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Euripides, Electra, 1207-1226
ἔβαλεν, ἔδειξε μαστὸν ἐν φοναῖσιν Did you see how the unhappy one threw off her robe and showed her bosom in the slaughter, alas, hurling to the ground the limbs that gave me birth? And her hair, I— Choru
ἰώ μοι, πρὸς πέδῳ Did you see how the unhappy one threw off her robe and showed her bosom in the slaughter, alas, hurling to the ground the limbs that gave me birth? And her hair, I— Choru
τιθεῖσα γόνιμα μέλεα; τὰν κόμαν δ' ἐγὼ — Did you see how the unhappy one threw off her robe and showed her bosom in the slaughter, alas, hurling to the ground the limbs that gave me birth? And her hair, I— Choru
σάφ' οἶδα, δι' ὀδύνας ἔβας I know it well; you passed through agony, hearing the mournful wail of the mother that bore you. Oreste
ἰήιον κλύων γόον I know it well; you passed through agony, hearing the mournful wail of the mother that bore you. Oreste
ματρός, ἅ ς' ἔτικτε. I know it well; you passed through agony, hearing the mournful wail of the mother that bore you. Oreste
nan I know it well; you passed through agony, hearing the mournful wail of the mother that bore you. Oreste
βοὰν δ' ἔλασκε τάνδε, πρὸς γένυν ἐμὰν She uttered this cry, putting her hand to my chin:
τιθεῖσα χεῖρα: Τέκος ἐμόν, λιταίνω: My child, I entreat you! And she clung to my cheeks, so that the sword fell from my hand. Choru
παρῄδων τ' ἐξ ἐμᾶν My child, I entreat you! And she clung to my cheeks, so that the sword fell from my hand. Choru
ἐκρίμναθ', ὥστε χέρας ἐμὰς λιπεῖν βέλος. My child, I entreat you! And she clung to my cheeks, so that the sword fell from my hand. Choru
τάλαινα: πῶς ἔτλας φόνον The unhappy one! How did you endure to see the blood
δι' ὀμμάτων ἰδεῖν σέθεν The unhappy one! How did you endure to see the blood
ματρὸς ἐκπνεούσας; of your mother, breathing her last before your eyes? Oreste
ἐγὼ μὲν ἐπιβαλὼν φάρη κόραις ἐμαῖς I threw my cloak over my eyes, and began the sacrifice by plunging the sword into my mother’s throat. Electra
φασγάνῳ κατηρξάμαν I threw my cloak over my eyes, and began the sacrifice by plunging the sword into my mother’s throat. Electra
ματέρος ἔσω δέρας μεθείς. I threw my cloak over my eyes, and began the sacrifice by plunging the sword into my mother’s throat. Electra
ἐγὼ δ' ἐπεγκέλευσά σοι And I urged you on and
ξίφους τ' ἐφηψάμαν ἅμα. put my hand to the sword together with you. Choru
δεινότατον παθέων ἔρεξας. You have done the most dreadful of deeds. Oreste

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1. Homer, Iliad, 23.83-23.93, 23.243-23.244, 24.76 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) 23.83. μὴ ἐμὰ σῶν ἀπάνευθε τιθήμεναι ὀστέʼ Ἀχιλλεῦ 23.84. ἀλλʼ ὁμοῦ ὡς ἐτράφημεν ἐν ὑμετέροισι δόμοισιν 23.85. εὖτέ με τυτθὸν ἐόντα Μενοίτιος ἐξ Ὀπόεντος 23.86. ἤγαγεν ὑμέτερόνδʼ ἀνδροκτασίης ὕπο λυγρῆς 23.87. ἤματι τῷ ὅτε παῖδα κατέκτανον Ἀμφιδάμαντος 23.88. νήπιος οὐκ ἐθέλων ἀμφʼ ἀστραγάλοισι χολωθείς· 23.89. ἔνθά με δεξάμενος ἐν δώμασιν ἱππότα Πηλεὺς 23.90. ἔτραφέ τʼ ἐνδυκέως καὶ σὸν θεράποντʼ ὀνόμηνεν· 23.91. ὣς δὲ καὶ ὀστέα νῶϊν ὁμὴ σορὸς ἀμφικαλύπτοι 23.92. χρύσεος ἀμφιφορεύς, τόν τοι πόρε πότνια μήτηρ. 23.93. τὸν δʼ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς· 23.243. καὶ τὰ μὲν ἐν χρυσέῃ φιάλῃ καὶ δίπλακι δημῷ 23.244. θείομεν, εἰς ὅ κεν αὐτὸς ἐγὼν Ἄϊδι κεύθωμαι. 24.76. δώρων ἐκ Πριάμοιο λάχῃ ἀπό θʼ Ἕκτορα λύσῃ. 23.83. opened its maw, the fate that was appointed me even from my birth. Aye, and thou thyself also, Achilles like to the gods, art doomed to be brought low beneath the wall of the waelthy Trojans. And another thing will I speak, and charge thee, if so be thou wilt hearken. Lay not my bones apart from thine, Achilles, but let them lie together, even as we were reared in your house 23.84. opened its maw, the fate that was appointed me even from my birth. Aye, and thou thyself also, Achilles like to the gods, art doomed to be brought low beneath the wall of the waelthy Trojans. And another thing will I speak, and charge thee, if so be thou wilt hearken. Lay not my bones apart from thine, Achilles, but let them lie together, even as we were reared in your house 23.85. when Menoetius brought me, being yet a little lad, from Opoeis to your country, by reason of grievous man-slaying, on the day when I slew Amphidamus' son in my folly, though I willed it not, in wrath over the dice. Then the knight Peleus received me into his house 23.86. when Menoetius brought me, being yet a little lad, from Opoeis to your country, by reason of grievous man-slaying, on the day when I slew Amphidamus' son in my folly, though I willed it not, in wrath over the dice. Then the knight Peleus received me into his house 23.87. when Menoetius brought me, being yet a little lad, from Opoeis to your country, by reason of grievous man-slaying, on the day when I slew Amphidamus' son in my folly, though I willed it not, in wrath over the dice. Then the knight Peleus received me into his house 23.88. when Menoetius brought me, being yet a little lad, from Opoeis to your country, by reason of grievous man-slaying, on the day when I slew Amphidamus' son in my folly, though I willed it not, in wrath over the dice. Then the knight Peleus received me into his house 23.89. when Menoetius brought me, being yet a little lad, from Opoeis to your country, by reason of grievous man-slaying, on the day when I slew Amphidamus' son in my folly, though I willed it not, in wrath over the dice. Then the knight Peleus received me into his house 23.90. and reared me with kindly care and named me thy squire; even so let one coffer enfold our bones, a golden coffer with handles twain, the which thy queenly mother gave thee. 23.91. and reared me with kindly care and named me thy squire; even so let one coffer enfold our bones, a golden coffer with handles twain, the which thy queenly mother gave thee. 23.92. and reared me with kindly care and named me thy squire; even so let one coffer enfold our bones, a golden coffer with handles twain, the which thy queenly mother gave thee. 23.93. and reared me with kindly care and named me thy squire; even so let one coffer enfold our bones, a golden coffer with handles twain, the which thy queenly mother gave thee. 23.243. and easy they are to discern, for he lay in the midst of the pyre, while the others burned apart on the edges thereof, horses and men mingled together. Then let us place the bones in a golden urn wrapped in a double layer of fat until such time as I myself be hidden in Hades. 23.244. and easy they are to discern, for he lay in the midst of the pyre, while the others burned apart on the edges thereof, horses and men mingled together. Then let us place the bones in a golden urn wrapped in a double layer of fat until such time as I myself be hidden in Hades. 24.76. that I may speak to her a word of wisdom, to the end that Achilles may accept gifts from Priam, and give Hector back. So spake he, and storm-footed Iris hasted to bear his message, and midway between Samos and rugged Imbros she leapt into the dark sea, and the waters sounded loud above her.
2. Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 229-247, 228 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 228. λιτὰς δὲ καὶ κληδόνας πατρῴους 228. Prayings and callings
3. Aeschylus, Libation-Bearers, 901-902, 908, 928, 900 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 900. ποῦ δὴ τὰ λοιπὰ Λοξίου μαντεύματα 900. What then will become in the future of Loxias’ oracles declared at Orestes
4. Euripides, Electra, 1125-1131, 1177-1184, 1190-1206, 1208-1232, 1244-1246, 971, 985-987, 1124 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 1124. ἤκουσας, οἶμαι, τῶν ἐμῶν λοχευμάτων: 1124. You have heard, I suppose, that I have given birth;
5. Euripides, Iphigenia At Aulis, 1136 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 1136. O fate revered, O destiny, and my fortune! Clytemnestra
6. Euripides, Orestes, 284-293, 314, 394, 1368 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 1368. οὗ πευσόμεσθα τἀν δόμοις ὅπως ἔχει. 1368. But the bolts of the palace-doors rattle; be silent; for one of the Phrygians is coming out, from whom we will inquire of the state of matters within. Phrygian
7. Sophocles, Electra, 1509, 1490 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 1490. alone can bring us release from the misery of the past. Oreste

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
aegisthus	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 356
aelion, r.	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 89
aeschylus	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 527; Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 89, 91
agamemnon, choephoroi (libation bearers)	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 527
agamemnon, oresteia	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 527
agamemnon	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 231
aidos (respect)	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 89
alcestis, double burial in	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 70
apollo, orestes and oracle of, in electra	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 89, 91, 193
apollo	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 527
characters	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 356
daimo¯n (divine force)	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 91
death, funeral/burial of	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 70
death, in suppliant women	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 70
deception	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 356
deus ex machina	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 89
double burial in	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 70
dyssebeia	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 231
electra, heroism of	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 356
electra	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 527
enlightenment, poetic revolution and	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 193
enlightenment, synergy with	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 193
eros, self, dispossession of	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 70
eros, self-immolation of evadne in suppliant women and	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 70
euripides, and electra	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 356
heroism, of young women	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 356
intertextuality	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 527
kommos (lyric exchange)	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 193
matricide, and exile of the matricides	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 231
metalepsis, of orestes in electra	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 89, 91
music/song, murder of clytemnestra in electra and	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 91, 193
music/song, self-immolation of evadne in suppliant women and	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 70
orestes, and electra	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 356
orestes	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 231
oxymora	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 70
paranomasia	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 193
phren/phrenes, seat of purity/impurity, in euripides electra	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 231
phronein hosia, in euripides electra	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 231
piety, of electra	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 356
pity	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 193
pucci, p. xxv	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 527
pylades, and electra	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 356
repetition, of characters	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 356
sophia, wisdom as means of surviving human tragedy	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 91
suppliant women self-immolation of evadne in	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 70
supplication, in euripides electra	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 231
synecdoche'	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 89
trojan women (troades)	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 527
women, young	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 356
xenophanes	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 527
zeus	Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 231
zeus orestes in electra addressing song of remorse to	Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 89