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Sophocles, Ajax, 201-202


nanMates of the ship of Ajax, offspring of the race that springs from the Erechtheids, the soil’s sons, cries of grief are the portion of us who care from afar for the house of Telamon.


nanMates of the ship of Ajax, offspring of the race that springs from the Erechtheids, the soil’s sons, cries of grief are the portion of us who care from afar for the house of Telamon.


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1. Homer, Iliad, 2.547-2.548, 2.557-2.558, 2.681-2.694, 7.180 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

2.547. /And with him there followed forty black ships. 2.548. /And with him there followed forty black ships. 2.557. /Only Nestor could vie with him, for he was the elder. And with him there followed fifty black ships.And Aias led from Salamis twelve ships, and stationed them where the battalions of the Athenians stood.And they that held Argos and Tiryns, famed for its walls 2.558. /Only Nestor could vie with him, for he was the elder. And with him there followed fifty black ships.And Aias led from Salamis twelve ships, and stationed them where the battalions of the Athenians stood.And they that held Argos and Tiryns, famed for its walls 2.681. /And with them were ranged thirty hollow ships.Now all those again that inhabited Pelasgian Argos, and dwelt in Alos and Alope and Trachis, and that held Phthia and Hellas, the land of fair women, and were called Myrmidons and Hellenes and Achaeans— 2.682. /And with them were ranged thirty hollow ships.Now all those again that inhabited Pelasgian Argos, and dwelt in Alos and Alope and Trachis, and that held Phthia and Hellas, the land of fair women, and were called Myrmidons and Hellenes and Achaeans— 2.683. /And with them were ranged thirty hollow ships.Now all those again that inhabited Pelasgian Argos, and dwelt in Alos and Alope and Trachis, and that held Phthia and Hellas, the land of fair women, and were called Myrmidons and Hellenes and Achaeans— 2.684. /And with them were ranged thirty hollow ships.Now all those again that inhabited Pelasgian Argos, and dwelt in Alos and Alope and Trachis, and that held Phthia and Hellas, the land of fair women, and were called Myrmidons and Hellenes and Achaeans— 2.685. /of the fifty ships of these men was Achilles captain. Howbeit they bethought them not of dolorous war, since there was no man to lead them forth into the ranks. For he lay in idleness among the ships, the swift-footed, goodly Achilles, in wrath because of the fair-haired girl Briseïs 2.686. /of the fifty ships of these men was Achilles captain. Howbeit they bethought them not of dolorous war, since there was no man to lead them forth into the ranks. For he lay in idleness among the ships, the swift-footed, goodly Achilles, in wrath because of the fair-haired girl Briseïs 2.687. /of the fifty ships of these men was Achilles captain. Howbeit they bethought them not of dolorous war, since there was no man to lead them forth into the ranks. For he lay in idleness among the ships, the swift-footed, goodly Achilles, in wrath because of the fair-haired girl Briseïs 2.688. /of the fifty ships of these men was Achilles captain. Howbeit they bethought them not of dolorous war, since there was no man to lead them forth into the ranks. For he lay in idleness among the ships, the swift-footed, goodly Achilles, in wrath because of the fair-haired girl Briseïs 2.689. /of the fifty ships of these men was Achilles captain. Howbeit they bethought them not of dolorous war, since there was no man to lead them forth into the ranks. For he lay in idleness among the ships, the swift-footed, goodly Achilles, in wrath because of the fair-haired girl Briseïs 2.690. /whom he had taken out of Lyrnessus after sore toil, when he wasted Lyrnessus and the walls of Thebe, and laid low Mynes and Epistrophus, warriors that raged with the spear, sons of king Evenus, Selepus' son. In sore grief for her lay Achilles idle; but soon was he to arise again. 2.691. /whom he had taken out of Lyrnessus after sore toil, when he wasted Lyrnessus and the walls of Thebe, and laid low Mynes and Epistrophus, warriors that raged with the spear, sons of king Evenus, Selepus' son. In sore grief for her lay Achilles idle; but soon was he to arise again. 2.692. /whom he had taken out of Lyrnessus after sore toil, when he wasted Lyrnessus and the walls of Thebe, and laid low Mynes and Epistrophus, warriors that raged with the spear, sons of king Evenus, Selepus' son. In sore grief for her lay Achilles idle; but soon was he to arise again. 2.693. /whom he had taken out of Lyrnessus after sore toil, when he wasted Lyrnessus and the walls of Thebe, and laid low Mynes and Epistrophus, warriors that raged with the spear, sons of king Evenus, Selepus' son. In sore grief for her lay Achilles idle; but soon was he to arise again. 2.694. /whom he had taken out of Lyrnessus after sore toil, when he wasted Lyrnessus and the walls of Thebe, and laid low Mynes and Epistrophus, warriors that raged with the spear, sons of king Evenus, Selepus' son. In sore grief for her lay Achilles idle; but soon was he to arise again. 7.180. /or else on the king himself of Mycene rich in gold. So spake they, and the horseman, Nestor of Gerenia, shook the helmet, and forth therefrom leapt the lot that themselves desired, even the lot of Aias. And the herald bare it everywhither throughout the throng, and showed it from left to right to all the chieftains of the Achaeans;
2. Homer, Odyssey, 3.305-3.307 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

3. Herodotus, Histories, 8.55 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

8.55. I will tell why I have mentioned this. In that acropolis is a shrine of Erechtheus, called the “Earthborn,” and in the shrine are an olive tree and a pool of salt water. The story among the Athenians is that they were set there by Poseidon and Athena as tokens when they contended for the land. It happened that the olive tree was burnt by the barbarians with the rest of the sacred precinct, but on the day after its burning, when the Athenians ordered by the king to sacrifice went up to the sacred precinct, they saw a shoot of about a cubit's length sprung from the stump, and they reported this.
4. Sophocles, Ajax, 118-121, 1216-1219, 122, 1220-1222, 123-140, 148, 151-152, 158-186, 188, 196, 198-199, 202, 220, 243-256, 278-280, 298-299, 301, 311-327, 349-350, 364-367, 379-383, 387-391, 394-395, 401-402, 412-413, 443, 450, 457-466, 473, 479-480, 489-493, 500-505, 507-513, 522, 534, 542-543, 545-582, 586, 589-590, 594-608, 646-647, 658-665, 67, 672-673, 677, 679-683, 861, 110 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

5. Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 1001-1043, 1156-1181, 1199, 1249, 1254-1396, 1413-1446, 1514-1515, 1518-1555, 720-1000 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

6. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 83, 82 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

7. Sophocles, Women of Trachis, 178 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

178. Hush—no more ill-omened words! I see a man approaching who is crowned with garlands as if for joyous news. Enter the Messenger. Messenger:
8. Xenophon, Memoirs, 3.5.10 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

3.5.10. Do you refer to the judgment of the gods, i.e., between Poseidon and Athena for the possession of Attica . which Cecrops delivered in his court because of his virtue? Yes, and the care and birth of Erectheus, Iliad, II. 547. Ἐρεχθῇος μεγαλήτορος οὕ ποτ᾽ Ἀθήνη θρέψε Διὸς θυγάτηρ, τέκε δὲ ζείδωρος Ἄρουρα. and the war waged in his day with all the adjacent country, and the war between the sons of Heracles The Athenians claimed that it was through their assistance that the sons of Heracles gained the victory (Herodotus, ix. 27). and the Peloponnesians, and all the wars waged in the days of Theseus, Against the Amazons and Thracians. in all of which it is manifest that they were champions among the men of their time.
9. Aristotle, Poetics, 18 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)



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subject book bibliographic info
agamemnon, and mycenae Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
ajax, and minor characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 300
ajax, and salamis Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
ajax, chorus Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 232
ajax, chorus and army Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 232
ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474; Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 68
ajax (sophocles), and minor characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 300
ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153, 474
ajax and the chorus Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 232
amyklai Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 68
argos, and orestes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
aristotle, on tragedy Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
arrival, of creon Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
arrival, of the chorus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
athens, and salamis Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
catalog of ships Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 300
chorus, antigone, in danger and safe Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 232
chorus, antigone, part of 'the large group'" Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 232
chorus, the, arrival of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
chorus, the, as minor characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 300
chorus Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 232
clytemnestra (sophocles), death of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
complication, and denouement Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
creon, arrival of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
democracy, in athens, and minor characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 300
denouement, and complication Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
earth-born' Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 68
epiparodos Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 64
episodes, length of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
episodes, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
episodes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
erechtheids Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153, 300
erechtheus, birth Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 68
erichthonios, and erechtheus Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 68
erichthonios, birth Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 68
ge Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 68
general parodos, and the choruss arrival Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715
general parodos, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
groups, and individuals Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 232
groups, threatened and safe Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 232
hephaistos Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 68
humble, minor characters as the Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 300
iliad (homer), and the catalog of ships Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
kekrops, and autochthony Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 68
mechane/mechanè Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
menelaus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 64
microcosm, characters as Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 300
mycenae, and orestes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
myths, and sophocles Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
perspective Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 232
prologue, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
sailors, in ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 300
salamis, and ajax Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 300
salamis, mythic image of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 153
structure, of ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 474
tecmessa, and minor characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 300
tekmessa Shear, Serving Athena: The Festival of the Panathenaia and the Construction of Athenian Identities (2021) 68
tragedy Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 715