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Sophocles, Electra, 110


nanO House of Hades and Persephone! O Hermes of the shades! O potent Curse, and you fearsome daughters of the gods, the Erinyes, who take note when a life is unjustly taken, when a marriage-bed is thievishly dishonored


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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, 767, 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, 14.274, 15.36-15.46 (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 14.274. /So spake she, and Sleep waxed glad, and made answer saying:Come now, swear to me by the inviolable water of Styx, and with one hand lay thou hold of the bounteous earth, and with the other of the shimmering sea, that one and all they may be witnesses betwixt us twain, even the gods that are below with Cronos 15.36. /and she spake and addressed him with winged words:Hereto now be Earth my witness and the broad Heaven above, and the down-flowing water of Styx, which is the greatest and most dread oath for the blessed gods, and thine own sacred head, and the couch of us twain, couch of our wedded love 15.37. /and she spake and addressed him with winged words:Hereto now be Earth my witness and the broad Heaven above, and the down-flowing water of Styx, which is the greatest and most dread oath for the blessed gods, and thine own sacred head, and the couch of us twain, couch of our wedded love 15.38. /and she spake and addressed him with winged words:Hereto now be Earth my witness and the broad Heaven above, and the down-flowing water of Styx, which is the greatest and most dread oath for the blessed gods, and thine own sacred head, and the couch of us twain, couch of our wedded love 15.39. /and she spake and addressed him with winged words:Hereto now be Earth my witness and the broad Heaven above, and the down-flowing water of Styx, which is the greatest and most dread oath for the blessed gods, and thine own sacred head, and the couch of us twain, couch of our wedded love 15.40. /whereby I verily would never forswear myself —not by my will doth Poseidon, the Shaker of Earth, work harm to the Trojans and Hector, and give succour to their foes. Nay, I ween, it is his own soul that urgeth and biddeth him on, and he hath seen the Achaeans sore-bested by their ships and taken pity upon them. 15.41. /whereby I verily would never forswear myself —not by my will doth Poseidon, the Shaker of Earth, work harm to the Trojans and Hector, and give succour to their foes. Nay, I ween, it is his own soul that urgeth and biddeth him on, and he hath seen the Achaeans sore-bested by their ships and taken pity upon them. 15.42. /whereby I verily would never forswear myself —not by my will doth Poseidon, the Shaker of Earth, work harm to the Trojans and Hector, and give succour to their foes. Nay, I ween, it is his own soul that urgeth and biddeth him on, and he hath seen the Achaeans sore-bested by their ships and taken pity upon them. 15.43. /whereby I verily would never forswear myself —not by my will doth Poseidon, the Shaker of Earth, work harm to the Trojans and Hector, and give succour to their foes. Nay, I ween, it is his own soul that urgeth and biddeth him on, and he hath seen the Achaeans sore-bested by their ships and taken pity upon them. 15.44. /whereby I verily would never forswear myself —not by my will doth Poseidon, the Shaker of Earth, work harm to the Trojans and Hector, and give succour to their foes. Nay, I ween, it is his own soul that urgeth and biddeth him on, and he hath seen the Achaeans sore-bested by their ships and taken pity upon them. 15.45. /But I tell thee, I would counsel even him to walk in that way, wherein thou, O lord of the dark cloud, mayest lead him. So spake she, and the father of men and gods smiled, and made answer, and spake to her with winged words:If in good sooth, O ox-eyed, queenly Hera 15.46. /But I tell thee, I would counsel even him to walk in that way, wherein thou, O lord of the dark cloud, mayest lead him. So spake she, and the father of men and gods smiled, and made answer, and spake to her with winged words:If in good sooth, O ox-eyed, queenly Hera
4. Aeschylus, Eumenides, 768-774, 767 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

767. αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖς ὄντες ἐν τάφοις τότε
5. Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 720-725, 574 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

574. Ἐρινύος κλητῆρα, πρόσπολον φόνου
6. Aristophanes, Frogs, 82 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

82. ὁ δ' εὔκολος μὲν ἐνθάδ' εὔκολος δ' ἐκεῖ.
7. Euripides, Helen, 1307, 1306 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1306. πόθῳ τᾶς ἀποιχομένας
8. Euripides, Iphigenia Among The Taurians, 963, 965-966, 969-980, 1439 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

9. Euripides, Medea, 1390, 1389 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1389. The curse of our sons’ avenging spirit and of Justice
10. Euripides, Orestes, 238, 255-275, 582-584, 237 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

237. Hear me now, my brother, while the Furies permit you to use your senses. Oreste
11. Euripides, Rhesus, 963 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

963. of Death’s eternal bride, the heavenly-born
12. Sophocles, Ajax, 1389-1392, 571, 690, 835-844, 1372 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

13. Sophocles, Electra, 107, 111-116, 121, 1239, 124, 1240-1242, 1246-1249, 125, 1250-1255, 126, 1260-1261, 1264-1269, 127, 1270, 1285-1287, 129, 148, 153-163, 190, 193-200, 226, 234, 236-237, 245-246, 251-252, 254, 257-260, 275-276, 278-285, 307-308, 317-318, 341-344, 349-350, 365-368, 417-423, 438, 445-446, 453-454, 489-501, 100 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

14. Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 1299, 1434, 1548, 237-254, 1298 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

15. Sophocles, Women of Trachis, 1202, 1239-1240, 1248-1251, 807-812, 1185 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1185. Now, swear by the head of Zeus my begetter! Hyllus:
16. Aeschines, Letters, 1.88 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
aegisthus Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9
anapaestic meter Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
arai (curses) Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 27
arcere Hickson (1993), Roman prayer language: Livy and the Aneid of Vergil, 137
areopagus council,ephebic oath Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 27
ares,and vengeance Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 392
aristotle,on iambic meter Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 709
aristotle,on singing Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
athens Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
aulos (player) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 709
aurata Hickson (1993), Roman prayer language: Livy and the Aneid of Vergil, 137
burial,as singing Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
chorus,the,notation of Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 709
clytaemestra Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9
commoi Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
defixio Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
deianeira Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9
demeter Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
duets Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
earth,touching during oaths Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9
electra,on the gods Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 392
electra,singing of Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
electra Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 495; Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9
electra (euripides),singing in Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
electra (sophocles),justice and the erinyes in Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 392
electra (sophocles),singing in Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
electra (sophocles) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 495
eleusian mysteries Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
ephebic oath Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 27
episodes,of electra (sophocles) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 495
erinyes Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 392; Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 27; Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
erotic context Miller and Clay (2019), Tracking Hermes, Pursuing Mercury, 351
erotic curses Miller and Clay (2019), Tracking Hermes, Pursuing Mercury, 351
eschatology Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
eubouleus Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
false oaths Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9
flute (aulos) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
general parodos,of electra (sophocles) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 495
gods,and humans Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 392
great oath of the gods (megas,horkos) Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9
hades,and vengeance Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 392
hades,god Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
heracles,in ephebic oath Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 27
hermes,chthonios Miller and Clay (2019), Tracking Hermes, Pursuing Mercury, 351
hermes,despotes Miller and Clay (2019), Tracking Hermes, Pursuing Mercury, 351
hermes Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 392
horkos,gods) Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9
humans,and the gods Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 392
hyllus,oath with,oaths invoking Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 27
hyllus Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9
iambic meter Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 709
imprecation,and vengeance Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 392
iphigeneia Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 27
justice (dikè),and vengeance Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 392
lamentation,song of Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
legal usage Hickson (1993), Roman prayer language: Livy and the Aneid of Vergil, 102
melodrama,vs. recitative Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 709
monodies Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
murders,and vengeance Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 392
oedipus,as singing Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
oedipus at colonus (sophocles),singing in Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
orestes,duet of Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
orestes Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 27
orpheus,orphic gold leaves,crete Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
orpheus,orphic gold leaves,entella Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
orpheus,orphic gold leaves,hipponion Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
orpheus,orphic gold leaves Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
orphic initiation Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
orphic pass-words,pelinna Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
orphic pass-words,pella/dion Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
orphic pass-words,thurii Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
orphic pass-words Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
parental cursing Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9
parts,of a tragedy Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 709
persephone,and vengeance Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 392
persephone Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
plato,platonic tradition Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
poetics (aristotle),on singing Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
prayer,legalism Hickson (1993), Roman prayer language: Livy and the Aneid of Vergil, 102
probe Hickson (1993), Roman prayer language: Livy and the Aneid of Vergil, 102
prologue,of electra (sophocles) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 495
recitative,vs. melodrama Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 709
recte Hickson (1993), Roman prayer language: Livy and the Aneid of Vergil, 102
revenge curses Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9, 27
rhythm,and song Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
rhythm,in ancient greek Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 709
righteous dead Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
sacrifice Hickson (1993), Roman prayer language: Livy and the Aneid of Vergil, 137
sicily Waldner et al. (2016), Burial Rituals, Ideas of Afterlife, and the Individual in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire, 33
singing,of actors Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
solos Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
songs Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 270
structure,of electra (sophocles) Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 495
styx,river Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9
syntax Hickson (1993), Roman prayer language: Livy and the Aneid of Vergil, 122, 137
testem facere Hickson (1993), Roman prayer language: Livy and the Aneid of Vergil, 122
underworld,gods of Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 392
vengeance,and the gods Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 392
verba testandi Hickson (1993), Roman prayer language: Livy and the Aneid of Vergil, 122
voti compos Hickson (1993), Roman prayer language: Livy and the Aneid of Vergil, 102
voti damnatus Hickson (1993), Roman prayer language: Livy and the Aneid of Vergil, 102
voti reus Hickson (1993), Roman prayer language: Livy and the Aneid of Vergil, 102
vovere' Hickson (1993), Roman prayer language: Livy and the Aneid of Vergil, 137