1. Homer, Iliad, 3.226, 5.127-5.128, 6.146-6.148 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •heterotopias, comic Found in books: Alexiou and Cairns (2017), Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After. 67, 68, 69 | 3.226. / And, thirdly, the old man saw Aias, and asked:Who then is this other Achaean warrior, valiant and tall, towering above the Argives with his head and broad shoulders? And to him made answer long-robed Helen, fair among women:This is huge Aias, bulwark of the Achaeans. 5.127. / for in thy breast have I put the might of thy father, the dauntless might, such as the horseman Tydeus, wielder of the shield, was wont to have. And the mist moreover have I taken from thine eyes that afore was upon them, to the end that thou mayest well discern both god and man. Wherefore now if any god come hither to make trial of thee, 5.128. / for in thy breast have I put the might of thy father, the dauntless might, such as the horseman Tydeus, wielder of the shield, was wont to have. And the mist moreover have I taken from thine eyes that afore was upon them, to the end that thou mayest well discern both god and man. Wherefore now if any god come hither to make trial of thee, 6.146. / Great-souled son of Tydeus, wherefore inquirest thou of my lineage? Even as are the generations of leaves, such are those also of men. As for the leaves, the wind scattereth some upon the earth, but the forest, as it bourgeons, putteth forth others when the season of spring is come; even so of men one generation springeth up and another passeth away. 6.147. / Great-souled son of Tydeus, wherefore inquirest thou of my lineage? Even as are the generations of leaves, such are those also of men. As for the leaves, the wind scattereth some upon the earth, but the forest, as it bourgeons, putteth forth others when the season of spring is come; even so of men one generation springeth up and another passeth away. 6.148. / Great-souled son of Tydeus, wherefore inquirest thou of my lineage? Even as are the generations of leaves, such are those also of men. As for the leaves, the wind scattereth some upon the earth, but the forest, as it bourgeons, putteth forth others when the season of spring is come; even so of men one generation springeth up and another passeth away. |
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2. Herodotus, Histories, 1.29-1.30 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •heterotopias, comic Found in books: Alexiou and Cairns (2017), Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After. 59, 60 | 1.29. and after these were subdued and subject to Croesus in addition to the Lydians, all the sages from Hellas who were living at that time, coming in different ways, came to Sardis , which was at the height of its property; and among them came Solon the Athenian, who, after making laws for the Athenians at their request, went abroad for ten years, sailing forth to see the world, he said. This he did so as not to be compelled to repeal any of the laws he had made, ,since the Athenians themselves could not do that, for they were bound by solemn oaths to abide for ten years by whatever laws Solon should make. 1.30. So for that reason, and to see the world, Solon went to visit Amasis in Egypt and then to Croesus in Sardis . When he got there, Croesus entertained him in the palace, and on the third or fourth day Croesus told his attendants to show Solon around his treasures, and they pointed out all those things that were great and blest. ,After Solon had seen everything and had thought about it, Croesus found the opportunity to say, “My Athenian guest, we have heard a lot about you because of your wisdom and of your wanderings, how as one who loves learning you have traveled much of the world for the sake of seeing it, so now I desire to ask you who is the most fortunate man you have seen.” ,Croesus asked this question believing that he was the most fortunate of men, but Solon, offering no flattery but keeping to the truth, said, “O King, it is Tellus the Athenian.” ,Croesus was amazed at what he had said and replied sharply, “In what way do you judge Tellus to be the most fortunate?” Solon said, “Tellus was from a prosperous city, and his children were good and noble. He saw children born to them all, and all of these survived. His life was prosperous by our standards, and his death was most glorious: ,when the Athenians were fighting their neighbors in Eleusis , he came to help, routed the enemy, and died very finely. The Athenians buried him at public expense on the spot where he fell and gave him much honor.” |
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| 3. Plato, Republic, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •heterotopias, comic Found in books: Alexiou and Cairns (2017), Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After. 63 |
| 4. Plato, Theaetetus, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •heterotopias, comic Found in books: Alexiou and Cairns (2017), Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After. 63 |
| 5. Plutarch, On The Face Which Appears In The Orb of The Moon, None (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •heterotopias, comic Found in books: Alexiou and Cairns (2017), Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After. 62 |
| 6. Lucian, Charon Or The Inspectors, 10-12, 14, 16-17, 19, 4, 6-9, 13 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Alexiou and Cairns (2017), Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After. 68 |
| 7. Lucian, The Sky-Man, 13, 15-17, 20-21, 4, 11 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Alexiou and Cairns (2017), Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After. 65, 66 |
| 8. Lucian, Nigrinus, 1, 10-13, 16, 18, 2, 24, 29, 3-9, 20 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Alexiou and Cairns (2017), Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After. 70, 71 |
| 9. Lucian, A True Story, 1.1-1.2, 1.5, 1.25-1.26 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •heterotopias, comic Found in books: Alexiou and Cairns (2017), Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After. 59, 60, 63 |
10. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7.21.12 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •heterotopias, comic Found in books: Alexiou and Cairns (2017), Greek Laughter and Tears: Antiquity and After. 63| 7.21.12. πρὸ δὲ τοῦ ἱεροῦ τῆς Δήμητρός ἐστι πηγή· ταύτης τὰ μὲν πρὸς τοῦ ναοῦ λίθων ἀνέστηκεν αἱμασιά, κατὰ δὲ τὸ ἐκτὸς κάθοδος ἐς αὐτὴν πεποίηται. μαντεῖον δὲ ἐνταῦθά ἐστιν ἀψευδές, οὐ μὲν ἐπὶ παντί γε πράγματι, ἀλλὰ ἐπὶ τῶν καμνόντων. κάτοπτρον καλῳδίῳ τῶν λεπτῶν δήσαντες καθιᾶσι, σταθμώμενοι μὴ πρόσω καθικέσθαι τῆς πηγῆς, ἀλλʼ ὅσον ἐπιψαῦσαι τοῦ ὕδατος τῷ κύκλῳ τοῦ κατόπτρου. τὸ δὲ ἐντεῦθεν εὐξάμενοι τῇ θεῷ καὶ θυμιάσαντες ἐς τὸ κάτοπτρον βλέπουσι· τὸ δέ σφισι τὸν νοσοῦντα ἤτοι ζῶντα ἢ καὶ τεθνεῶτα ἐπιδείκνυσι. | 7.21.12. Before the sanctuary of Demeter is a spring. On the side of this towards the temple stands a wall of stones, while on the outer side has been made a descent to the spring. Here there is an infallible oracle, not indeed for everything, but only in the case of sick folk. They tie a mirror to a fine cord and let it down, judging the distance so that it does not sink deep into the spring, but just far enough to touch the water with its rim. Or, possibly “disk.” The round mirror might be lowered vertically or horizontally (face upwards). Then they pray to the goddess and burn incense, after which they look into the mirror, which shows them the patient either alive or dead. |
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