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Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1433


nanto the heights of your native Oeta for the delight of your father Poeas. And whatever spoils you receive from that army, from them carry to my pyre a thank-offering for my bow. And these counsels hold for you also, son of Achilles


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1. Homer, Iliad, 2.339-2.341, 9.356-9.361, 24.5 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

2.339. /as they praised the words of godlike Odysseus. And there spake among them the horseman, Nestor of Gerenia:Now look you; in very truth are ye holding assembly after the manner of silly boys that care no whit for deeds of war. What then is to be the end of our compacts and our oaths? 2.340. /Nay, into the fire let us cast all counsels and plans of warriors, the drink-offerings of unmixed wine, and the hand-clasps wherein we put our trust. For vainly do we wrangle with words, nor can we find any device at all, for all our long-tarrying here. Son of Atreus, do thou as of old keep unbending purpose 2.341. /Nay, into the fire let us cast all counsels and plans of warriors, the drink-offerings of unmixed wine, and the hand-clasps wherein we put our trust. For vainly do we wrangle with words, nor can we find any device at all, for all our long-tarrying here. Son of Atreus, do thou as of old keep unbending purpose 9.356. /there once he awaited me in single combat and hardly did he escape my onset. But now, seeing I am not minded to battle with goodly Hector, tomorrow will I do sacrifice to Zeus and all the gods, and heap well my ships, when I have launched them on the sea; then shalt thou see, if so be thou wilt, and carest aught therefor 9.357. /there once he awaited me in single combat and hardly did he escape my onset. But now, seeing I am not minded to battle with goodly Hector, tomorrow will I do sacrifice to Zeus and all the gods, and heap well my ships, when I have launched them on the sea; then shalt thou see, if so be thou wilt, and carest aught therefor 9.358. /there once he awaited me in single combat and hardly did he escape my onset. But now, seeing I am not minded to battle with goodly Hector, tomorrow will I do sacrifice to Zeus and all the gods, and heap well my ships, when I have launched them on the sea; then shalt thou see, if so be thou wilt, and carest aught therefor 9.359. /there once he awaited me in single combat and hardly did he escape my onset. But now, seeing I am not minded to battle with goodly Hector, tomorrow will I do sacrifice to Zeus and all the gods, and heap well my ships, when I have launched them on the sea; then shalt thou see, if so be thou wilt, and carest aught therefor 9.360. /my ships at early dawn sailing over the teeming Hellespont, and on board men right eager to ply the oar; and if so be the great Shaker of the Earth grants me fair voyaging, on the third day shall I reach deep-soiled Phthia. Possessions full many have I that I left on my ill-starred way hither 9.361. /my ships at early dawn sailing over the teeming Hellespont, and on board men right eager to ply the oar; and if so be the great Shaker of the Earth grants me fair voyaging, on the third day shall I reach deep-soiled Phthia. Possessions full many have I that I left on my ill-starred way hither 24.5. /Then was the gathering broken up, and the folk scattered, each man to go to his own ship. The rest bethought them of supper and of sweet sleep, to take their fill thereof; but Achilles wept, ever remembering his dear comrade, neither might sleep 24.5. /that mastereth all, lay hold of him, but he turned him ever to this side or to that, yearning for the man-hood and valorous might of Patroclus, thinking on all he had wrought with him and all the woes he had borne, passing though wars of men and the grievous waves. Thinking thereon he would shed big tears
2. Homer, Odyssey, 9.373 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

3. Pindar, Olympian Odes, 2.81-2.83 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

4. Euripides, Andromache, 53, 1108 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1108. πατρός ποτ' αὐτὸν αἵματος δοῦναι δίκην.
5. Euripides, Bacchae, 193 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

193. γέρων γέροντα παιδαγωγήσω σʼ ἐγώ. Τειρεσίας 193. I, an old man, will lead you, an old man, like a pupil. Teiresia
6. Euripides, Helen, 1643-1687, 1642 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1642. ἐπίσχες ὀργὰς αἷσιν οὐκ ὀρθῶς φέρῃ 1642. Restrain the anger that is wrongly carrying you away, Theoklymenos, king of this land. We, the twin sons of Zeus, are calling you; Leda once gave birth to us
7. Euripides, Hippolytus, 1391 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1391. Ah! the fragrance from my goddess wafted! Even in my agony I feel thee near and find relief; she is here in this very place, my goddess Artemis. Artemi
8. Euripides, Orestes, 193 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

9. Sophocles, Ajax, 14 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

10. Sophocles, Antigone, 606-608, 605 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

11. Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1016-1037, 1049, 1054-1062, 1066, 108, 1116-1117, 1140-1145, 1155-1157, 1165-1167, 1181-1182, 120, 1220, 1222-1432, 1434-1451, 1455, 1464-1468, 191-200, 241, 257, 260, 343-347, 356-358, 364, 381, 4, 50, 57, 582, 610-613, 697-699, 779-781, 85-89, 896-899, 90, 900-909, 91, 910-919, 92, 920-926, 93, 930-932, 94, 940, 942, 946-947, 95, 952-958, 100 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

12. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.64-12.145, 12.159-12.160 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)



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agamemnon, and achilles Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 52
ajax, and athena Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
ajax Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 152
ajax (sophocles), athena in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
altar, of zeus Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
andromache Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 608
anger, of philoctetes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 533
athena, as the voice of the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
athena Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
cycnus Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 52
deception, and tragedy Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 192
deinos Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 730
diomedes Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 97
dioscuri Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
egypt Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
episodes, of philoctetes (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 533
euripides, and artemis Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
exodos, of philoctetes (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 533, 534
fate Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
flute (aulos) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 534
fragments, of sophocles works Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 608
gods, and humans Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
helen Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
helenus Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
heracles, as a god Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
heracles Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
hero Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
hippolytus (euripides), artemis in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
humans, and the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
hyllus, oath with, oaths sworn by Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 97
impasse, dramatic Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
lichas (trachiniae) Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 97
little iliad, and philoctetes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 608
mechane/mechanè Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 534
menelaus Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
morality, in ajax (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
neoptolemus, and andromache Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 608
neoptolemus, and philoctetes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
neoptolemus Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 192; Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
nestor Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 52
noble lie, in philoctetes Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 192
noble lie Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 192
odysseus, his character in philoctetes Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 192
odysseus, in sophocles Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 192
odysseus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 152
peleus Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
peleus (sophocles), and the women of phthia Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 608
philoctetes, and heracles Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
philoctetes Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 192; Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 533, 534; Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
philoctetes (sophocles), heracles in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
philoctetes (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 533, 534
philoktetes ho en troia, philoctetes at troy (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 608
phtiotides (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 608
plays, lost Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 608
pledges and oaths, in sophocles' Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 97
plot Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
proclus, and philoctetes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 608
prophecy, foretelling the future Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
sons, of achilles Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 730
sophocles, lost plays and fragments of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 608
sophocles, works, philoctetes Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 192
sophocles Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 192
sophos Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 730
sparta Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
stasima, of philoctetes (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 533
structure, of philoctetes (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 533, 534
theoclymenus Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
tragedy, and deception Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 192
tragedy, and noble lie Hesk, Deception and Democracy in Classical Athens (2000) 192
troy, and philoctetes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
troy Lipka, Epiphanies and Dreams in Greek Polytheism: Textual Genres and 'Reality' from Homer to Heliodorus (2021) 92
voice, of the gods Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
warning, divine Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366
women of phthia, the (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 608
zeus, and heracles Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 366