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Euripides, Suppliant Women, 668-674


κῆρυξ δὲ Θησέως εἶπεν ἐς πάντας τάδε:placing in the rear the bodies for which they fought. Horse to horse, and car to car stood ranged. Then did the herald of Theseus cry aloud to all: Be still, ye folk! hush, ye ranks of Cadmus


Σιγᾶτε, λαοί: σῖγα, Καδμείων στίχεςplacing in the rear the bodies for which they fought. Horse to horse, and car to car stood ranged. Then did the herald of Theseus cry aloud to all: Be still, ye folk! hush, ye ranks of Cadmus


ἀκούσαθ': ἡμεῖς ἥκομεν νεκροὺς μέταhearken! we are come to fetch the bodies of the slain, wishing to bury them in observance of the universal law of Hellas; no wish have we to lengthen out the slaughter.


θάψαι θέλοντες, τὸν Πανελλήνων νόμονhearken! we are come to fetch the bodies of the slain, wishing to bury them in observance of the universal law of Hellas; no wish have we to lengthen out the slaughter.


σῴζοντες, οὐδὲν δεόμενοι τεῖναι φόνον.hearken! we are come to fetch the bodies of the slain, wishing to bury them in observance of the universal law of Hellas; no wish have we to lengthen out the slaughter.


κοὐδὲν Κρέων τοῖσδ' ἀντεκήρυξεν λόγοιςNot a word would Creon let his herald answer back, but there he stood in silence under arms. Then did the drivers of the four-horse car


ἀλλ' ἧστ' ἐφ' ὅπλοις σῖγα. ποιμένες δ' ὄχωνNot a word would Creon let his herald answer back, but there he stood in silence under arms. Then did the drivers of the four-horse car


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

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1. 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
2. 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
3. Euripides, Suppliant Women, 1143, 1146-1150, 1156-1157, 262, 311, 340-341, 377-380, 538, 559-563, 594-597, 634-637, 647-648, 663, 669-674, 680, 706-718, 726-730, 739-741, 748-749, 794-836, 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


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democracy and monarchy, debate between theseus and theban herald on Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 125
monarchy and democracy, debate between theseus and theban herald on' Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 125
morwood, j. xxiv Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 193
suppliant women Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 125
suppliant women (supplices) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Euripides (2015) 193
suppliant women absence of Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 125
suppliant women periphetes, magic club taken from Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 125
suppliant women theban herald, debate on democracy and monarchy between theseus and Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 125