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Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 1105-1107


nanOr perhaps it was Cyllene’s lord, or the Bacchants’ god, dweller on the hill-tops, that received you, a new-born joy, from one of the nymphs of Helicon, with whom he most often sports. Oedipu


nanOr perhaps it was Cyllene’s lord, or the Bacchants’ god, dweller on the hill-tops, that received you, a new-born joy, from one of the nymphs of Helicon, with whom he most often sports. Oedipu


nanOr perhaps it was Cyllene’s lord, or the Bacchants’ god, dweller on the hill-tops, that received you, a new-born joy, from one of the nymphs of Helicon, with whom he most often sports. Oedipu


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

21 results
1. Homeric Hymns, To Pan, 46 (8th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE)

2. Aristophanes, Acharnians, 263 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

263. Φαλῆς ἑταῖρε Βακχίου
3. Aristophanes, Frogs, 1259 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1259. τὸν Βακχεῖον ἄνακτα
4. Aristophanes, The Women Celebrating The Thesmophoria, 988, 987 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

987. ἡγοῦ δέ γ' ὧδ' αὐτὸς σὺ
5. Euripides, Bacchae, 1078, 1083, 1124, 1145, 1153, 1189, 145, 195, 225, 366, 485-486, 506, 528, 605, 623, 632, 67, 862, 918-924, 998, 1020 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1020. ἴθʼ, ὦ Βάκχε, θηραγρευτᾷ βακχᾶν 1020. Go, Bacchus, with smiling face throw a deadly noose around the hunter of the Bacchae as he falls beneath the flock of Maenads. Second Messenger
6. Euripides, Cyclops, 74 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

7. Euripides, Hippolytus, 560 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

560. did she cut short the fatal marriage of Semele, mother of Zeus-bom Bacchus. All things she doth inspire, dread goddess, winging her flight hither and thither like a bee. Phaedra
8. Euripides, Ion, 716, 218 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

9. Euripides, Iphigenia Among The Taurians, 953, 164 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

10. Herodotus, Histories, 4.79 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

4.79. But when things had to turn out badly for him, they did so for this reason: he conceived a desire to be initiated into the rites of the Bacchic Dionysus; and when he was about to begin the sacred mysteries, he saw the greatest vision. ,He had in the city of the Borysthenites a spacious house, grand and costly (the same house I just mentioned), all surrounded by sphinxes and griffins worked in white marble; this house was struck by a thunderbolt. And though the house burnt to the ground, Scyles none the less performed the rite to the end. ,Now the Scythians reproach the Greeks for this Bacchic revelling, saying that it is not reasonable to set up a god who leads men to madness. ,So when Scyles had been initiated into the Bacchic rite, some one of the Borysthenites scoffed at the Scythians: “You laugh at us, Scythians, because we play the Bacchant and the god possesses us; but now this deity has possessed your own king, so that he plays the Bacchant and is maddened by the god. If you will not believe me, follow me now and I will show him to you.” ,The leading men among the Scythians followed him, and the Borysthenite brought them up secretly onto a tower; from which, when Scyles passed by with his company of worshippers, they saw him playing the Bacchant; thinking it a great misfortune, they left the city and told the whole army what they had seen.
11. Sophocles, Ajax, 646-692, 100 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

12. Sophocles, Antigone, 148-154, 1121 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

13. Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 679, 678 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

14. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 1013, 1016-1020, 1032, 1036, 1068, 1071-1075, 1080-1082, 1088, 1092, 1096, 1106-1107, 1129-1131, 1133-1139, 1169-1170, 1177-1181, 1184-1221, 1284, 209-215, 953, 964-972, 976, 1012 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

15. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 3.65.5 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

3.65.5.  Consequently he sailed across secretly to his army, and then Lycurgus, they say, falling upon the Maenads in the city known as Nysium, slew them all, but Dionysus, bringing his forces over, conquered the Thracians in a battle, and taking Lycurgus alive put out his eyes and inflicted upon him every kind of outrage, and then crucified him.
16. Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3.5.1, 3.5.3 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

3.5.1. Διόνυσος δὲ εὑρετὴς ἀμπέλου γενόμενος, Ἥρας μανίαν αὐτῷ ἐμβαλούσης περιπλανᾶται Αἴγυπτόν τε καὶ Συρίαν. καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον Πρωτεὺς αὐτὸν ὑποδέχεται βασιλεὺς Αἰγυπτίων, αὖθις δὲ εἰς Κύβελα τῆς Φρυγίας ἀφικνεῖται, κἀκεῖ καθαρθεὶς ὑπὸ Ῥέας καὶ τὰς τελετὰς ἐκμαθών, καὶ λαβὼν παρʼ ἐκείνης τὴν στολήν, ἐπὶ Ἰνδοὺς 1 -- διὰ τῆς Θράκης ἠπείγετο. Λυκοῦργος δὲ παῖς Δρύαντος, Ἠδωνῶν βασιλεύων, οἳ Στρυμόνα ποταμὸν παροικοῦσι, πρῶτος ὑβρίσας ἐξέβαλεν αὐτόν. καὶ Διόνυσος μὲν εἰς θάλασσαν πρὸς Θέτιν τὴν Νηρέως κατέφυγε, Βάκχαι δὲ ἐγένοντο αἰχμάλωτοι καὶ τὸ συνεπόμενον Σατύρων πλῆθος αὐτῷ. αὖθις δὲ αἱ Βάκχαι ἐλύθησαν ἐξαίφνης, Λυκούργῳ δὲ μανίαν ἐνεποίησε 2 -- Διόνυσος. ὁ δὲ μεμηνὼς Δρύαντα τὸν παῖδα, ἀμπέλου νομίζων κλῆμα κόπτειν, πελέκει πλήξας ἀπέκτεινε, καὶ ἀκρωτηριάσας αὐτὸν ἐσωφρόνησε. 1 -- τῆς δὲ γῆς ἀκάρπου μενούσης, ἔχρησεν ὁ θεὸς καρποφορήσειν αὐτήν, ἂν θανατωθῇ Λυκοῦργος. Ἠδωνοὶ δὲ ἀκούσαντες εἰς τὸ Παγγαῖον αὐτὸν ἀπαγαγόντες ὄρος ἔδησαν, κἀκεῖ κατὰ Διονύσου βούλησιν ὑπὸ ἵππων διαφθαρεὶς ἀπέθανε. 3.5.3. βουλόμενος δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰκαρίας εἰς Νάξον διακομισθῆναι, Τυρρηνῶν λῃστρικὴν ἐμισθώσατο τριήρη. οἱ δὲ αὐτὸν ἐνθέμενοι Νάξον μὲν παρέπλεον, ἠπείγοντο δὲ εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν ἀπεμπολήσοντες. ὁ δὲ τὸν μὲν ἱστὸν 4 -- καὶ τὰς κώπας ἐποίησεν ὄφεις, τὸ δὲ σκάφος ἔπλησε κισσοῦ καὶ βοῆς αὐλῶν· οἱ δὲ ἐμμανεῖς γενόμενοι κατὰ τῆς θαλάττης ἔφυγον καὶ ἐγένοντο δελφῖνες. ὣς δὲ 1 -- αὐτὸν θεὸν ἄνθρωποι ἐτίμων, ὁ δὲ ἀναγαγὼν ἐξ Ἅιδου τὴν μητέρα, καὶ προσαγορεύσας Θυώνην, μετʼ αὐτῆς εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀνῆλθεν.
17. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.2.5 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

1.2.5. One of the porticoes contains shrines of gods, and a gymnasium called that of Hermes. In it is the house of Pulytion, at which it is said that a mystic rite was performed by the most notable Athenians, parodying the Eleusinian mysteries. But in my time it was devoted to the worship of Dionysus. This Dionysus they call Melpomenus (Minstrel), on the same principle as they call Apollo Musegetes (Leader of the Muses). Here there are images of Athena Paeonia (Healer), of Zeus, of Mnemosyne (Memory) and of the Muses, an Apollo, the votive offering and work of Eubulides, and Acratus, a daemon attendant upon Apollo; it is only a face of him worked into the wall. After the precinct of Apollo is a building that contains earthen ware images, Amphictyon, king of Athens, feasting Dionysus and other gods. Here also is Pegasus of Eleutherae, who introduced the god to the Athenians. Herein he was helped by the oracle at Delphi, which called to mind that the god once dwelt in Athens in the days of Icarius.
18. Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 21.3-21.92, 21.118-21.123, 21.134-21.146, 21.155-21.169 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)

19. Servius, Commentary On The Aeneid, 3.14 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)

20. Orphic Hymns., Fragments, 486, 496, 485

21. Orphic Hymns., Hymni, 45.2, 52.1



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
amphipolis Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42
antigone Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273, 285
apollo, apollonian, apolline, apollo musagetes Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 285
apollo, apollonian, apolline Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 275, 285
apollo Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 105
ares Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 275
athena Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 574
athens, athenian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273, 275
bacchants, bacchae, bacchai Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42, 275, 285
baccheuta Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 275
bacchic, bacchios, baccheios βάκχιος, βακχεῖος Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42
bacchus, bacchius Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42, 275
bacchus, βάκχος Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42, 273
bear Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 323
bull Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 323
chorus χορός, choral Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42, 273, 275, 285
cithaeron, and oedipus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 512
comedy Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42
cortege Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 285
creon Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273, 285
crown, crowned Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 285
cult, cultic acts for specific cults, the corresponding god or place Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273, 275, 285, 323
dance, dancing, ecstatic, frenzied, maenadic, orgiastic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273, 275
dance, dancing Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 285
delphi, delphian, delphic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 275
dionysos, dionysos as bull Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 323
dionysos, dionysos bacchas Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273, 275
dionysos, dionysos baccheios Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42, 273, 275
dionysos, dionysos baccheus Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273, 275
dionysos, dionysos bacchios Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42, 273, 275
dionysos, dionysos bacchos Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42, 273, 275
dionysos, dionysos elelichthon Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273
dionysos, dionysos musagetes Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 285
dionysos, dionysos xenos Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 323
dionysos, epiphany Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 323
dionysos, nurse of Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 285
dionysos Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42, 273, 275, 285, 323
dionysus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 105
echoic mention theory Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 574
ecstasy ἔκστασις, ecstatic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273, 275
enthusiasm ἐνθουσιασμός, enthusiastic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 275
epic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 285
episodes, of oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 512
evohé εὐαί, εὐαἵ, εὐοἷ Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 275
fear, of oedipus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 512
festival, festivity, festive Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273
fire Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 323
frenzy, frenzied Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42
great dionysia, city dionysia Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273, 285
helicon Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 275, 285
hermes Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 105
iacchos ἴακχος Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 275
initiate Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273
ivy Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 275
lion Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 323
lycurgus Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 285
macedonia, macedonian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42
maenads, maenadic, maenadism Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 275, 285
mania μανία, maniacal Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 285, 323
messenger, tragic Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 105
muses Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 275, 285
mystic, mystical Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273
myth, mythical Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 285
naxos, naxian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 285
night, nocturnal Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273, 275
nymph Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 275, 285
oedipus Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 275; Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 512
oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 512
olympus, olympian, god Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273
olympus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 105
paean παιάν Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 285
panhellenic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 275
pelinna Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42, 273
pentheus Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 323
polis Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273
poseidon Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273
procession Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273
reinhardt, k. Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 574
satyr drama, satyr-play Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42
stasima, of oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 512
structure, of oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 512
temple Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273
theater, theatrical Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 323
thebes, theban Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273, 275, 323
thessaly, thessalian Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42
thiasos θίασος Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 273, 285
tragedy, tragic Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42, 273, 275
vine wood Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 285
wine Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42, 275
worship Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42, 273, 285
worshippers' Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 285
worshippers Bernabe et al., Redefining Dionysos (2013) 42, 273