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Pausanias, Description Of Greece, 3.20.9

προϊοῦσι δὲ Ἵππου καλούμενον μνῆμά ἐστι. Τυνδάρεως γὰρ θύσας ἐνταῦθα ἵππον τοὺς Ἑλένης ἐξώρκου μνηστῆρας ἱστὰς ἐπὶ τοῦ ἵππου τῶν τομίων· ὁ δὲ ὅρκος ἦν Ἑλένῃ καὶ τῷ γῆμαι προκριθέντι Ἑλένην ἀμυνεῖν ἀδικουμένοις· ἐξορκώσας δὲ τὸν ἵππον κατώρυξεν ἐνταῦθα. κίονες δὲ ἑπτὰ οἳ τοῦ μνήματος τούτου διέχουσιν οὐ πολύ, κατὰ τρόπον οἶμαι τὸν ἀρχαῖον, οὓς ἀστέρων τῶν πλανητῶν φασιν ἀγάλματα. καὶ Κρανίου τέμενος κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἐπίκλησιν Στεμματίου καὶ Μυσίας ἐστὶν ἱερὸν Ἀρτέμιδος.

Further on is what is called the Tomb of Horse. For Tyndareus, having sacrificed a horse here, administered an oath to the suitors of Helen, making them stand upon the pieces of the horse. The oath was to defend Helen and him who might be chosen to marry her if ever they should be wronged. When he had sworn the suitors he buried the horse here. Seven pillars, which are not far from this tomb ... in the ancient manner, I believe, which they say are images of the planets. On the road is a precinct of Cranius surnamed Stemmatias, and a sanctuary of Mysian Artemis.

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1. Homer, Iliad, 3.31, 3.273-3.274, 3.292, 19.252-19.254, 19.266-19.268 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

3.31. /But when godlike Alexander was ware of him as he appeared among the champions, his heart was smitten, and back he shrank into the throng of his comrades, avoiding fate. And even as a man at sight of a snake in the glades of a mountain starteth back, and trembling seizeth his limbs beneath him 3.273. /and poured water over the hands of the kings. And the son of Atreus drew forth with his hand the knife that ever hung beside the great sheath of his sword, and cut hair from off the heads of the lambs; and the heralds portioned it out to the chieftans of the Trojans and Achaeans. 3.274. /and poured water over the hands of the kings. And the son of Atreus drew forth with his hand the knife that ever hung beside the great sheath of his sword, and cut hair from off the heads of the lambs; and the heralds portioned it out to the chieftans of the Trojans and Achaeans. 3.292. /then will I fight on even thereafter, to get me recompense, and will abide here until I find an end of war. He spake, and cut the lambs' throats with the pitiless bronze; and laid them down upon the ground gasping and failing of breath, for the bronze had robbed them of their strength. 19.252. /rose up, and Talthybius, whose voice was like a god's, took his stand by the side of the shepherd of the people, holding a boar in his hands. And the son of Atreus drew forth with his hand the knife that ever hung beside the great sheath of his sword, and cut the firstling hairs from the boar, and lifting up his hands 19.253. /rose up, and Talthybius, whose voice was like a god's, took his stand by the side of the shepherd of the people, holding a boar in his hands. And the son of Atreus drew forth with his hand the knife that ever hung beside the great sheath of his sword, and cut the firstling hairs from the boar, and lifting up his hands 19.254. /rose up, and Talthybius, whose voice was like a god's, took his stand by the side of the shepherd of the people, holding a boar in his hands. And the son of Atreus drew forth with his hand the knife that ever hung beside the great sheath of his sword, and cut the firstling hairs from the boar, and lifting up his hands 19.266. /full many, even all that they are wont to give to him whoso sinneth against them in his swearing. He spake, and cut the boar's throat with the pitiless bronze, and the body Talthybius whirled and flung into the great gulf of the grey sea, to be food for the fishes; but Achilles uprose, and spake among the war-loving Argives: 19.267. /full many, even all that they are wont to give to him whoso sinneth against them in his swearing. He spake, and cut the boar's throat with the pitiless bronze, and the body Talthybius whirled and flung into the great gulf of the grey sea, to be food for the fishes; but Achilles uprose, and spake among the war-loving Argives: 19.268. /full many, even all that they are wont to give to him whoso sinneth against them in his swearing. He spake, and cut the boar's throat with the pitiless bronze, and the body Talthybius whirled and flung into the great gulf of the grey sea, to be food for the fishes; but Achilles uprose, and spake among the war-loving Argives:

2. Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 43-48, 42 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

42. ἄνδρες γὰρ ἑπτά, θούριοι λοχαγέται

3. Aristophanes, Lysistrata, 192-193, 191 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

191. τίς ἂν οὖν γένοιτ' ἂν ὅρκος; εἰ λευκόν ποθεν

4. Euripides, Hecuba, 52-65, 51 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

51. τοὐμὸν μὲν οὖν ὅσονπερ ἤθελον τυχεῖν

5. Euripides, Iphigenia At Aulis, 59 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

6. Euripides, Suppliant Women, 1201 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

7. Plato, Critias, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

119e. hunted after the bulls with staves and nooses but with no weapon of iron; and whatsoever bull they captured they led up to the pillar and cut its throat over the top of the pillar, raining down blood on the inscription. And inscribed upon the pillar, besides the laws, was an oath which invoked mighty curses upon them that disobeyed. Crit. When, then, they had done sacrifice according to their laws and were consecrating

8. Xenophon, The Persian Expedition, 2.2.9 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

2.2.9. These oaths they sealed by sacrificing a bull, a boar, and a ram over a shield, the Greeks dipping a sword in the blood and the barbarians a lance.

9. Demosthenes, Orations, 59.6 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

10. Plutarch, Greek Questions, 37 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

37. Why do the people of Tanagra have before their city an Achilleum, that is, a place bearing this name? For it is related that Achilles actually had more enmity than friendship for the city, since he carried off Stratonicê, the mother of Poemander, and slew Acestor, the son of Ephippus. A grandson of Poemander. While the territory of Tanagra was still inhabited in village communities, Poemander, the father of Ephippus, had been besieged by the Achaeans in the place called Stephon, because of his unwillingness to join their expedition. Against Troy. But he abandoned that stronghold by night and fortified Poemandria. cf. Pausanias, ix. 20. 1. Polycrithus the master-builder, however, who was present, spoke slightingly of the fortifications and, in derision, leaped over the moat. Poemander was enraged and hastened to throw at him a great stone which had been hidden there from ancient days, set aside for use in the ritual of the Nyctelia. These rites resembled those of the rending and resurrection of Osiris; Cf. Moralia 367 f. This stone Poemander snatched up in his ignorance, and hurled. He missed Polycrithus, but slew his son Leucippus. According to the law, therefore, he had to depart from Boeotia and become a suppliant at a stranger’s hearth. But this was not easy, since the Achaeans had invaded the territory of Tanagra. Accordingly he sent his son Ephippus to appeal to Achilles. Ephippus, by his persuasive words, brought to his father Achilles, as well as Tlepolemus, the son of Heracles, and Peneleös, the son of Hippalcmas, all of them interrelated. Poemander was escorted by them to Chalcis, and there at the house of Elephenor he was purified of the murder. Therefore he honoured these heroes and set apart sacred precincts for them all, and of these the precinct of Achilles has still kept its name.

11. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3.20.8, 5.24.11 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

3.20.8. On the road from Sparta to Arcadia there stands in the open an image of Athena surnamed Pareia, and after it is a sanctuary of Achilles. This it is not customary to open, but all the youths who are going to take part in the contest in Plane-tree Grove are wont to sacrifice to Achilles before the fight. The Spartans say that the sanctuary was made for them by Prax, a grandson of Pergamus the son of Neoptolemus. 5.24.11. Homer proves this point clearly. For the boar, on the slices of which Agamemnon swore that verily Briseis had not lain with him, Homer says was thrown by the herald into the sea. He spake, and cut the boar's throat with ruthless bronze; And the boar Talthybius swung and cast into the great depth of the grey sea, to feed the fishes. Hom. Il. 19.266-268 Such was the ancient custom. Before the feet of the Oath-god is a bronze plate, with elegiac verses inscribed upon it, the object of which is to strike fear into those who forswear themselves.

12. Philostratus The Athenian, On Heroes, 53.8-53.15 (2nd cent. CE

13. Andocides, Orations, 1.97

14. Andocides, Orations, 1.97

15. Epigraphy, Ig Ii2, 110-112, 1237, 34, 109

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
absent oaths, oaths sworn by	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
achilleion	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
achilles, cult	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
achilles	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
agamemnon, and achilles	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
agamemnon, oaths sworn by	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
ajax, son of telamon	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
alliance with argos (tragedy)	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
alliance with athens (tragedy)	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
animals as oath sacrifices, burning of	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
arcadia	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
athena	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
athens and argos (in tragedy)	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
athletes oaths	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
atlantis	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
boars as oath sacrifices	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
bulls as oath sacrifices	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
byzantium	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
cronos, cunaxa, battle of	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
ephebe	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
ephesus, inscriptions from	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
exōmosiai (oaths of excusal)	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
fire and oaths	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
helen	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
historians	Pamias, Apollodoriana: Ancient Myths, New Crossroads (2017) 91
horse	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
horses as oath sacrifices	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
hyllus, oath with, oaths sworn by	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
incuria inconvenientium	Pamias, Apollodoriana: Ancient Myths, New Crossroads (2017) 91
knives in oath rituals	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
law-courts, witnesses oaths	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
neoptolemus	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
oath	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
olympia	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
pausanias	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
pergamus	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
platanistae	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
prax	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
priam	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
purification sacrifices	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
rams as oath sacrifices	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
resurrection / immortality	Pamias, Apollodoriana: Ancient Myths, New Crossroads (2017) 33
ritual	Pamias, Apollodoriana: Ancient Myths, New Crossroads (2017) 33
sacrifice	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693; Pamias, Apollodoriana: Ancient Myths, New Crossroads (2017) 33
sheep as oath sacrifices	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
simonides	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
sparta	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
talthybius (iliad)	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
tanagra	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
teleia	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
temple	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
thessaly	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
tragedy	Pamias, Apollodoriana: Ancient Myths, New Crossroads (2017) 33, 91
trojan war	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
tyndareus	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
war, trojan	Bowie, Essays on Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (2021) 693
witnesses oaths	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139
wolves as oath sacrifices'	Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 139