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Euripides, Phoenician Women, 684-687


Περσέφασσα καὶ φίλαoh! in foreign prayers: come, come to this land; your descendants settled here; and the goddesses of twofold name, Persephone and the kindly


Δαμάτηρ θεάgoddess Demeter the queen of all, Earth the nurse of all, won it for themselves; send to the help of this land those torch-bearing goddesses; for to gods all things are easy. Eteocles to an attendant


πάντων ἄνασσα, πάντων δὲ Γᾶ τροφόςgoddess Demeter the queen of all, Earth the nurse of all, won it for themselves; send to the help of this land those torch-bearing goddesses; for to gods all things are easy. Eteocles to an attendant


κτήσαντο — πέμπε πυρφόρουςgoddess Demeter the queen of all, Earth the nurse of all, won it for themselves; send to the help of this land those torch-bearing goddesses; for to gods all things are easy. Eteocles to an attendant


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1. Hesiod, Works And Days, 563 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

563. And slumber in a bedroom far within
2. Hesiod, Theogony, 70-71, 117 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

117. of the immortal gods, and those created
3. Homer, Iliad, 2.695-2.696, 9.381 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

2.695. /And they that held Phylace and flowery Pyrasus, the sanctuary of Demeter, and Iton, mother of flocks, and Antron, hard by the sea, and Pteleos, couched in grass, these again had as leader warlike Protesilaus, while yet he lived; howbeit ere now the black earth held him fast. 2.696. /And they that held Phylace and flowery Pyrasus, the sanctuary of Demeter, and Iton, mother of flocks, and Antron, hard by the sea, and Pteleos, couched in grass, these again had as leader warlike Protesilaus, while yet he lived; howbeit ere now the black earth held him fast. 9.381. /and if yet other should be added thereto I care not whence, not though it were all the wealth that goeth in to Orchomenus, or to Thebes of Egypt, where treasures in greatest store are laid up in men's houses,—Thebes which is a city of an hundred gates wherefrom sally forth through each two hundred warriors with horses and cars;
4. Homeric Hymns, To Demeter, 297-298, 47, 473-474, 489, 74, 211 (8th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)

211. Around her slender feet her dark-blue dre
5. Euripides, Bacchae, 101-165, 55-100 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

100. τέλεσαν, ταυρόκερων θεὸν 100. had perfected him, the bull-horned god, and he crowned him with crowns of snakes, for which reason Maenads cloak their wild prey over their locks. Choru
6. Euripides, Electra, 170-190, 169 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

169. σὰν ἀγρότειραν αὐλάν.
7. Euripides, Helen, 1302-1368, 1301 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1301. ̓Ορεία ποτὲ δρομάδι κώ- 1301. Once with swift foot the mountain mother of the gods rushed through the wooded glen, and the river’s stream
8. Euripides, Hippolytus, 55-87, 54 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

9. Euripides, Ion, 136-140, 126 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

10. Euripides, Orestes, 193 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

11. Euripides, Phoenician Women, 1004-1008, 1099, 1175, 1223-1241, 1485, 1489, 1703-1707, 214-228, 638-649, 657-683, 685-689, 784-800, 806, 845-848, 852-857, 1003 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

12. Euripides, Suppliant Women, 1001-1071, 1132, 1143, 1146-1150, 1156-1157, 798-836, 980-1000 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1000. Now from my home in frantic haste with frenzied mind I rush to join thee, seeking to share with thee the fire’s bright flame and the self-same tomb, to rid me of my weary
13. Euripides, Trojan Women, 309-310, 320-325, 327-328, 332-333, 914-922, 308 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

308. Bring the light, uplift and show its flame! I am doing the god’s service, see! see! making his shrine to glow with tapers bright.
14. Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 1.1125-1.1151 (3rd cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

1.1125. μητέρα Δινδυμίην πολυπότνιαν ἀγκαλέοντες 1.1126. ἐνναέτιν Φρυγίης, Τιτίην θʼ ἅμα Κύλληνόν τε 1.1127. οἳ μοῦνοι πολέων μοιρηγέται ἠδὲ πάρεδροι 1.1128. μητέρος Ἰδαίης κεκλήαται, ὅσσοι ἔασιν 1.1129. δάκτυλοι Ἰδαῖοι Κρηταιέες, οὕς ποτε νύμφη 1.1130. Ἀγχιάλη Δικταῖον ἀνὰ σπέος ἀμφοτέρῃσιν 1.1131. δραξαμένη γαίης Οἰαξίδος ἐβλάστησεν. 1.1132. πολλὰ δὲ τήνγε λιτῇσιν ἀποστρέψαι ἐριώλας 1.1133. Λἰσονίδης γουνάζετʼ ἐπιλλείβων ἱεροῖσιν 1.1134. αἰθομένοις· ἄμυδις δὲ νέοι Ὀρφῆος ἀνωγῇ 1.1135. σκαίροντες βηταρμὸν ἐνόπλιον ὠρχήσαντο 1.1136. καὶ σάκεα ξιφέεσσιν ἐπέκτυπον, ὥς κεν ἰωὴ 1.1137. δύσφημος πλάζοιτο διʼ ἠέρος, ἣν ἔτι λαοὶ 1.1138. κηδείῃ βασιλῆος ἀνέστενον. ἔνθεν ἐσαιεὶ 1.1139. ῥόμβῳ καὶ τυπάνῳ Ῥείην Φρύγες ἱλάσκονται. 1.1140. ἡ δέ που εὐαγέεσσιν ἐπὶ φρένα θῆκε θυηλαῖς 1.1141. ἀνταίη δαίμων· τὰ δʼ ἐοικότα σήματʼ ἔγεντο. 1.1142. δένδρεα μὲν καρπὸν χέον ἄσπετον, ἀμφὶ δὲ ποσσὶν 1.1143. αὐτομάτη φύε γαῖα τερείνης ἄνθεα ποίης. 1.1144. θῆρες δʼ εἰλυούς τε κατὰ ξυλόχους τε λιπόντες 1.1145. οὐρῇσιν σαίνοντες ἐπήλυθον. ἡ δὲ καὶ ἄλλο 1.1146. θῆκε τέρας· ἐπεὶ οὔτι παροίτερον ὕδατι νᾶεν 1.1147. Δίνδυμον· ἀλλά σφιν τότʼ ἀνέβραχε διψάδος αὔτως 1.1148. ἐκ κορυφῆς ἄλληκτον· Ἰησονίην δʼ ἐνέπουσιν 1.1149. κεῖνο ποτὸν κρήνην περιναιέται ἄνδρες ὀπίσσω. 1.1150. καὶ τότε μὲν δαῖτʼ ἀμφὶ θεᾶς θέσαν οὔρεσιν Ἄρκτων 1.1151. μέλποντες Ῥείην πολυπότνιαν· αὐτὰρ ἐς ἠὼ


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
agamedes Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102
apis Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
apollo Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 836
artemis Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 836
athena Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 836
athens Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 836
boeotia, demeter and Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102, 103
cadmus and cadmeians Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102
celeus Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 103
characters Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 356
chorus χορός, choral Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
chthonic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
classical Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
cry, ritual Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
death associated with dionysos and dionysian cult or myth Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
delphi Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 356, 836
demeter, and kore (persephone) Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
demeter, anger of Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 103
demeter, as grain/ agricultural goddess Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102, 103
demeter, eleusinian mysteries and Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102, 103
demeter, origins and development Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102, 103
demeter, sanctuaries and temples Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102, 103
demeter, thesmophoria and Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 103
demeter Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 356, 836; Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56; Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102, 103
demeter eleusinia Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102, 103
demeter thesmophoros Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102, 103
dindymene Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
dionysia, city (great) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 836
dionyso(u)s Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 344, 356, 836
dionysos, arrival Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
dionysos, dionysos epaphios/epaphian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
dionysos, dionysos lenaios/lenaeus Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
dionysos, nurse of Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
dionysos Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
earth Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
earth (gaea), as demeter Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
earth (gaea) Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
egypt, egyptian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
egypt/egyptians, demeter/eleusis and Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102
eleusinian mysteries Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102, 103
epaphos Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
eumolpids Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102
euripides, on the mother of the gods Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
funerals Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 836
henrichs, a. Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 836
hesiod Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
homer Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
homeric hymn, to earth Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
iasion Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102
ida, idaean mother Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
ida Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
inachus Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
initiation, initiatory rites Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
io Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
ion Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 836
katavothren Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102, 103
lydia and lydians, and phrygian symbols Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
lydia and lydians, rites of Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
megara, eleusis and Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 103
megara Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 103
metaneira Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 103
minoans Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102
mnaseas Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
mother of the gods, and animals Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
mother of the gods, as demeter Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
mother of the gods, as earth (gaea) Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
mother of the gods, as mountain mother Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
mother of the gods, as rhea Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
mother of the gods, associated with mountains Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
mother of the gods, daughter of Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
mother of the gods, great Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
mother of the gods, in attic drama Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
mother of the gods, multiple identities of Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
mylonas, george Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102
mysteries Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102, 103
müller, karl otfried Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102
oaths Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 836
olympus, olympian, god Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
orchomenos, demeter and Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102
orphism, orphic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
osiris Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
persephone Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431; Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
pfister, friedrich Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 103
phoenician women Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 344, 355, 356
plutus Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102
procession Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
pyrasos, sanctuary of demeter at Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102
rehm, r. xxv Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 836
rhea Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
rite, ritual Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
ritual Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 836
sanctuaries and temples, of demeter Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102, 103
serapis Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
seven against thebes, Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 103
suppliant women (supplices) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 836
swift, l. Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 344, 355, 356
thebes, theban Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
thesmophoria Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 103
thrace, demeter and Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102
torch, torchlight Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
trophonius Simon, Zeyl, and Shapiro,, The Gods of the Greeks (2021) 102
tyrannus, philoctetes Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
underworld' Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431
weddings Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 836
zeus, and gaea Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
zeus, and rhea Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56
zeus Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 431; Munn, The Mother of the Gods, Athens, and the Tyranny of Asia: A Study of Sovereignty in Ancient Religion (2006) 56