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Euripides, Helen, 164-169


ὤ, μεγάλων ἀχέων καταβαλλομένα μέγαν οἶκτονOh, as I begin the great lament of my great distress


ποῖον ἁμιλλαθῶ γόον; ἢ τίνα μοῦσαν ἐπέλθωwhat mourning shall I strive to utter? or what Muse shall I approach with tears or songs of death or woe? Alas! Helen


δάκρυσιν ἢ θρήνοις ἢ πένθεσιν; αἰαῖ.what mourning shall I strive to utter? or what Muse shall I approach with tears or songs of death or woe? Alas! Helen


πτεροφόροι νεάνιδεςWinged maidens, virgin daughters of Earth, the Sirens, may you come to my mourning


παρθένοι Χθονὸς κόραιWinged maidens, virgin daughters of Earth, the Sirens, may you come to my mourning


Σειρῆνες, εἴθ' ἐμοῖς γόοιςWinged maidens, virgin daughters of Earth, the Sirens, may you come to my mourning


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

7 results
1. Euripides, Andromache, 891, 900, 911, 914, 920-950, 1032 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1032. μαντόσυνον, ὅτε νιν ̓Αργόθεν πορευθεὶς
2. Euripides, Bacchae, 1116-1124, 1115 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1115. καὶ προσπίτνει νιν· ὃ δὲ μίτραν κόμης ἄπο 1115. and fell upon him. He threw the headband from his head so that the wretched Agave might recognize and not kill him. Touching her cheek, he said: It is I, mother, your son, Pentheus, whom you bore in the house of Echion.
3. Euripides, Helen, 10-11, 118, 12, 1240, 1243, 13, 132, 138, 14-15, 1542, 1547, 16, 160-161, 165-169, 17, 170-173, 18-19, 198, 2, 20-25, 250, 26, 262-263, 27, 275-276, 28-29, 3, 30, 309, 31-32, 327, 33-39, 4, 40-49, 5, 50-54, 543, 55-58, 580-581, 59, 6, 60-67, 7, 73, 8, 894-899, 9, 900-943, 947-948, 1 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1. Νείλου μὲν αἵδε καλλιπάρθενοι ῥοαί 1. These are the lovely pure streams of the Nile , which waters the plain and lands of Egypt , fed by white melting snow instead of rain from heaven. Proteus was king of this land when he was alive
4. Euripides, Ion, 1313-1319, 1333-1334, 1312 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1312. Oh! ’tis passing strange how badly the deity hath enacted laws for mortal men, contrary to all sound judgment; for instance, they should ne’er have suffered impious men to sit at their altars
5. Euripides, Iphigenia At Aulis, 1007-1008, 1214, 1260, 164-173, 900-974, 1006 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

6. Euripides, Iphigenia Among The Taurians, 369 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

7. Euripides, Orestes, 383-469, 479-481, 491-541, 544, 671-716, 382 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
andromache Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
apate Steiner, Images in Mind: Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought (2001) 291
apollo Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
artemis Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
audience, theatrical Steiner, Images in Mind: Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought (2001) 291
bacchae Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
chorus, as emotional commentator Chaniotis, Unveiling Emotions III: Arousal, Display, and Performance of Emotions in the Greek World (2021) 363
delphi Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
drama Chaniotis, Unveiling Emotions III: Arousal, Display, and Performance of Emotions in the Greek World (2021) 363
ecphrasis Chaniotis, Unveiling Emotions III: Arousal, Display, and Performance of Emotions in the Greek World (2021) 363
euripides, helen Steiner, Images in Mind: Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought (2001) 291
euripides, iphigeneia in aulis Chaniotis, Unveiling Emotions III: Arousal, Display, and Performance of Emotions in the Greek World (2021) 363
euripides Chaniotis, Unveiling Emotions III: Arousal, Display, and Performance of Emotions in the Greek World (2021) 363
helen, in euripides Steiner, Images in Mind: Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought (2001) 291
helen Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
iphigenia at aulis Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
logos, and truth Steiner, Images in Mind: Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought (2001) 291
menelaus Steiner, Images in Mind: Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought (2001) 291
rehm, r. xxv Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
ritual Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
supplication' Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
theoklymenos Steiner, Images in Mind: Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought (2001) 291
truth, and logos Steiner, Images in Mind: Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought (2001) 291
twinning, in euripides helen Steiner, Images in Mind: Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought (2001) 291