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Sophocles, Antigone, 74


nanwould I welcome you as my partner in this action. No, be the sort that pleases you. I will bury him—it would honor me to die while doing that. I shall rest with him, loved one with loved one, a pious criminal. For the time is greater


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1. Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 1006-1078, 551, 610-611, 1005 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1005. ἰὼ ἰὼ δυστόνων κακῶν, ἄναξ. Ἀντιγόνη 1005. Ah I pity your grievous suffering, my king. Antigone
2. Antiphon, Orations, 6.51 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

3. Euripides, Electra, 677, 1203 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1203. φρονεῖς γὰρ ὅσια νῦν, τότ' οὐ
4. Euripides, Helen, 1021 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1021. ἐκ δυσσεβείας ὅσιον εἰ τίθημί νιν.
5. Euripides, Orestes, 563 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

6. Euripides, Phoenician Women, 493 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

7. Euripides, Suppliant Women, 40, 123 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

123. Why, what say they to thy just request? Adrastu
8. Herodotus, Histories, 1.159, 2.81, 3.16, 9.78-9.79 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1.159. When they came to Branchidae, Aristodicus, speaking for all, put this question to the oracle: “Lord, Pactyes the Lydian has come to us a suppliant fleeing a violent death at the hands of the Persians; and they demand him of us, telling the men of Cyme to surrender him. ,But we, as much as we fear the Persian power, have not dared give up this suppliant of ours until it is clearly made known to us by you whether we are to do this or not.” Thus Aristodicus inquired; and the god again gave the same answer, that Pactyes should be surrendered to the Persians. ,With that Aristodicus did as he had already decided; he went around the temple, and took away the sparrows and all the families of nesting birds that were in it. But while he was doing so, a voice (they say) came out of the inner shrine calling to Aristodicus, and saying, “Vilest of men, how dare you do this? Will you rob my temple of those that take refuge with me?” ,Then Aristodicus had his answer ready: “Lord,” he said, “will you save your own suppliants, yet tell the men of Cyme to deliver up theirs?” But the god replied, “Yes, I do command them, so that you may perish all the sooner for your impiety, and never again come to inquire of my oracle about giving up those that seek refuge with you.” 2.81. They wear linen tunics with fringes hanging about the legs, called “calasiris,” and loose white woolen mantles over these. But nothing woolen is brought into temples, or buried with them: that is impious. ,They agree in this with practices called Orphic and Bacchic, but in fact Egyptian and Pythagorean: for it is impious, too, for one partaking of these rites to be buried in woolen wrappings. There is a sacred legend about this. 3.16. From Memphis Cambyses went to the city Sais, anxious to do exactly what he did do. Entering the house of Amasis, he had the body of Amasis carried outside from its place of burial; and when this had been done, he gave orders to scourge it and pull out the hair and pierce it with goads, and to desecrate it in every way. ,When they were weary of doing this (for the body, being embalmed, remained whole and did not fall to pieces), Cambyses gave orders to burn it, a sacrilegious command; for the Persians hold fire to be a god; ,therefore neither nation thinks it right to burn the dead, the Persians for the reason given, as they say it is wrong to give the dead body of a man to a god; while the Egyptians believe fire to be a living beast that devours all that it catches, and when sated with its meal dies together with that on which it feeds. ,Now it is by no means their custom to give the dead to beasts; and this is why they embalm the corpse, that it may not lie and feed worms. Thus what Cambyses commanded was contrary to the custom of both peoples. ,The Egyptians say, however, that it was not Amasis to whom this was done, but another Egyptian of the same age as Amasis, whom the Persians abused thinking that they were abusing Amasis. ,For their story is that Amasis learned from an oracle what was to be done to him after his death, and so to escape this fate buried this dead man, the one that was scourged, near the door inside his own vault, and ordered his son that he himself should be laid in the farthest corner of the vault. ,I think that these commands of Amasis, regarding the burial-place and the man, were never given at all, and that the Egyptians believe in them in vain. 9.78. There was at Plataea in the army of the Aeginetans one Lampon, son of Pytheas, a leading man of Aegina. He hastened to Pausanias with really outrageous counsel and coming upon him, said to him: ,“son of Cleombrotus, you have done a deed of surpassing greatness and glory; the god has granted to you in saving Hellas to have won greater renown than any Greek whom we know. But now you must finish what remains for the rest, so that your fame may be greater still and so that no barbarian will hereafter begin doing reckless deeds against the Greeks. ,When Leonidas was killed at Thermopylae, Mardonius and Xerxes cut off his head and set it on a pole; make them a like return, and you will win praise from all Spartans and the rest of Hellas besides. For if you impale Mardonius, you will be avenged for your father's brother Leonidas.” 9.79. This is what Lampon, thinking to please, said. Pausanias, however, answered him as follows: “Aeginetan, I thank you for your goodwill and forethought, but you have missed the mark of right judgment. First you exalt me and my fatherland and my deeds, yet next you cast me down to mere nothingness when you advise me to insult the dead, and say that I shall win more praise if I do so. That would be an act more proper for barbarians than for Greeks and one that we consider worthy of censure even in barbarians. ,No, as for myself, I would prefer to find no favor either with the people of Aegina or anyone else who is pleased by such acts. It is enough for me if I please the Spartans by righteous deeds and speech. As for Leonidas, whom you would have me avenge, I think that he has received a full measure of vengeance; the uncounted souls of these that you see have done honor to him and the rest of those who died at Thermopylae. But to you this is my warning: do not come again to me with words like these nor give me such counsel. Be thankful now that you go unpunished.”
9. Sophocles, Ajax, 545-549, 1405 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

10. Sophocles, Antigone, 10, 100, 1000-1009, 101, 1010-1019, 102, 1020-1029, 103, 1030-1039, 104, 1040-1049, 105, 1050-1059, 106, 1060-1069, 107, 1070-1090, 11, 117-119, 1192-1199, 12, 120, 1200-1209, 121, 1210-1219, 122, 1220-1229, 123, 1230-1239, 124, 1240-1243, 125-126, 1260-1269, 127, 1270-1279, 128, 1280-1289, 129, 1290-1299, 13, 130, 1300-1309, 131, 1310-1319, 132, 1320-1329, 133, 1330-1339, 134, 1340-1349, 135, 1350-1353, 136-139, 14, 140-146, 148-149, 15, 150-155, 159, 16, 160, 162-169, 17, 170-179, 18, 180-189, 19, 190-199, 2, 20, 200-209, 21, 210, 22-24, 249, 25, 250-259, 26, 260-269, 27, 270-277, 28-29, 3, 30-39, 4, 40, 407-409, 41, 410-419, 42, 420-429, 43, 430-439, 44, 440-443, 446-449, 45, 450-459, 46, 460-469, 47, 470-479, 48, 480-489, 49, 490-499, 5, 50, 500-509, 51, 510-519, 52, 520-525, 53, 531-539, 54, 540-549, 55, 550-559, 56, 560-569, 57, 570-579, 58, 580-581, 59, 6, 60-63, 631-639, 64, 640-649, 65, 650-659, 66, 660-669, 67, 670-679, 68, 680-689, 69, 690-699, 7, 70, 700-709, 71, 710-719, 72, 720-729, 73, 730-749, 75, 750-759, 76, 760-765, 77-79, 8, 80, 806-809, 81, 810-819, 82, 820-829, 83, 830-839, 84, 840-849, 85, 850-859, 86, 860-869, 87, 870-879, 88, 880-889, 89, 890-899, 9, 90, 900-909, 91, 910-919, 92, 920-929, 93, 930-939, 94, 940-943, 95-99, 998-999, 1 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

11. Sophocles, Electra, 1027-1028, 1036, 1425, 341-344, 349-350, 361, 365-371, 378-382, 394-396, 417-423, 432-434, 439-463, 69-70, 881-882, 885-919, 939-941, 943-989, 1023 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

12. Thucydides, The History of The Peloponnesian War, 1.71.6 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1.71.6. But if you will only act, we will stand by you; it would be unnatural for us to change, and never should we meet with such a congenial ally.
13. Lucan, Pharsalia, 7.796-7.799 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)



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subject book bibliographic info
actors Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 482
aegisthus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 355
ajax Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 528
antigone, and kreon, in sophocles, text Boeghold, When a Gesture Was Expected: A Selection of Examples from Archaic and Classical Greek Literature (2022) 60
antigone, heroism of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 345, 355
antigone, responsibility for antigone's suffering" Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 175
antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 482, 488; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 528; Mcclellan, Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola (2019) 152
antigone (euripides) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 482
antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 482, 488
apollo, in oedipus tyrannus Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 175
aristeia Mcclellan, Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola (2019) 152
aristophanes, and antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 482
characters, of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 482
characters, tragic/mythical, antigone Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 278
characters, tragic/mythical, creon, king of thebes Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 278
characters, tragic/mythical, haemon Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 278
characters, tragic/mythical, ismene Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 278
characters, tragic/mythical, polyneices Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 278
characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 345, 355
chorus, antigone Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 175
chorus, the, and women Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 355
chrysothemis, and electra Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 355
chrysothemis Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 528
clytemnestra (sophocles), and electra Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 355
cognitive linguistics Peels, Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety (2016) 30, 39, 48, 49
creon, and antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 345
death and life (theme) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 126
deception Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 355
distribution, of hosios Peels, Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety (2016) 30, 39
electra, heroism of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 355
emotions, of antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 488
episodes, of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 488
eulogy, of human beings Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 488
euripides, and antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 482
euripides, and political as opposed to rhetorical tragedy Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 278
eurysaces Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 528
friends and enemies (theme) Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 126
general parodos, of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 482
gods, difficult to hold responsible Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 175
gods, dual moedipus tyrannusivation Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 175
ground (antigone) Boeghold, When a Gesture Was Expected: A Selection of Examples from Archaic and Classical Greek Literature (2022) 60
heroism, of young women Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 345, 355
hesiod Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 528
hierarchy, of social function, and women Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 355
horror, 'horror paradox'" Mcclellan, Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola (2019) 152
horror Mcclellan, Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola (2019) 152
hosios (and cognates), humans, of gods evaluating gods in terms of Peels, Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety (2016) 30
hosios (and cognates), in context of brothers and sisters Peels, Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety (2016) 48, 49
hosios (and cognates), in context of death and burial Peels, Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety (2016) 39, 48, 49
hosios (and cognates), in context of guestfriendship Peels, Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety (2016) 39, 48
hosios (and cognates), in context of oath-keeping Peels, Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety (2016) 39
hosios (and cognates), in context of supplication Peels, Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety (2016) 39, 48
hosios (and cognates), qualifying objects Peels, Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety (2016) 30
initiation Peels, Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety (2016) 39
ismene, and antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 355
ismene Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 528
justice (dikè), in electra Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 355
justification, of antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 345
kreon, and antigone Boeghold, When a Gesture Was Expected: A Selection of Examples from Archaic and Classical Greek Literature (2022) 60
love, of antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 355
love, of electra Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 355
loyalty, of young women Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 355
messenger, tragic Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 126
nodding Boeghold, When a Gesture Was Expected: A Selection of Examples from Archaic and Classical Greek Literature (2022) 60
orestes, and electra Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 355
paean, to human beings Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 488
pharsalus, battle Mcclellan, Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola (2019) 152
piety, of antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 345, 735
polyneices Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 528
polynices Mcclellan, Paulinus Noster: Self and Symbols in the Letters of Paulinus of Nola (2019) 152
polynices (oedipuss son), and antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 345
prayer Peels, Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety (2016) 49
prologue, of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 482
prometheus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 528
protagoras Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 528
reciprocity Peels, Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety (2016) 49
religiously neutral meaning of hosios Peels, Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety (2016) 48, 49
sequence, mythic, of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 482
seven against thebes (aeschylus), and antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 482
silence, and antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 345
silence, of women Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 345
sisters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 355
socrates Peels, Hosios: A Semantic Study of Greek Piety (2016) 49
sophocles, and rhetoric/tragedy as a rhetorical form Liapis and Petrides, Greek Tragedy After the Fifth Century: A Survey from ca (2019) 278
stasima, of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 488
structure, of antigone (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 482, 488
suicide, of women Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 345
tecmessa Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 528
tiresias, and antigone Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 345
tutor, and orestes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 735
women, silence of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 345
women, young Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 345, 355
yes, gestures for Boeghold, When a Gesture Was Expected: A Selection of Examples from Archaic and Classical Greek Literature (2022) 60