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Euripides, Suppliant Women, 311


νόμιμά τε πάσης συγχέοντας ̔Ελλάδοςperform this bounden duty, and check those who would confound the customs of all Hellas; for this it is that holds men’s states together,—strict observance of the laws. And some, no doubt, will say, ’twas cowardice made thee stand aloof in terror


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1. Homer, Iliad, 24.33-24.55 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

24.33. /and gave precedence to her who furthered his fatal lustfulness. But when at length the twelfth morn thereafter was come, then among the immortals spake Phoebus Apollo:Cruel are ye, O ye gods, and workers of bane. Hath Hector then never burned for you thighs of bulls and goats without blemish? 24.34. /and gave precedence to her who furthered his fatal lustfulness. But when at length the twelfth morn thereafter was come, then among the immortals spake Phoebus Apollo:Cruel are ye, O ye gods, and workers of bane. Hath Hector then never burned for you thighs of bulls and goats without blemish? 24.35. /Him now have ye not the heart to save, a corpse though he be, for his wife to look upon and his mother and his child, and his father Priam and his people, who would forthwith burn him in the fire and pay him funeral rites. Nay, it is the ruthless Achilles, O ye gods, that ye are fain to succour 24.36. /Him now have ye not the heart to save, a corpse though he be, for his wife to look upon and his mother and his child, and his father Priam and his people, who would forthwith burn him in the fire and pay him funeral rites. Nay, it is the ruthless Achilles, O ye gods, that ye are fain to succour 24.37. /Him now have ye not the heart to save, a corpse though he be, for his wife to look upon and his mother and his child, and his father Priam and his people, who would forthwith burn him in the fire and pay him funeral rites. Nay, it is the ruthless Achilles, O ye gods, that ye are fain to succour 24.38. /Him now have ye not the heart to save, a corpse though he be, for his wife to look upon and his mother and his child, and his father Priam and his people, who would forthwith burn him in the fire and pay him funeral rites. Nay, it is the ruthless Achilles, O ye gods, that ye are fain to succour 24.39. /Him now have ye not the heart to save, a corpse though he be, for his wife to look upon and his mother and his child, and his father Priam and his people, who would forthwith burn him in the fire and pay him funeral rites. Nay, it is the ruthless Achilles, O ye gods, that ye are fain to succour 24.40. /him whose mind is nowise right, neither the purpose in his breast one that may be bent; but his heart is set on cruelty, even as a lion that at the bidding of his great might and lordly spirit goeth forth against the flocks of men to win him a feast; even so hath Achilles lost all pity, neither is shame in his heart 24.41. /him whose mind is nowise right, neither the purpose in his breast one that may be bent; but his heart is set on cruelty, even as a lion that at the bidding of his great might and lordly spirit goeth forth against the flocks of men to win him a feast; even so hath Achilles lost all pity, neither is shame in his heart 24.42. /him whose mind is nowise right, neither the purpose in his breast one that may be bent; but his heart is set on cruelty, even as a lion that at the bidding of his great might and lordly spirit goeth forth against the flocks of men to win him a feast; even so hath Achilles lost all pity, neither is shame in his heart 24.43. /him whose mind is nowise right, neither the purpose in his breast one that may be bent; but his heart is set on cruelty, even as a lion that at the bidding of his great might and lordly spirit goeth forth against the flocks of men to win him a feast; even so hath Achilles lost all pity, neither is shame in his heart 24.44. /him whose mind is nowise right, neither the purpose in his breast one that may be bent; but his heart is set on cruelty, even as a lion that at the bidding of his great might and lordly spirit goeth forth against the flocks of men to win him a feast; even so hath Achilles lost all pity, neither is shame in his heart 24.45. /the which harmeth men greatly and profiteth them withal. Lo, it may be that a man hath lost one dearer even than was this—a brother, that the selfsame mother bare, or haply a son; yet verily when he hath wept and wailed for him he maketh an end; for an enduring soul have the Fates given unto men. 24.46. /the which harmeth men greatly and profiteth them withal. Lo, it may be that a man hath lost one dearer even than was this—a brother, that the selfsame mother bare, or haply a son; yet verily when he hath wept and wailed for him he maketh an end; for an enduring soul have the Fates given unto men. 24.47. /the which harmeth men greatly and profiteth them withal. Lo, it may be that a man hath lost one dearer even than was this—a brother, that the selfsame mother bare, or haply a son; yet verily when he hath wept and wailed for him he maketh an end; for an enduring soul have the Fates given unto men. 24.48. /the which harmeth men greatly and profiteth them withal. Lo, it may be that a man hath lost one dearer even than was this—a brother, that the selfsame mother bare, or haply a son; yet verily when he hath wept and wailed for him he maketh an end; for an enduring soul have the Fates given unto men. 24.49. /the which harmeth men greatly and profiteth them withal. Lo, it may be that a man hath lost one dearer even than was this—a brother, that the selfsame mother bare, or haply a son; yet verily when he hath wept and wailed for him he maketh an end; for an enduring soul have the Fates given unto men. 24.50. /But this man, when he hath reft goodly Hector of life, bindeth him behind his chariot and draggeth him about the barrow of his dear comrade; in sooth neither honour nor profit shall he have therefrom. Let him beware lest we wax wroth with him, good man though he be; for lo, in his fury he doth foul despite unto senseless clay. 24.51. /But this man, when he hath reft goodly Hector of life, bindeth him behind his chariot and draggeth him about the barrow of his dear comrade; in sooth neither honour nor profit shall he have therefrom. Let him beware lest we wax wroth with him, good man though he be; for lo, in his fury he doth foul despite unto senseless clay. 24.52. /But this man, when he hath reft goodly Hector of life, bindeth him behind his chariot and draggeth him about the barrow of his dear comrade; in sooth neither honour nor profit shall he have therefrom. Let him beware lest we wax wroth with him, good man though he be; for lo, in his fury he doth foul despite unto senseless clay. 24.53. /But this man, when he hath reft goodly Hector of life, bindeth him behind his chariot and draggeth him about the barrow of his dear comrade; in sooth neither honour nor profit shall he have therefrom. Let him beware lest we wax wroth with him, good man though he be; for lo, in his fury he doth foul despite unto senseless clay. 24.54. /But this man, when he hath reft goodly Hector of life, bindeth him behind his chariot and draggeth him about the barrow of his dear comrade; in sooth neither honour nor profit shall he have therefrom. Let him beware lest we wax wroth with him, good man though he be; for lo, in his fury he doth foul despite unto senseless clay. 24.55. /Then stirred to anger spake to him white-armed Hera:Even this might be as thou sayest, Lord of the silver bow, if indeed ye gods will vouchsafe like honour to Achilles and to Hector. Hector is but mortal and was suckled at a woman's breast, but Achilles is the child of a goddess that I mine own self
2. Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 610-614, 609 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

609. οὕτως δʼ ὁ μάντις, υἱὸν Οἰκλέους λέγω
3. Pindar, Olympian Odes, 6.17 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

4. Euripides, Hippolytus, 1121-1125, 1120 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1120. For now no more is my mind free from doubts, unlooked-for sights greet my vision; for lo! I see the morning star of Athens, eye of Hellas, driven by his father’s fury
5. Euripides, Medea, 890, 889 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

6. Euripides, Orestes, 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
7. Euripides, Phoenician Women, 537-549, 536 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

8. Euripides, Suppliant Women, 1143, 1146-1150, 1156-1157, 1201-1203, 1205-1208, 131-154, 163-164, 188-189, 19, 219-249, 286-310, 312-364, 399-462, 494-505, 511-512, 524-527, 538, 561-563, 668-674, 707-717, 726-730, 739-741, 748-749, 794-836, 857-917, 928-931, 955-989, 1132 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1132. Woe worth the hour! woe worth the day! Reft of my hapless sire, a wretched orphan shall I inherit a desolate house, torn from my father’s arms. Choru
9. Isocrates, Orations, 4.55-4.59 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

10. Lysias, Orations, 2.9-2.10 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

11. Sophocles, Antigone, 447-455, 66-67, 446 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

12. Thucydides, The History of The Peloponnesian War, 4.92-4.99 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)



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achilles Sharrock and Keith, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy (2020) 198
adrastus, culpability of Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 195
adrastus, hybris of Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 198
aethra Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 194, 198
anaximenes, rhetorica ad alexandrum Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 599
andromache Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 599
antiphon Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 599
aristotle, rhetoric Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 599
characters, tragic/mythical, antigone Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 288
children of heracles (heraclidae) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 599
dead, proper treatment of Sharrock and Keith, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy (2020) 197, 198
dramatic festivals, discursive parameters Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 194, 195
eikos Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 599
engages with aeschylean corpus Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 151
eteocles Sharrock and Keith, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy (2020) 197
euripides, burial Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 288
euripides, phoenician women Sharrock and Keith, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy (2020) 197
euripides Sharrock and Keith, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy (2020) 197
euripides suppliant women, dating Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 194
euripides suppliant women, interpretation Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 194
gorgias, encomium of helen Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 599
hector, death Sharrock and Keith, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy (2020) 198
hecuba (hecabe) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 599
helping paradigm (international relations), and justice Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 211
homer, iliad Sharrock and Keith, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy (2020) 198
impiety Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 194
ion, depiction of the thebans Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 211
isonomia Sharrock and Keith, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy (2020) 197
jocasta Sharrock and Keith, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy (2020) 197
kinship (in diplomacy) Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 195
knives in oath rituals Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 151
law, nomos on burial Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 198, 211
magic, sympathetic Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 151
mendelsohn, daniel Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 113
morwood, j. xxiv Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 193
motifs, in postclassical tragedy, burial of the dead Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 288
mourning Sharrock and Keith, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy (2020) 198
oedipus Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 195
osullivan, p. Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 599
patroclus Sharrock and Keith, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy (2020) 198
perjury, punishments for, death Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 151
philosophy, by women Sharrock and Keith, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy (2020) 197, 198
pleonexia Sharrock and Keith, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy (2020) 197
politics, in erectheus Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 113
rhetoric Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 599
seven against thebes, causes of argive expedition Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 195, 211
sheep as oath sacrifices Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 151
sophia, wisdom of aithra in suppliant women Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 113
suppliant women (supplices) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 193, 599
suppliant women aithras intercession with theseus in Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 113
suppliant women war, deliberation of Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 113
supplication, rejection of Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 195
thebes, thebans, hybris of Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 198, 211
thebes Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 151
theseus, and adrastus Barbato, The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past (2020) 195
trojan war Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 151
trojan women (troades) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 599
truce oaths, in euripides Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 151
women in greek culture political role of' Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 113
zeus Sharrock and Keith, Maternal Conceptions in Classical Literature and Philosophy (2020) 198