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Euripides, Ion, 1313-1319

δεινόν γε, θνητοῖς τοὺς νόμους ὡς οὐ καλῶς

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

ἔθηκεν ὁ θεὸς οὐδ' ἀπὸ γνώμης σοφῆς:

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

τοὺς μὲν γὰρ ἀδίκους βωμὸν οὐχ ἵζειν ἐχρῆν

but should have driven them away; for it was nowise right that hands unclean should touch the altars of the gods, though the righteous deserved to find a refuge there from their oppressors, instead of good and bad alike having recourse to the same divine protection with equal success. Pythian Prieste

ἀλλ' ἐξελαύνειν: οὐδὲ γὰρ ψαύειν καλὸν

θεῶν πονηρὰν χεῖρα: τοῖσι δ' ἐνδίκοις —

ἱερὰ καθίζειν, ὅστις ἠδικεῖτ', ἐχρῆν:

καὶ μὴ 'πὶ ταὐτὸ τοῦτ' ἰόντ' ἔχειν ἴσον

τόν τ' ἐσθλὸν ὄντα τόν τε μὴ θεῶν πάρα.

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

8 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, 14-16, 160-161, 164-169, 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, 55-59, 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, 1314-1319, 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, 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)

8. Lycurgus, Against Leocrates, 93 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
altar	Black, Thomas, and Thompson, Ephesos as a Religious Center under the Principate (2022) 193
andromache	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
apollo	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 242, 826
artemis, as protector	Black, Thomas, and Thompson, Ephesos as a Religious Center under the Principate (2022) 193
artemis	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
artemision, and asylum	Black, Thomas, and Thompson, Ephesos as a Religious Center under the Principate (2022) 193
asylum	Black, Thomas, and Thompson, Ephesos as a Religious Center under the Principate (2022) 193
athena	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 242
bacchae	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
delphi	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
gibert, j. xxi	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 242
helen	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
ion	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 242
iphigenia at aulis	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 826
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
temple, greek, inviolability of	Black, Thomas, and Thompson, Ephesos as a Religious Center under the Principate (2022) 193
war	Black, Thomas, and Thompson, Ephesos as a Religious Center under the Principate (2022) 193
wicked	Black, Thomas, and Thompson, Ephesos as a Religious Center under the Principate (2022) 193