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Sophocles, Ajax, 1389


nanto violate the dead Ajax ruthlessly, as did the crazed general who came, since he and his brother wanted to cast out the outraged corpse without burial. Therefore may the Father supreme on Olympus above us


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

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1. Hesiod, Works And Days, 803-804, 802 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

802. And prayed and washed your hands in it. If you
2. Hesiod, Theogony, 227-232, 793-806, 226 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

226. From the beginning and this share she gained
3. Homer, Iliad, 9.568-9.572 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

9.568. /By her side lay Meleager nursing his bitter anger, wroth because of his mother's curses; for she prayed instantly to the gods, being grieved for her brother's slaying; and furthermore instantly beat with her hands upon the all-nurturing earth, calling upon Hades and dread Persephone 9.569. /By her side lay Meleager nursing his bitter anger, wroth because of his mother's curses; for she prayed instantly to the gods, being grieved for her brother's slaying; and furthermore instantly beat with her hands upon the all-nurturing earth, calling upon Hades and dread Persephone 9.570. /the while she knelt and made the folds of her bosom wet with tears, that they should bring death upon her son; and the Erinys that walketh in darkness heard her from Erebus, even she of the ungentle heart. Now anon was the din of the foemen risen about their gates, and the noise of the battering of walls, and to Meleager the elders 9.571. /the while she knelt and made the folds of her bosom wet with tears, that they should bring death upon her son; and the Erinys that walketh in darkness heard her from Erebus, even she of the ungentle heart. Now anon was the din of the foemen risen about their gates, and the noise of the battering of walls, and to Meleager the elders 9.572. /the while she knelt and made the folds of her bosom wet with tears, that they should bring death upon her son; and the Erinys that walketh in darkness heard her from Erebus, even she of the ungentle heart. Now anon was the din of the foemen risen about their gates, and the noise of the battering of walls, and to Meleager the elders
4. Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 721-725, 720 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

720. πέφρικα τὰν ὠλεσίοικον 720. I shudder in terror at the goddess who lays ruin to homes, a goddess unlike other divinities, who is an unerring omen of evil to come. I shudder that the Erinys invoked by the father’s prayer will fulfil the over-wrathful
5. Euripides, Medea, 1390, 1389 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1389. The curse of our sons’ avenging spirit and of Justice
6. Sophocles, Ajax, 1048-1209, 121, 1210-1219, 122, 1220-1229, 123, 1230-1239, 124, 1240-1249, 125, 1250-1259, 126, 1260-1269, 127, 1270-1279, 128, 1280-1289, 129, 1290-1299, 130, 1300-1309, 131, 1310-1319, 132, 1320-1329, 133, 1330-1388, 1390-1420, 387-391, 492-493, 577, 719-814, 835-844, 962-963, 1047 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

7. Sophocles, Antigone, 605-608, 604 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

8. Sophocles, Electra, 111-116, 1376-1383, 431-437, 472-477, 489-491, 634-659, 67-72, 110 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

9. Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 1298-1299, 1370-1396, 1515, 621-623, 791-793, 864-870, 1086 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

10. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 903-904, 202 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

11. Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1324 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

12. Sophocles, Women of Trachis, 1165-1174, 127-128, 169-172, 200-201, 303-305, 500-502, 807-812, 1164 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1164. perish by no creature that had the breath of life, but by one already dead, a dweller with Hades. So this savage Centaur in death has killed me alive, just as the divine will had been foretold. And I will show you how


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aegisthus Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 9
aeschylus, and dreams Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
agamemnon Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412, 477
ajax, chorus Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 237
ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 479, 480; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 357, 412, 477
ajax (sophocles), justice and the erinyes in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 479, 480
ajax evaluated' "378.0_237.0@ajax's philoi" Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 237
antigone Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 477
anxiety, and dreams Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
apollo Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
ares Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
artemis Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412, 434
athena Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412, 434
athens Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 434
audience, theatre Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 357, 434
cerberus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
chorus, antigone, in danger and safe Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 237
chorus, antigone, part of 'the large group'" Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 237
chorus Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 237
clytaemestra Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412; Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 9
clytemnestra (sophocles), dream of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
creon Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412, 434, 477
deianeira Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412, 434; Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 9
delphi Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
dionysus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
diptych tragedies Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 480
dodona (oracle) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
dreams Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
earth, touching during oaths Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 9
editions, of ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 480
electra Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412; Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 9
electra (sophocles), dream in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
electra (sophocles), justice and the erinyes in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
empyromancy Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
episodes, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 479
erinyes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
erinys Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 434
eros Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
eumenides Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 434
exodos, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 479, 480
false oaths Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 9
fear, and dreams Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
furies Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
general dates, of sophocles works Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 480
general nemean ode Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 480
gods, and humans Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
great oath of the gods (megas, horkos) Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 9
groups, and individuals Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 237
groups, threatened and safe Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 237
hades Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412, 434
hector Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 477
heracles Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
hermes Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
hieroscopy Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
horkos, gods) Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 9
humans, and the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
hyllus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412; Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 9
iliad Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 477
justice (dikè), and vengeance Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
laius Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
libation bearers, the (aeschylus), and frightening dreams Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
libation bearers, the (aeschylus), clytemnestras dream in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
menelaus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 477
murders, and vengeance Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
narrative pace Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 357
narrative power Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 357
oracles Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 434
parental cursing Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 9
persephone Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
perspective Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 237
polyneices Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 434
revenge curses' Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 9
stasima, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 479
structure, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 479, 480
styx, river Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 9
tiresias/teiresias Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412
vengeance, and the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
women of trachis, the (sophocles), justice and the erinyes in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 391
zeus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 412, 434