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Sophocles, Antigone, 603-605


nanover the last roots in the house of Oedipus—that hope, in its turn, the blood-stained dust of the gods infernal and mindlessness in speech and frenzy at the mind cuts down.


nanover the last roots in the house of Oedipus—that hope, in its turn, the blood-stained dust of the gods infernal and mindlessness in speech and frenzy at the mind cuts down.


nanYour power, great Zeus—what human overstepping can check it? Yours is power that neither Sleep, the all-ensnaring, nor the untiring months of the gods can defeat. Unaged through time


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1. Homer, Iliad, 2.100-2.108 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

2.100. /ceasing from their clamour. Then among them lord Agamemnon uprose, bearing in his hands the sceptre which Hephaestus had wrought with toil. Hephaestus gave it to king Zeus, son of Cronos, and Zeus gave it to the messenger Argeïphontes; and Hermes, the lord, gave it to Pelops, driver of horses 2.101. /ceasing from their clamour. Then among them lord Agamemnon uprose, bearing in his hands the sceptre which Hephaestus had wrought with toil. Hephaestus gave it to king Zeus, son of Cronos, and Zeus gave it to the messenger Argeïphontes; and Hermes, the lord, gave it to Pelops, driver of horses 2.102. /ceasing from their clamour. Then among them lord Agamemnon uprose, bearing in his hands the sceptre which Hephaestus had wrought with toil. Hephaestus gave it to king Zeus, son of Cronos, and Zeus gave it to the messenger Argeïphontes; and Hermes, the lord, gave it to Pelops, driver of horses 2.103. /ceasing from their clamour. Then among them lord Agamemnon uprose, bearing in his hands the sceptre which Hephaestus had wrought with toil. Hephaestus gave it to king Zeus, son of Cronos, and Zeus gave it to the messenger Argeïphontes; and Hermes, the lord, gave it to Pelops, driver of horses 2.104. /ceasing from their clamour. Then among them lord Agamemnon uprose, bearing in his hands the sceptre which Hephaestus had wrought with toil. Hephaestus gave it to king Zeus, son of Cronos, and Zeus gave it to the messenger Argeïphontes; and Hermes, the lord, gave it to Pelops, driver of horses 2.105. /and Pelops in turn gave it to Atreus, shepherd of the host; and Atreus at his death left it to Thyestes, rich in flocks, and Thyestes again left it to Agamemnon to bear, that so he might be lord of many isles and of all Argos. 2.106. /and Pelops in turn gave it to Atreus, shepherd of the host; and Atreus at his death left it to Thyestes, rich in flocks, and Thyestes again left it to Agamemnon to bear, that so he might be lord of many isles and of all Argos. 2.107. /and Pelops in turn gave it to Atreus, shepherd of the host; and Atreus at his death left it to Thyestes, rich in flocks, and Thyestes again left it to Agamemnon to bear, that so he might be lord of many isles and of all Argos. 2.108. /and Pelops in turn gave it to Atreus, shepherd of the host; and Atreus at his death left it to Thyestes, rich in flocks, and Thyestes again left it to Agamemnon to bear, that so he might be lord of many isles and of all Argos.
2. Tyrtaeus, Fragments, 2 (7th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)

3. Pindar, Olympian Odes, 1.24, 1.36-1.38, 1.93, 9.9 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

4. Euripides, Hercules Furens, 782 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

5. Sophocles, Ajax, 132-133, 185, 278-279, 489-490, 507-509, 1292 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

6. Sophocles, Antigone, 1005-1009, 101, 1010-1019, 102, 1020-1024, 103, 1031-1032, 104, 1040-1041, 1043-1044, 1048-1049, 105, 1050-1052, 106, 1064-1069, 107, 1070-1071, 108-111, 1115-1119, 112, 1120-1129, 113, 1130-1139, 114, 1140-1149, 115, 1150-1152, 116-121, 1217-1218, 122-127, 1272-1275, 128-140, 162-163, 269-270, 293-301, 342, 368-370, 441-443, 469-472, 491-492, 502, 511, 523, 531-602, 604-625, 631-765, 770-771, 773-776, 779-780, 82, 823-829, 83, 830-833, 84-85, 853-859, 86, 860-869, 87, 870-871, 875, 88-92, 929, 93-98, 986-987, 99-100 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

7. Plutarch, Theseus, 3.1 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

8. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.22.3, 2.26.2 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

2.22.3. Now that the Tantalus is buried here who was the son of Thyestes or Broteas (both accounts are given) and married Clytaemnestra before Agamemnon did, I will not gainsay; but the grave of him who legend says was son of Zeus and Pluto—it is worth seeing—is on Mount Sipylus. I know because I saw it. Moreover, no constraint came upon him to flee from Sipylus, such as afterwards forced Pelops to run away when Ilus the Phrygian launched an army against him. But I must pursue the inquiry no further. The ritual performed at the pit hard by they say was instituted by Nicostratus, a native. Even at the present day they throw into the pit burning torches in honor of the Maid who is daughter of Demeter. 2.26.2. He went to Athens with his people and dwelt there, while Deiphontes and the Argives took possession of Epidauria. These on the death of Temenus seceded from the other Argives; Deiphontes and Hyrnetho through hatred of the sons of Temenus, and the army with them, because it respected Deiphontes and Hyrnetho more than Ceisus and his brothers. Epidaurus, who gave the land its name, was, the Eleans say, a son of Pelops but, according to Argive opinion and the poem the Great Eoeae, A poem attributed to Hesiod. the father of Epidaurus was Argus, son of Zeus, while the Epidaurians maintain that Epidaurus was the child of Apollo.


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
agōn scene Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 348
ajax Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 431
antigone, heroism of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 348
antigone Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 122; Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 173, 486; Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 178
antigone (sophocles), and secondary myths Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 173
antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
asia, as origin of pelops Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
ate Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 122
characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 348
chora Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 122
chronotope Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 122
cleopatra Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 173
corpse as source of pollution Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 178
creon, and antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 348
danaë Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 173
destiny Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 173
dionysus Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 122
divine punishment/retribution Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 178
episodes, of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
eulogy, of human beings Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
fictive founder Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
fictive founders Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
fire Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 122
foundation legends, peloponnesus Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
foundation legends Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
haemon, and antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 348
haemon Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 431
heroism, of young women Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 348
home Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 122
identity, proclamation of Edmonds, Myths of the Underworld Journey: Plato, Aristophanes, and the ‘Orphic’ Gold Tablets (2004) 71
imprisonment, of antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 173
ismene, and antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 348
itinerant specialists, beggar priests Edmonds, Myths of the Underworld Journey: Plato, Aristophanes, and the ‘Orphic’ Gold Tablets (2004) 71
justice, in sophocles Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 178
labdacids Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 348
law, in antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
light Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 122
lycurgus, in antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 173
misfortunes, of the labdacids Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 348
myths, and sophocles Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 173
myths, secondary Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 173
neoptolemus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 431
niobe, in antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 173
origin, of antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 348
paean, to human beings Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
pathetic fallacy Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 122
peloponnesus, foundation legend Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
pelops, as founder Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
phineus, in antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 173
phren/phrenes, seat of purity/impurity, in the antigone' Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 178
pindar Gruen, Rethinking the Other in Antiquity (2011) 227
poseidon Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 431
salvation Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 122
searchers, the (ikhneutaí) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 173
sophocles Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 178
stasima, of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
structure, of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
submission, of antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 173
tecmessa Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 431
teiresias Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 178
thebes Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 122
tiresias, and antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 348
tradition, mythic Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 173
underworld, and antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 486
water Bierl, Time and Space in Ancient Myth, Religion and Culture (2017) 122
women, young Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 348
zeus Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 178