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Euripides, Medea, 1329-1340


ὄλοι'. ἐγὼ δὲ νῦν φρονῶ, τότ' οὐ φρονῶνwho hadst the heart to stab thy babes, thou their mother, leaving me undone and childless; this hast thou done and still dost gaze upon the sun and earth after this deed most impious. Curses on thee! I now perceive what then I missed


ὅτ' ἐκ δόμων σε βαρβάρου τ' ἀπὸ χθονὸςin the day I brought thee, fraught with doom, from thy home in a barbarian land to dwell in Hellas, traitress to thy sire and to the land that nurtured thee. On me the gods have hurled the curse that dogged thy steps, for thou didst slay thy brother at his hearth


̔́Ελλην' ἐς οἶκον ἠγόμην, κακὸν μέγαin the day I brought thee, fraught with doom, from thy home in a barbarian land to dwell in Hellas, traitress to thy sire and to the land that nurtured thee. On me the gods have hurled the curse that dogged thy steps, for thou didst slay thy brother at his hearth


πατρός τε καὶ γῆς προδότιν ἥ ς' ἐθρέψατο.in the day I brought thee, fraught with doom, from thy home in a barbarian land to dwell in Hellas, traitress to thy sire and to the land that nurtured thee. On me the gods have hurled the curse that dogged thy steps, for thou didst slay thy brother at his hearth


τὸν σὸν δ' ἀλάστορ' εἰς ἔμ' ἔσκηψαν θεοί:in the day I brought thee, fraught with doom, from thy home in a barbarian land to dwell in Hellas, traitress to thy sire and to the land that nurtured thee. On me the gods have hurled the curse that dogged thy steps, for thou didst slay thy brother at his hearth


κτανοῦσα γὰρ δὴ σὸν κάσιν παρέστιονin the day I brought thee, fraught with doom, from thy home in a barbarian land to dwell in Hellas, traitress to thy sire and to the land that nurtured thee. On me the gods have hurled the curse that dogged thy steps, for thou didst slay thy brother at his hearth


τὸ καλλίπρῳρον εἰσέβης ̓Αργοῦς σκάφος.ere thou cam’st aboard our fair ship Argo. Such was the outset of thy life of crime; then didst thou wed with me, and having born me sons to glut thy passion’s lust, thou now hast slain them. Not one amongst the wives of Hellas e’er had dared


ἤρξω μὲν ἐκ τοιῶνδε: νυμφευθεῖσα δὲere thou cam’st aboard our fair ship Argo. Such was the outset of thy life of crime; then didst thou wed with me, and having born me sons to glut thy passion’s lust, thou now hast slain them. Not one amongst the wives of Hellas e’er had dared


παρ' ἀνδρὶ τῷδε καὶ τεκοῦσά μοι τέκναere thou cam’st aboard our fair ship Argo. Such was the outset of thy life of crime; then didst thou wed with me, and having born me sons to glut thy passion’s lust, thou now hast slain them. Not one amongst the wives of Hellas e’er had dared


εὐνῆς ἕκατι καὶ λέχους σφ' ἀπώλεσας.ere thou cam’st aboard our fair ship Argo. Such was the outset of thy life of crime; then didst thou wed with me, and having born me sons to glut thy passion’s lust, thou now hast slain them. Not one amongst the wives of Hellas e’er had dared


οὐκ ἔστιν ἥτις τοῦτ' ἂν ̔Ελληνὶς γυνὴere thou cam’st aboard our fair ship Argo. Such was the outset of thy life of crime; then didst thou wed with me, and having born me sons to glut thy passion’s lust, thou now hast slain them. Not one amongst the wives of Hellas e’er had dared


ἔτλη ποθ', ὧν γε πρόσθεν ἠξίουν ἐγὼthis deed; yet before them all I chose thee for my wife, wedding a foe to be my doom, no woman, but a lioness fiercer than Tyrrhene Scylla in nature. But with reproaches heaped a thousandfold


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

5 results
1. Euripides, Bacchae, 912, 894 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

894. ὅ τι ποτʼ ἄρα τὸ δαιμόνιον
2. Euripides, Hippolytus, 1026-1031, 1025 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1025. Now by Zeus, the god of oaths, and by the earth, whereon we stand, I swear to thee I never did lay hand upon thy wife nor would have wished to, or have harboured such a thought Slay me, ye gods! rob me of name and honour, from home and city cast me forth, a wandering exile o’er the earth!
3. Euripides, Iphigenia Among The Taurians, 751 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

4. Euripides, Medea, 113-114, 1321-1322, 1330-1340, 1358, 1361-1362, 1378-1383, 1386-1414, 163, 534-538, 625-626, 663-758, 764-767, 803-806, 112 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

5. Sophocles, Women of Trachis, 1040, 1189, 1193-1201, 1220-1229, 383-384, 808-809, 818-820, 1039 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1039. Heal this pain with which your godless mother has enraged me! So may I see her fall to ruin, exactly, just exactly, as she has destroyed me!


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aegeus Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
aegeus and medea Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 25
aphrodite,revenge of,in hippolytus Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 178
artemis Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 178
athens Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
audience Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
chorus,oaths sworn by Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 25
creon Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
deianeira Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 25
delphi Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
dioscuri Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
dramaturgy Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
epiphany,passim – meaning,exclusive,epilogue epiphany Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
glauce Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
glauce (medea) Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 25
helen Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
helios Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
hera,acraea Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
hera Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
hyllus Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 25
impasse,dramatic Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
iole (trachiniae) Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 25
iphigeneia Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 25
jason Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
jason (medea),curses by Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 25
lichas (trachiniae) Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 25
medea,and jasons perjury Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 25
medea,oath with aegeus Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 25
medea,revenge in Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 178
medea Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
menelaus Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
myth Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
odysseus,curses against Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 25
on high,staging of gods Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
orestes Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 25
plot Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
prophecy,foretelling the future Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
revenge,of hera in heracles Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 178
revenge,of medea Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 178
revenge,reverse retaliation' Pucci (2016), Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay, 178
revenge curses Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 25
theoclymenus Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91
theonoe Lipka (2021), Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus, 91