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Euripides, Medea, 225


ἐμοὶ δ' ἄελπτον πρᾶγμα προσπεσὸν τόδεBut on me hath fallen this unforeseen disaster, and sapped my life; ruined I am, and long to resign the boon of existence, kind friends, and die. For he who was all the world to me, as well thou knowest, hath turned out the veriest villain, my own husband.


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9 results
1. Homer, Iliad, 6.456-6.457 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

6.456. /shall lead thee away weeping and rob thee of thy day of freedom. Then haply in Argos shalt thou ply the loom at another s bidding, or bear water from Messeis or Hypereia, sorely against thy will, and strong necessity shall be laid upon thee. And some man shall say as he beholdeth thee weeping: 6.457. /shall lead thee away weeping and rob thee of thy day of freedom. Then haply in Argos shalt thou ply the loom at another s bidding, or bear water from Messeis or Hypereia, sorely against thy will, and strong necessity shall be laid upon thee. And some man shall say as he beholdeth thee weeping:
2. Euripides, Alcestis, 927-928, 926 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

3. Euripides, Bacchae, 266-329, 265 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

265. Ἐχίονος δʼ ὢν παῖς καταισχύνεις γένος; Τειρεσίας 265. Do you, the child of Echion, bring shame to your race? Teiresia
4. Euripides, Electra, 1025-1029, 1032, 1035, 171-180, 310-311, 314, 1024 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

5. Euripides, Hippolytus, 216-222, 215 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

215. Away to the mountain take me! to the wood, to the pine-trees I will go, where hounds pursue the prey, hard on the scent of dappled fawns. Ye gods! what joy to hark them on
6. Euripides, Medea, 1056-1080, 109, 112-113, 1136-1139, 114, 1140-1189, 119, 1190-1199, 120, 1200-1209, 121, 1210-1230, 1234-1250, 1317-1414, 144-145, 148-153, 16, 160-169, 17, 170-172, 18-19, 190-199, 20, 200-203, 208-209, 21, 210, 214-219, 22, 220-224, 226-229, 23, 230-266, 271-276, 282-303, 305, 316, 324, 345, 348, 351-354, 368, 378-380, 389, 39, 390-391, 395-398, 40, 401-439, 44, 440-575, 627-641, 643, 665-758, 764-810, 9-10 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

10. to slay their father and come to live here in the land of Corinth with her husband and children, where her exile found favour with the citizens to whose land she had come, and in all things of her own accord was she at one with Jason, the greatest safeguard thi
7. Euripides, Suppliant Women, 382-597, 381 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

381. (to a herald.) Forasmuch as with this thy art thou hast ever served the stat£ and me by carrying my proclamations far and wide, so now cross Asopus and the waters of Ismenus, and declare this message to the haughty king of the Cadmeans:
8. Euripides, Trojan Women, 660 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

660. as his wife, and I must serve in the house of murderers. And if I set aside my love for Hector , and open my heart to this new lord, I shall appear a traitress to the dead, while, if I hate him, I shall incur my master’s displeasure.
9. Xenophon, On Household Management, 7-10 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
agôn/-es Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 587
alcestis, unexpected loss in Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
alterity/otherness Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
ananke(necessity) Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
athens Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 69, 897
citizen, status of Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
comedy Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
community Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
conflict Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
cyclops Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 587
daimo¯n (divine force) Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
dionyso(u)s Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 897
division Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
domesticity Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 897
electra Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 587
eros, greek interest in Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
eros, lament of enslaved trojan women in troades and Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
eros, rape Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
group Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
harmony Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
hera Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 897
kelly, a. xxii Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 69, 74
logos Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
medea, unexpected loss in Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
medea Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 69, 74, 587
munteanu, d.l. xxiv Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 897
oaths Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 69
osullivan, p. Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 587
otherness/alterity Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
phratria Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
plato, gorgias Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 587
polis Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
rape Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
rhetoric Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 587; Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
rückblickszenen Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 74
sexuality Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 897
skênê Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 69
slavery, lament of trojan women in troades over Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
slaves Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
socrates Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 587; Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
sophia, wisdom unexpected fall in euripides and Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
suppliant women (supplices) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 587
theseus Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
troades lament of enslaved trojan women in Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
tukhe(chance) Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
unexpected fall in euripides Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
unexpected loss in Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
unity Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
women Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
women in greek culture lament of enslaved trojan women in troades Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73
womens voices Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 897
xenophon Michalopoulos et al., The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature (2021) 339
yoke' Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 73