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Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 400-403


nanThis mountebank, this juggling charlatan, This tricksy beggar-priest, for gain alone Keen-eyed, but in his proper art stone-blind. Say, sirrah, hast thou ever proved thyself A prophet? When the riddling Sphinx was here Why hadst thou no deliverance for this folk? And yet the riddle was not to be solved By guess-work but required the prophet's art; Wherein thou wast found lacking; neither birds Nor sign from heaven helped thee, but I came, The simple Oidipus; I stopped her mouth By mother wit, untaught of auguries. This is the man whom thou wouldst undermine, In hope to reign with Creon in my stead. Methinks that thou and thine abettor soon Will rue your plot to drive the scapegoat out. Thank thy grey hairs that thou hast still to learn What chastisement such arrogance deserves. CHORUS: To us it seems that both the seer and thou, O Oidipus, have spoken angry words.


nanyou will have great influence in Creon’s court. But I think that you and the one who plotted these things will rue your zeal to purge the land: if you did not seem to be an old man, you would have learned to your cost how haughty you are. Choru


nanyou will have great influence in Creon’s court. But I think that you and the one who plotted these things will rue your zeal to purge the land: if you did not seem to be an old man, you would have learned to your cost how haughty you are. Choru


nanyou will have great influence in Creon’s court. But I think that you and the one who plotted these things will rue your zeal to purge the land: if you did not seem to be an old man, you would have learned to your cost how haughty you are. Choru


nanyou will have great influence in Creon’s court. But I think that you and the one who plotted these things will rue your zeal to purge the land: if you did not seem to be an old man, you would have learned to your cost how haughty you are. Choru


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1. Homer, Iliad, 1.68-1.69, 1.106, 1.122 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

1.68. /in hope that he may accept the savour of lambs and unblemished goats, and be willing to ward off the pestilence from us. 1.69. /in hope that he may accept the savour of lambs and unblemished goats, and be willing to ward off the pestilence from us. When he had thus spoken he sat down, and among them arose Calchas son of Thestor, far the best of bird-diviners, who knew the things that were, and that were to be, and that had been before 1.106. / Prophet of evil, never yet have you spoken to me a pleasant thing; ever is evil dear to your heart to prophesy, but a word of good you have never yet spoken, nor brought to pass. And now among the Danaans you claim in prophecy that for this reason the god who strikes from afar brings woes upon them 1.122. /In answer to him spoke swift-footed brilliant Achilles:Most glorious son of Atreus, most covetous of all, how shall the great-hearted Achaeans give you a prize? We know nothing of a hoard of wealth in common store, but whatever we took by pillage from the cities has been apportioned
2. Aristophanes, Birds, 959-991, 521 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

521. Λάμπων δ' ὄμνυς' ἔτι καὶ νυνὶ τὸν χῆν', ὅταν ἐξαπατᾷ τι.
3. Aristophanes, Knights, 1001-1089, 116-122, 1229, 123, 1230-1239, 124, 1240-1249, 125, 1250-1253, 126-149, 997-1000 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1000. καὶ νὴ Δί' ἔτι γέ μοὔστι κιβωτὸς πλέα.
4. Aristophanes, Lysistrata, 771-776, 770 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

770. ἀλλ' ὁπόταν πτήξωσι χελιδόνες εἰς ἕνα χῶρον
5. Aristophanes, Clouds, 332 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

332. Θουριομάντεις ἰατροτέχνας σφραγιδονυχαργοκομήτας
6. Aristophanes, Peace, 1047, 1052-1126, 1045 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1045. τίς ἄρα ποτ' ἐστίν; ὡς ἀλαζὼν φαίνεται:
7. Aristophanes, Wasps, 380, 160 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

160. ὅταν τις ἐκφύγῃ μ' ἀποσκλῆναι τότε.
8. Sophocles, Antigone, 1001-1090, 115-134, 1348-1349, 135, 1350-1353, 136-154, 631-765, 988-1000 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

9. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 101, 1012-1013, 1016-1019, 102, 1020, 103, 1032, 1036, 104-106, 1068, 107, 1071-1072, 110-111, 1129-1131, 1133-1139, 114-115, 1169-1170, 1177-1181, 1184-1185, 1223-1296, 1345-1346, 1382-1384, 139-146, 150, 154, 158-200, 223, 227-229, 236-243, 273, 284-289, 298-304, 307, 310, 312-313, 316-317, 320-321, 324-349, 35, 350-359, 36, 360-399, 401-403, 405, 408-425, 429-444, 448-462, 47-48, 532-630, 709, 711-712, 85, 863-869, 87, 870-872, 88, 882-883, 91-92, 946, 95, 953, 96, 964-969, 97, 970-972, 976, 98-100 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

10. Sophocles, Women of Trachis, 538, 552-553, 555-581, 584-587, 623, 629-630, 537 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

537. and partly to grieve over my sufferings in your company. I have received a maiden—or, I believe, no longer a maiden, but an experienced woman—into my home, just as a mariner takes on cargo, a merchandise to wreck my peace of mind. And now we are two, a pair waiting under
11. Plutarch, Pericles, 32.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

32.2. The people accepted with delight these slanders, and so, while they were in this mood, a bill was passed, on motion of Dracontides, that Pericles should deposit his accounts of public moneys with the prytanes, and that the jurors should decide upon his case with ballots which had lain upon the altar of the goddess on the acropolis. But Hagnon amended this clause of the bill with the motion that the case be tried before fifteen hundred jurors in the ordinary way, whether one wanted to call it a prosecution for embezzlement and bribery, or malversation.
12. Seneca The Younger, Hercules Oetaeus, 486-538, 567-582, 485 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

13. Seneca The Younger, Oedipus, 216, 233-238, 286, 418, 509, 697-708, 838-881, 915-979, 212 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

14. Epigraphy, Lscg, 154

15. Epigraphy, Lss, 115



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agōn scene Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
ajax, and agōn scenes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
ajax (sophocles), and agōn scenes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
ajax (sophocles), seer in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 376
anagnos Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 180
and, seer as threat to Foster, The Seer and the City: Religion, Politics, and Colonial Ideology in Ancient Greece (2017) 83
anger, and agōn scenes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
antigone (sophocles), a seer in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 376
antigone (sophocles), and agōn scenes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
antigone (sophocles), and oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 508
antigone (sophocles), and seneca Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 763
apollo Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 98
aristophanes, on hierokles and lampon Eidinow, Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (2007) 258
athena Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 98
audience, theatre Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 98
augury Foster, The Seer and the City: Religion, Politics, and Colonial Ideology in Ancient Greece (2017) 83
azande people, sudan, poison oracle Eidinow, Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (2007) 258
calchas, as the voice of the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 376
chorus, antigone, in danger and safe Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 208
chorus, antigone, oedipus tyrannus Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 208
chorus, antigone, part of 'the large group'" Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 208
creon, and agōn scenes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
creon Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 98
curse (ara), self-curse Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 181
dialogue, and agōn scenes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
diopeithes Eidinow, Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (2007) 258
divine punishment/retribution Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 180
episodes, of oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 508
eudaimonia, rooted in thinking in sophocles Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 180, 181
general parodos, of oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 508
gods, and humans Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 376
groups, and individuals Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 208
groups, threatened and safe Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 208
haemon, and agōn scenes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
hagneia, as a divine law Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 180, 181
hagneia, of words Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 180
hercules on oeta (seneca) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 763
hierokles Eidinow, Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (2007) 258
humans, and the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 376
hymn, to reverent purity Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 180, 181
incest Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 181
information, from the outside, by seneca Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 763
interpreters, of the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 376
jocasta (epicaste), and tiresias Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 376
katharmos Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 180
laius Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 98
lampon Eidinow, Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (2007) 258
loimos Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 180
menelaus, and agōn scenes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
miastor Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 180
oedipus, and agōn scenes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
oedipus, and tiresias Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 376
oedipus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 508; Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 180, 181
oedipus rex, chorus Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 208
oedipus rex and the polis Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 208
oedipus the king (sophocles), and agōn scenes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
oedipus the king (sophocles), and seneca Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 763
oedipus the king (sophocles), seer in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 376
oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 508
onchestos, boiotia Eidinow, Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (2007) 258
oracle, challenges to Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 376
paian/paean Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 98
past, the, and oedipus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 508
perspective Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 208
philter, from deianira Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 763
phren/phrenes, seat of purity/impurity, in the antigone Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 180
polis Budelmann, The Language of Sophocles: Communality, Communication, and Involvement (1999) 208
poseidon, sanctuary at onchestos Eidinow, Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks (2007) 258
prayer, chorus in oedipus tyrannus Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 180, 181
prodicus Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 162
purification, seers and Foster, The Seer and the City: Religion, Politics, and Colonial Ideology in Ancient Greece (2017) 83
purity, of the leader Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 181
sacred regulations (inscriptional)' Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 181
scenes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
seers, as threat to political authority Foster, The Seer and the City: Religion, Politics, and Colonial Ideology in Ancient Greece (2017) 83
seers, challenges to Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 376
segal, c. p. Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 162
socrates Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
sophocles Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 180, 181
stasis, seer as instigator of Foster, The Seer and the City: Religion, Politics, and Colonial Ideology in Ancient Greece (2017) 83
structure, of oedipus the king (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 508
teiresias Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 181
teucer, and agōn scenes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
thebes Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 180
tiresias, and agōn scenes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 285
tiresias, challenges to Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 376
tiresias/teiresias Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 98
women of trachis, the (sophocles), and seneca Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 763
zeus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 98