therein from head to foot, and about him heaped the flayed bodies. 23.169. /and on the topmost part thereof they set the dead man, their hearts sorrow-laden. And many goodly sheep and many sleek kine of shambling gait they flayed and dressed before the pyre; and from them all great-souled Achilles gathered the fat, and enfolded the dead therein from head to foot, and about him heaped the flayed bodies. 23.170. /And thereon he set two-handled jars of honey and oil, leaning them against the bier; and four horses with high arched neeks he cast swiftly upon the pyre, groaning aloud the while. Nine dogs had the prince, that fed beneath his table, and of these did Achilles cut the throats of twain, and cast them upon the pyre. 23.171. /And thereon he set two-handled jars of honey and oil, leaning them against the bier; and four horses with high arched neeks he cast swiftly upon the pyre, groaning aloud the while. Nine dogs had the prince, that fed beneath his table, and of these did Achilles cut the throats of twain, and cast them upon the pyre. 23.172. /And thereon he set two-handled jars of honey and oil, leaning them against the bier; and four horses with high arched neeks he cast swiftly upon the pyre, groaning aloud the while. Nine dogs had the prince, that fed beneath his table, and of these did Achilles cut the throats of twain, and cast them upon the pyre. 23.173. /And thereon he set two-handled jars of honey and oil, leaning them against the bier; and four horses with high arched neeks he cast swiftly upon the pyre, groaning aloud the while. Nine dogs had the prince, that fed beneath his table, and of these did Achilles cut the throats of twain, and cast them upon the pyre. 23.174. /And thereon he set two-handled jars of honey and oil, leaning them against the bier; and four horses with high arched neeks he cast swiftly upon the pyre, groaning aloud the while. Nine dogs had the prince, that fed beneath his table, and of these did Achilles cut the throats of twain, and cast them upon the pyre. 23.175. /And twelve valiant sons of the great-souled Trojans slew he with the bronze—and grim was the work he purposed in his heart and thereto he set the iron might of fire, to range at large. Then he uttered a groan, and called on his dear comrade by name:Hail, I bid thee, O Patroclus, even in the house of Hades 23.176. /And twelve valiant sons of the great-souled Trojans slew he with the bronze—and grim was the work he purposed in his heart and thereto he set the iron might of fire, to range at large. Then he uttered a groan, and called on his dear comrade by name:Hail, I bid thee, O Patroclus, even in the house of Hades 23.177. /And twelve valiant sons of the great-souled Trojans slew he with the bronze—and grim was the work he purposed in his heart and thereto he set the iron might of fire, to range at large. Then he uttered a groan, and called on his dear comrade by name:Hail, I bid thee, O Patroclus, even in the house of Hades 23.178. /And twelve valiant sons of the great-souled Trojans slew he with the bronze—and grim was the work he purposed in his heart and thereto he set the iron might of fire, to range at large. Then he uttered a groan, and called on his dear comrade by name:Hail, I bid thee, O Patroclus, even in the house of Hades

2. Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 1278, 1277 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1277. βωμοῦ πατρῴου δʼ ἀντʼ ἐπίξηνον μένει

1277. She struck with first warm bloody sacrificing!

3. Euripides, Alcestis, 426-429, 611-612, 614-635, 743-744, 862-863, 866-867, 869-871, 897-902, 911, 916-919, 922, 926-928, 425 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

425. Ho! sirrahs, catch me this woman; hold her fast; for ’tis no welcome story she will have to hear. It was to make thee leave the holy altar of the goddess that I held thy child’s death before thy eyes, and so induced thee to give thyself up to me to die.

4. Euripides, Andromache, 1117-1172, 1176, 1187, 1211, 1218, 1226-1242, 1263-1270, 1116 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1116. εἷς ἦν ἁπάντων τῶνδε μηχανορράφος.

5. Euripides, Bacchae, 1217-1226, 1285, 1300-1329, 1216 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1216. ἕπεσθέ μοι φέροντες ἄθλιον βάρος

1216. Follow me, carrying the miserable burden of Pentheus, follow me, slaves, before the house; exhausted from countless searches, I am bringing his body, for I discovered it in the folds of Kithairon

6. Euripides, Electra, 125, 1255, 126, 1276-1280, 260-261, 511-515, 528-537, 91-92, 124 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

124. Αἰγίσθου τ', ̓Αγάμεμνον.

7. Euripides, Hecuba, 125, 1255, 126, 1287-1288, 25-50, 534-537, 610, 616, 675, 678-680, 684-732, 894-897, 124 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

124. δισσῶν μύθων ῥήτορες ἦσαν:

8. Euripides, Helen, 1243, 1260, 1291-1300, 1390-1395, 1400, 1408, 1419, 1528, 1542-1604, 1240 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1240. τί δ'; ἔστ' ἀπόντων τύμβος; ἢ θάψεις σκιάν;

1240. What? Is there a tomb for the absent? Or will you bury a shadow? Helen

9. Euripides, Children of Heracles, 1028-1045, 1159-1162, 1026 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1026. rend= Bury my body after death in its destined grave in front of the shrine of the virgin goddess Pallas. at Pallene. And I will be thy friend and guardian of thy city for ever, where I lie buried in a foreign soil, but a bitter foe to these children’s descendants, whensoe’er Referring to invasions by the Peloponnesians, descendants of the Heracleidae. with gathered host they come against this land, traitors to your kindness now; such are the strangers ye have championed. Why then came I hither, if I knew all this, instead of regarding the god’s oracle? Because I thought, that Hera was mightier far than any oracle, and would not betray me. Waste no drink-offering on my tomb, nor spill the victim’s blood; for I will requite them for my treatment here with a journey they shall rue; and ye shall have double gain from me, for I will help you and harm them by my death. Alcmena 1026. Slay me, I do not ask thee for mercy; yet since this city let me go and shrunk from slaying me, I will reward it with an old oracle of Loxias, which in time will benefit them more than doth appear.

10. Euripides, Hercules Furens, 1359-1366, 1358 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

11. Euripides, Medea, 1378-1383, 1377 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1377. Give up to me those dead, to bury and lament Medea

12. Euripides, Orestes, 1431-1436, 97-99, 114 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

13. Euripides, Phoenician Women, 1486-1529, 1485 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1485. I do not veil my tender cheek shaded with curls, nor do I feel shame, from maiden modesty, at the dark red beneath my eyes, the blush upon my face, as I hurry on, in bacchic revelry for the dead

14. Euripides, Suppliant Women, 755-759, 778-836, 841-843, 846-931, 934-935, 950-954, 754 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

754. Are ye bringing the bodies, for the which the strife arose? Messenger

15. Euripides, Trojan Women, 1134-1146, 1156-1206, 1240-1245, 1248-1250, 735-739, 1133 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
achilles	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
aetiology	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
alcestis	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
andromache	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
animal species, boar	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
animal species, dog	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
animal victim, treatment of burning of entire victim	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
athens, imperialism (athenian)	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 877
athens	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 116, 834
blood, use in the cult of the dead	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
blood rituals	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
carter, d.m. xix	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 103, 116
children of heracles (heraclidae)	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 103, 116, 834
comedy as source of sacrificial rituals	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
dead, cult ofthe dead	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
dead, offerings to the dead	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
delphi	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
destruction of animal victim by fire	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
deus ex machina	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 103
electra	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
eurystheus	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
funerals	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
grave	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
hagnon , hair	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
hecuba (hecabe)	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
hekabe	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
hekate	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
helen	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
hera	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
heracles	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834, 877
iconographical representations of sacrifice	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
iphigenia in tauris	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
medea	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
mills, s. xxiv	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 877
mêchanê	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
nomos	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
peirithous	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 877
polyxena	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
rehm, r. xxv	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
ritual	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
suppliant women (supplices)	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
tragedy as source of sacrificial rituals'	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
trojan women (troades)	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
troy, heroes fallen at troy	Ekroth, The Sacrificial Rituals of Greek Hero-Cults in the Archaic to the Early Hellenistic Period (2013) 255
weddings	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 834
zeus, agoraios	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 103