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Euripides, Orestes, 331


ἵνα μεσόμφαλοι λέγονται μυχοί.at his sanctuary, where the hollows are called the navel of the earth. Choru


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

4 results
1. Homer, Odyssey, 1.50 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

2. Aeschylus, Eumenides, 166 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

166. πάρεστι γᾶς ὀμφαλὸν προσδρακεῖν αἱμάτων
3. Euripides, Orestes, 1259-1260, 1264-1265, 1303, 1305-1306, 1352-1365, 193, 314-315, 333-339, 479-481, 492-541, 608-629, 75-76, 812, 819, 823, 1258 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1258. Let us make haste and go on; I will keep careful watch upon this road towards the east. Second Semi-Choru
4. Plato, Republic, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

427c. we neither know anything nor in the founding of our city if we are wise shall we entrust them to any other or make use of any other interpreter than the God of our fathers. For this God surely is in such matters for all mankind the interpreter of the religion of their fathers who from his seat in the middle and at the very navel of the earth delivers his interpretation. Excellently said, he replied; and that is what we must do.


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aeschylus Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
anaximander of miletus, and the oikoumene Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
anaximander of miletus, map of Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
androtion Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 219
apollo, in myth Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
apollo, oracles of Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
apollo Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193; Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 225
argos Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 219, 225
calypso Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
costumes Papadodima, Ancient Greek Literature and the Foreign: Athenian Dialogues II (2022) 111
delos Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
delphi, omphalos at Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
delphi, oracle of Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
delphi Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
democritus of abdera Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
divine punishment/retribution Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 225
euripides, on delphi Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
exotic Papadodima, Ancient Greek Literature and the Foreign: Athenian Dialogues II (2022) 111
foreign, customs Papadodima, Ancient Greek Literature and the Foreign: Athenian Dialogues II (2022) 111
homer Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
hosios Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 225
hubris, hippolytus Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 225
justice, of matricide Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 225
kingship, lydian Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
madness, in the orestes Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 219
maps, ionian Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
matricide, resulting in pollution Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 219, 225
menelaus Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 219, 225
mermnads Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
miletus and milesians Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
mother of the gods, and warfare Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
naddaf, gerard Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
oikoumene, and kingship Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
oikoumene Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
omphalos Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
oracles, delphic Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
orestes Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 219, 225
phren/phrenes, seat of purity/impurity, in the orestes Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 225
phrygian Papadodima, Ancient Greek Literature and the Foreign: Athenian Dialogues II (2022) 111
pindar Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
purity, of the leader Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 219
pylades Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 219, 225
sacrifice, animal, pre-battle Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 219
supplication, and purification of homicide Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 219, 225
supplication, in the orestes' Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 225
tyndareus Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 225
tyranny, metaphysics of Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193
tyranny, theology of Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 193