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Euripides, Electra, 41-53


εὕδοντ' ἂν ἐξήγειρε τὸν ̓ΑγαμέμνονοςFor if some man of high position got her, he would have roused the sleeping blood of Agamemnon and judgment would have come at some time to Aegisthus. But I have never (Cypris knows this too) dishonored her in bed; she is still a virgin indeed.


φόνον δίκη τ' ἂν ἦλθεν Αἰγίσθῳ τότε.For if some man of high position got her, he would have roused the sleeping blood of Agamemnon and judgment would have come at some time to Aegisthus. But I have never (Cypris knows this too) dishonored her in bed; she is still a virgin indeed.


ἣν οὔποθ' ἁνὴρ ὅδε — σύνοιδέ μοι Κύπρις —For if some man of high position got her, he would have roused the sleeping blood of Agamemnon and judgment would have come at some time to Aegisthus. But I have never (Cypris knows this too) dishonored her in bed; she is still a virgin indeed.


ᾔσχυνεν εὐνῇ: παρθένος δ' ἔτ' ἐστὶ δή.For if some man of high position got her, he would have roused the sleeping blood of Agamemnon and judgment would have come at some time to Aegisthus. But I have never (Cypris knows this too) dishonored her in bed; she is still a virgin indeed.


αἰσχύνομαι γὰρ ὀλβίων ἀνδρῶν τέκναI am ashamed to have the daughter of a wealthy man and violate her, when I was not born of equal rank. And I groan for the wretched Orestes, called my kinsman, if he shall ever return to Argos and see the unfortunate marriage of his sister.


λαβὼν ὑβρίζειν, οὐ κατάξιος γεγώς.I am ashamed to have the daughter of a wealthy man and violate her, when I was not born of equal rank. And I groan for the wretched Orestes, called my kinsman, if he shall ever return to Argos and see the unfortunate marriage of his sister.


στένω δὲ τὸν λόγοισι κηδεύοντ' ἐμοὶI am ashamed to have the daughter of a wealthy man and violate her, when I was not born of equal rank. And I groan for the wretched Orestes, called my kinsman, if he shall ever return to Argos and see the unfortunate marriage of his sister.


ἄθλιον ̓Ορέστην, εἴ ποτ' εἰς ̓́Αργος μολὼνI am ashamed to have the daughter of a wealthy man and violate her, when I was not born of equal rank. And I groan for the wretched Orestes, called my kinsman, if he shall ever return to Argos and see the unfortunate marriage of his sister.


γάμους ἀδελφῆς δυστυχεῖς ἐσόψεται.I am ashamed to have the daughter of a wealthy man and violate her, when I was not born of equal rank. And I groan for the wretched Orestes, called my kinsman, if he shall ever return to Argos and see the unfortunate marriage of his sister.


ὅστις δέ μ' εἶναί φησι μῶρον, εἰ λαβὼνAnd whoever says I am a fool if I do not touch a young girl when I have her in my house, let him know that he measures soundness of mind by worthless standards of judgment, and he himself is a fool. Electra


νέαν ἐς οἴκους παρθένον μὴ θιγγάνωAnd whoever says I am a fool if I do not touch a young girl when I have her in my house, let him know that he measures soundness of mind by worthless standards of judgment, and he himself is a fool. Electra


γνώμης πονηροῖς κανόσιν ἀναμετρούμενοςAnd whoever says I am a fool if I do not touch a young girl when I have her in my house, let him know that he measures soundness of mind by worthless standards of judgment, and he himself is a fool. Electra


τὸ σῶφρον ἴστω καὐτὸς αὖ τοιοῦτος ὤν.And whoever says I am a fool if I do not touch a young girl when I have her in my house, let him know that he measures soundness of mind by worthless standards of judgment, and he himself is a fool. Electra


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

3 results
1. Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 229-247, 228 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

228. λιτὰς δὲ καὶ κληδόνας πατρῴους 228. Prayings and callings q type=
2. Euripides, Electra, 1287, 132-134, 25, 253-259, 26, 260-261, 27-32, 322, 33-40, 404-405, 42-48, 481, 49-53, 572, 58, 600, 645, 67, 677, 68, 683, 69-70, 778-843, 1286 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1286. καὶ τὸν λόγῳ σὸν πενθερὸν κομιζέτω
3. Euripides, Helen, 1667-1677, 1666 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1666. ὅταν δὲ κάμψῃς καὶ τελευτήσῃς βίον


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aegisthus Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 229
agamemnon, oresteia Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 927
argos Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 229
battle Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
burial Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
characters, minor Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 914, 927
electra Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 914, 927
epic Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
funerary practice Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
gender, women Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
greece Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
hermes Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 914
hippolytus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 914
hosios Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 229
hubris, of tantalus and his descendants Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 229
justice, dikaios opposite of mysaros in euripides Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 229
kakos, thinking evil thoughts/badly Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 229
kyriakou, p. xxii Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 914, 927
libation Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
material culture Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
matricide, and exile of the matricides Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 229
miastor Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 229
military Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
monuments Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
orestes Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 927; Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 229
phren/phrenes, seat of purity/impurity, in euripides electra Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 229
phronein hosia, in euripides electra Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 229
poetry Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
ritual Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
sacrifice, animal, aegisthus in euripides electra' Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 229
slavery Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
sophocles, electra Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 927
tragedy Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
visual art Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183
war Ammann et al., Collective Violence and Memory in the Ancient Mediterranean (2023) 183