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Hesiod, Theogony, 782-804

ὁππότʼ ἔρις καὶ νεῖκος ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν ὄρηται

The distance from the earth being no le

καί ῥʼ ὅστις ψεύδηται Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἐχόντων

Than Heaven is above the earth; and thu

Ζεὺς δέ τε Ἶριν ἔπεμψε θεῶν μέγαν ὅρκον ἐνεῖκαι

A brazen anvil would reach Tartaru

τηλόθεν ἐν χρυσέῃ προχόῳ πολυώνυμον ὕδωρ

In nine full days and nights. A barricade

ψυχρόν, ὅτʼ ἐκ πέτρης καταλείβεται ἠλιβάτοιο

Of bronze runs all around it, and the shade

ὑψηλῆς· πολλὸν δὲ ὑπὸ χθονὸς εὐρυοδείης

Of night about it spreads in a triple row

ἐξ ἱεροῦ ποταμοῖο ῥέει διὰ νύκτα μέλαιναν

Just like a necklace; and above it grow

Ὠκεανοῖο κέρας· δεκάτη δʼ ἐπὶ μοῖρα δέδασται·

The roots of earth and of the barren sea.

ἐννέα μὲν περὶ γῆν τε καὶ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης

The Titans there in dim obscurity

δίνῃς ἀργυρέῃς εἱλιγμένος εἰς ἅλα πίπτει

Are hidden by cloud-driving Zeus’ decree

ἣ δὲ μίʼ ἐκ πέτρης προρέει μέγα πῆμα θεοῖσιν.

In a dank setting at the boundary

ὅς κεν τὴν ἐπίορκον ἀπολλείψας ἐπομόσσῃ

Of the wide earth. They may not leave this snare

ἀθανάτων, οἳ ἔχουσι κάρη νιφόεντος Ὀλύμπου

Because bronze portals had been fitted there

κεῖται νήυτμος τετελεσμένον εἰς ἐνιαυτόν·

By Lord Poseidon, and upon each side

οὐδέ ποτʼ ἀμβροσίης καὶ νέκταρος ἔρχεται ἆσσον

A wall runs round it. There those three reside

βρώσιος, ἀλλά τε κεῖται ἀνάπνευστος καὶ ἄναυδος

Great-souled Obriareus, Cottus and Gyes

στρωτοῖς ἐν λεχέεσσι, κακὸν δέ ἑ κῶμα καλύπτει.

The faithful guardians and orderlie

αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ νοῦσον τελέσῃ μέγαν εἰς ἐνιαυτόν

Of aegis-bearing Zeus, and there exist

ἄλλος γʼ ἐξ ἄλλου δέχεται χαλεπώτερος ἄεθλος.

The springs and boundaries, filled full of mist

εἰνάετες δὲ θεῶν ἀπαμείρεται αἰὲν ἐόντων

And gloom, of Earth and Hell and the barren sea

οὐδέ ποτʼ ἐς βουλὴν ἐπιμίσγεται οὐδʼ ἐπὶ δαῖτας

And starry heaven, arranged sequentially

ἐννέα πάντα ἔτεα· δεκάτῳ δʼ ἐπιμίσγεται αὖτις

Loathsome and dank, by each divinity

εἴρας ἐς ἀθανάτων, οἳ Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχουσιν.

Detested: it’s a massive cavity

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1. Hesiod, Fragments, 151 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

2. Hesiod, Works And Days, 283-285, 708-709, 78, 788-789, 282 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

282. And, should he wish, takes note nor fails to know

3. Hesiod, Theogony, 1001-1018, 139-141, 22, 225-229, 23, 230-236, 24-34, 37, 383-403, 453-506, 517-522, 613-781, 783-818, 886-1000 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

1000. The loveliest tots in the whole company

4. Homer, Iliad, 3.3, 4.378, 4.390-4.391, 4.397-4.401, 4.404-4.405, 8.13-8.16, 9.115, 15.187-15.193 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

3.3. /Now when they were marshalled, the several companies with their captains, the Trojans came on with clamour and with a cry like birds, even as the clamour of cranes ariseth before the face of heaven, when they flee from wintry storms and measureless rain 4.378. /met him, neither saw him; but men say that he was pre-eminent over all. Once verily he came to Mycenae, not as an enemy, but as a guest, in company with godlike Polyneices, to gather a host; for in that day they were waging a war against the sacred walls of Thebe, and earnestly did they make prayer that glorious allies be granted them; 4.390. /full easily; such a helper was Athene to him. But the Cadmeians, goaders of horses, waxed wroth, and as he journeyed back, brought and set a strong ambush, even fifty youths, and two there were as leaders, Maeon, son of Haemon, peer of the immortals 4.391. /full easily; such a helper was Athene to him. But the Cadmeians, goaders of horses, waxed wroth, and as he journeyed back, brought and set a strong ambush, even fifty youths, and two there were as leaders, Maeon, son of Haemon, peer of the immortals 4.397. /and Autophonus' son, Polyphontes, staunch in fight. But Tydeus even upon these let loose a shameful fate, and slew them all; one only man suffered he to return home; Maeon he sent forth in obedience to the portents of the gods. Such a man was Tydeus of Aetolia; howbeit the son 4.398. /and Autophonus' son, Polyphontes, staunch in fight. But Tydeus even upon these let loose a shameful fate, and slew them all; one only man suffered he to return home; Maeon he sent forth in obedience to the portents of the gods. Such a man was Tydeus of Aetolia; howbeit the son 4.399. /and Autophonus' son, Polyphontes, staunch in fight. But Tydeus even upon these let loose a shameful fate, and slew them all; one only man suffered he to return home; Maeon he sent forth in obedience to the portents of the gods. Such a man was Tydeus of Aetolia; howbeit the son 4.400. /that he begat is worse than he in battle, though in the place of gathering he is better. 4.401. /that he begat is worse than he in battle, though in the place of gathering he is better. 4.404. /that he begat is worse than he in battle, though in the place of gathering he is better. So he spake, and stalwart Diomedes answered him not a word, but had respect to the reproof of the king revered. But the son of glorious Capaneus made answer.Son of Atreus, utter not lies, when thou knowest how to speak truly. 4.405. /We declare ourselves to be better men by far than our fathers: we took the seat of Thebe of the seven gates, when we twain had gathered a lesser host against a stronger wall, putting our trust in the portents of the gods and in the aid of Zeus; whereas they perished through their own blind folly. 8.13. /Whomsoever I shall mark minded apart from the gods to go and bear aid either to Trojans or Danaans, smitten in no seemly wise shall he come back to Olympus, or I shall take and hurl him into murky Tartarus 8.14. /Whomsoever I shall mark minded apart from the gods to go and bear aid either to Trojans or Danaans, smitten in no seemly wise shall he come back to Olympus, or I shall take and hurl him into murky Tartarus 8.15. /far, far away, where is the deepest gulf beneath the earth, the gates whereof are of iron and the threshold of bronze, as far beneath Hades as heaven is above earth: then shall ye know how far the mightiest am I of all gods. Nay, come, make trial, ye gods, that ye all may know. Make ye fast from heaven a chain of gold 8.16. /far, far away, where is the deepest gulf beneath the earth, the gates whereof are of iron and the threshold of bronze, as far beneath Hades as heaven is above earth: then shall ye know how far the mightiest am I of all gods. Nay, come, make trial, ye gods, that ye all may know. Make ye fast from heaven a chain of gold 9.115. / Old sir, in no false wise hast thou recounted the tale of my blind folly. Blind I was, myself I deny it not. of the worth of many hosts is the man whom Zeus loveth in his heart, even as now he honoureth this man and destroyeth the host of the Achaeans. Yet seeing I was blind, and yielded to my miserable passion 15.187. / Out upon it, verily strong though he be he hath spoken overweeningly, if in sooth by force and in mine own despite he will restrain me that am of like honour with himself. For three brethren are we, begotten of Cronos, and born of Rhea,—Zeus, and myself, and the third is Hades, that is lord of the dead below. And in three-fold wise are all things divided, and unto each hath been apportioned his own domain. 15.188. / Out upon it, verily strong though he be he hath spoken overweeningly, if in sooth by force and in mine own despite he will restrain me that am of like honour with himself. For three brethren are we, begotten of Cronos, and born of Rhea,—Zeus, and myself, and the third is Hades, that is lord of the dead below. And in three-fold wise are all things divided, and unto each hath been apportioned his own domain. 15.189. / Out upon it, verily strong though he be he hath spoken overweeningly, if in sooth by force and in mine own despite he will restrain me that am of like honour with himself. For three brethren are we, begotten of Cronos, and born of Rhea,—Zeus, and myself, and the third is Hades, that is lord of the dead below. And in three-fold wise are all things divided, and unto each hath been apportioned his own domain. 15.190. /I verily, when the lots were shaken, won for my portion the grey sea to be my habitation for ever, and Hades won the murky darkness, while Zeus won the broad heaven amid the air and the clouds; but the earth and high Olympus remain yet common to us all. Wherefore will I not in any wise walk after the will of Zeus; nay in quiet 15.191. /I verily, when the lots were shaken, won for my portion the grey sea to be my habitation for ever, and Hades won the murky darkness, while Zeus won the broad heaven amid the air and the clouds; but the earth and high Olympus remain yet common to us all. Wherefore will I not in any wise walk after the will of Zeus; nay in quiet 15.192. /I verily, when the lots were shaken, won for my portion the grey sea to be my habitation for ever, and Hades won the murky darkness, while Zeus won the broad heaven amid the air and the clouds; but the earth and high Olympus remain yet common to us all. Wherefore will I not in any wise walk after the will of Zeus; nay in quiet 15.193. /I verily, when the lots were shaken, won for my portion the grey sea to be my habitation for ever, and Hades won the murky darkness, while Zeus won the broad heaven amid the air and the clouds; but the earth and high Olympus remain yet common to us all. Wherefore will I not in any wise walk after the will of Zeus; nay in quiet

5. Homer, Odyssey, 1.53-1.54, 14.296, 14.331-14.333, 19.287-19.290 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

6. Homeric Hymns, To Demeter, 259 (8th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)

259. The Cutter or witchcraft bring him distre

7. Parmenides, Fragments, None (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

8. Pindar, Olympian Odes, 2.85 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

9. Aristophanes, Clouds, 1241 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1241. καὶ Ζεὺς γέλοιος ὀμνύμενος τοῖς εἰδόσιν.

10. Plato, Gorgias, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

503a. Call. This question of yours is not quite so simple; for there are some who have a regard for the citizens in the words that they utter, while there are also others of the sort that you mention. Soc. That is enough for me. For if this thing also is twofold, one part of it, I presume, will be flattery and a base mob-oratory, while the other is noble—the endeavor, that is, to make the citizens’ souls as good as possible, and the persistent effort to say what is best, whether it prove more or less pleasant to one’s hearers.

11. Plato, Phaedrus, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

271a. Socrates. Then this is the goal of all his effort; he tries to produce conviction in the soul. Is not that so? Phaedrus. Yes. Socrates. So it is clear that Thrasymachus, or anyone else who seriously teaches the art of rhetoric, will first describe the soul with perfect accuracy and make us see whether it is one and all alike, or, like the body, of multiform aspect; for this is what we call explaining its nature. Phaedrus. Certainly. Socrates. And secondly he will say what its action is and toward what it is directed, or how it is acted upon and by what. Phaedrus. To be sure.

12. Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, 23.5 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

13. Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, 1.509-1.511, 1.733-1.734 (3rd cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

1.509. Δικταῖον ναίεσκεν ὑπὸ σπέος· οἱ δέ μιν οὔπω 1.510. γηγενέες Κύκλωπες ἐκαρτύναντο κεραυνῷ 1.511. βροντῇ τε στεροπῇ τε· τὰ γὰρ Διὶ κῦδος ὀπάζει. 1.733. ἀκτῖνος, τὴν οἵδε σιδηρείῃς ἐλάασκον 1.734. σφύρῃσιν, μαλεροῖο πυρὸς ζείουσαν ἀυτμήν.

14. Olympiodorus The Younger of Alexandria, In Platonis Gorgiam Commentaria, 1.13, 46.6 (6th cent. CE - 6th cent. CE)

15. Anon, Anonymous Prolegomena To Plato'S Philosophy, 15.7

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
anankê/anankê	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 308
authority, textual	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
callicles	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
catalogue	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 112
citizenship oaths	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
communication, tailored to the audience	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
curd, p.k.	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 359
cyrene	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
daimones	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 196
daimôn	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 308
delian league oath	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
demeter, oaths sworn by	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 196
demonstration	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
didactic poetry	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 264, 308
dikê/δίκη	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 168, 169
dikê (goddess)	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 168, 169
divine perjury	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
egyptian practices	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
eirênê/εἰρήνη	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 168, 169
epic (poetry)	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 221, 264
eris/eris/strife/strife	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 168, 169
eumaeus	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
exegesis, allegorical	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
fire and oaths	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
force	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 196
genealogy	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 168
genre	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 308
golden age/race	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 264
great oath of the gods (megas, horkos)	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 196
great oath of the gods (megas, perjury among the	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
great oath of the gods (megas horkos)	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 196
hades	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
harmony	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 308
heliades	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 221
heraclitus	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 359
hermes	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 66
hesiod, and parmenides	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 254, 255
hesiod, its constitutive terms	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 66
hesiod, on prometheus and pandora	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 66
hesiod, styx in	Gee, Mapping the Afterlife: From Homer to Dante (2020) 35
hesiod, the muses address	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 66
hesiod	Gee, Mapping the Afterlife: From Homer to Dante (2020) 35
hexameter (poetry)	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 221
homer	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
honour	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 169
horkos, gods)	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 196
imagination (φαντασία)	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
inspiration	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 308
judgement, post-mortem	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
katabasis	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 254
kronos	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
law	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 169, 264, 308
libations, of stygian water	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148, 196
love/philotês (in empedocles)	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 308
mourelatos, a.p.d.	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 254, 359
mystery initiations'	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 255
myth, and logos	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
myth, true	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
near eastern practices	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
neikos/strife	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 308
night	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 221
nike (victory)	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 196
oath/oath	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 168, 264
ocean	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
odysseus	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 66
official oaths, citizenship oaths	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
olympus	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 168, 169, 308
opinion (belief)	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
parmenides, and becoming like god	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 254, 255
parmenides, and hesiod	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 254, 255
parmenides, eschatological topography in	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 254, 255, 359
parmenides, the kouros journey, as a journey of the soul	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 255
parmenides, the kouros journey, its trajectory	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 254, 359
parmenides, the proem, the knowing man	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 255
parmenides, the proem	Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 254, 255, 359
penelope	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
perjury, divine	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
perjury, punishments for, crop destruction or failure	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
perjury, punishments for, divine perjury punished	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
poseidon	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
power	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 196
punishment	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
religion	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 264
socrates	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
styx, river	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
styx	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 169, 264, 308
tartarus	Gee, Mapping the Afterlife: From Homer to Dante (2020) 35; Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 112, 221, 308; Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169
themis	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 112, 169
thracian pretence, threspotian king, oath of	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 148
titans	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 221
transgression	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 169, 308
underworld	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 221
uranus (heaven), victory (nike)	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 196
water (element)	Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 168, 308
zeal	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 196
zeus	Joosse, Olympiodorus of Alexandria: Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher (2021) 169; Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 66