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Sophocles, Women Of Trachis, 11-27
nan who in three shapes was always asking me from my father—coming now as a bull in visible form, now as a serpent, sheeny and coiled, now ox-faced with human trunk, while from his thick-shaded beard wellheads of fountain-water sprayed.
nan who in three shapes was always asking me from my father—coming now as a bull in visible form, now as a serpent, sheeny and coiled, now ox-faced with human trunk, while from his thick-shaded beard wellheads of fountain-water sprayed.
nan who in three shapes was always asking me from my father—coming now as a bull in visible form, now as a serpent, sheeny and coiled, now ox-faced with human trunk, while from his thick-shaded beard wellheads of fountain-water sprayed.
nan who in three shapes was always asking me from my father—coming now as a bull in visible form, now as a serpent, sheeny and coiled, now ox-faced with human trunk, while from his thick-shaded beard wellheads of fountain-water sprayed.
nan In the expectation that such a suitor would get me, I was always praying in my misery that I might die, before I should ever approach that marriage-bed. But at last, to my joy, the glorious son of Zeus and Alcmena came and
nan In the expectation that such a suitor would get me, I was always praying in my misery that I might die, before I should ever approach that marriage-bed. But at last, to my joy, the glorious son of Zeus and Alcmena came and
nan In the expectation that such a suitor would get me, I was always praying in my misery that I might die, before I should ever approach that marriage-bed. But at last, to my joy, the glorious son of Zeus and Alcmena came and
nan In the expectation that such a suitor would get me, I was always praying in my misery that I might die, before I should ever approach that marriage-bed. But at last, to my joy, the glorious son of Zeus and Alcmena came and
nan In the expectation that such a suitor would get me, I was always praying in my misery that I might die, before I should ever approach that marriage-bed. But at last, to my joy, the glorious son of Zeus and Alcmena came and
nan closed with him in combat and delivered me. The manner of their fighting I cannot clearly recount. I know it not, but if there be anyone who watched that sight without trembling, he might give an account of it. But I, as I sat there, was struck with terror
nan closed with him in combat and delivered me. The manner of their fighting I cannot clearly recount. I know it not, but if there be anyone who watched that sight without trembling, he might give an account of it. But I, as I sat there, was struck with terror
nan closed with him in combat and delivered me. The manner of their fighting I cannot clearly recount. I know it not, but if there be anyone who watched that sight without trembling, he might give an account of it. But I, as I sat there, was struck with terror
nan closed with him in combat and delivered me. The manner of their fighting I cannot clearly recount. I know it not, but if there be anyone who watched that sight without trembling, he might give an account of it. But I, as I sat there, was struck with terror
nan closed with him in combat and delivered me. The manner of their fighting I cannot clearly recount. I know it not, but if there be anyone who watched that sight without trembling, he might give an account of it. But I, as I sat there, was struck with terror
nan lest my beauty should win me sorrow in the end. But Zeus, Arbiter of Contests, accomplished a good ending—if indeed it was good. For since being joined with Heracles as his chosen bride, I nourish one fear after another in my anxiety for him. One night brings distress
nan lest my beauty should win me sorrow in the end. But Zeus, Arbiter of Contests, accomplished a good ending—if indeed it was good. For since being joined with Heracles as his chosen bride, I nourish one fear after another in my anxiety for him. One night brings distress
nan lest my beauty should win me sorrow in the end. But Zeus, Arbiter of Contests, accomplished a good ending—if indeed it was good. For since being joined with Heracles as his chosen bride, I nourish one fear after another in my anxiety for him. One night brings distress

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

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1. Euripides, Bacchae, 625 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 625. ᾖσσʼ ἐκεῖσε κᾆτʼ ἐκεῖσε, δμωσὶν Ἀχελῷον φέρειν 625. he ran here and there, calling to the slaves to bring water, and every servant was at work, toiling in vain.Then he let this labor drop, as I had escaped, and snatching a dark sword rushed into the house. Then Bromius, so it seems to me—I speak my opinion—
2. Sophocles, Antigone, 413-425, 760, 780-782, 367 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
3. Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 79-80, 78 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
4. Sophocles, Women of Trachis, 1193-1199, 12, 1200-1251, 13-14, 144-149, 15, 150-153, 16-35, 39-40, 555-581, 6-7, 73-79, 8, 88, 9-10 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) 10. who in three shapes was always asking me from my father—coming now as a bull in visible form, now as a serpent, sheeny and coiled, now ox-faced with human trunk, while from his thick-shaded beard wellheads of fountain-water sprayed.
5. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.29-9.30, 9.115-9.117, 9.229-9.272 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE)

Subjects of this text:

subject	book bibliographic info
absence	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198
acheloüs	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 419
actors	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 538
alexandria	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198
antigone, and love	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 714
antigone	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 419
apotheosis	Keith and Edmondson, Roman Literary Cultures: Domestic Politics, Revolutionary Poetics, Civic Spectacle (2016) 146
arrival, of the chorus	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 714
beauty	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198
callimachus	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198
characters, of the women of trachis (sophocles)	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 538
chorus, the, arrival of	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 714
creon, and hatred	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 714
deianeira	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 419
deianira, introductory monologue of	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 714
dianira	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198
diptych tragedies	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 538
dreams	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 419
egypt	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198
electra (sophocles), entrances in	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 714
epigram	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198
erastes/eromenos	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198
eros	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 419
eurydice	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 419
heracles	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198; Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 419
humans	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 714
hyllus	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 419
hymn, to eros	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 714
icon	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198
intertextuality	Keith and Edmondson, Roman Literary Cultures: Domestic Politics, Revolutionary Poetics, Civic Spectacle (2016) 146
monologue, introductory	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 714
nessus	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 419
oracles'	Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 419
paraklausithyron	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198
poetry, and desire	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198
prologue, entrances in	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 714
prologue, of the women of trachis (sophocles)	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 538
segues	Keith and Edmondson, Roman Literary Cultures: Domestic Politics, Revolutionary Poetics, Civic Spectacle (2016) 146
sophocles, trachiniai	Keith and Edmondson, Roman Literary Cultures: Domestic Politics, Revolutionary Poetics, Civic Spectacle (2016) 146
structure, of the women of trachis (sophocles)	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 538
women of trachis, the (sophocles), introductory monologue to	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 714
women of trachis, the (sophocles)	Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 538
writing	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198
καλός inscriptions	Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 198