1. Homeric Hymns, To Demeter, 259, 261, 260 (8th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 204 | 260. By reason of his nurse’s heedlessness - |
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2. Hesiod, Theogony, 226-231, 384-385, 400, 782-785, 793-806, 232 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9, 295, 301 | 232. To do a dreadful deed, and so the pain |
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3. Homer, Iliad, 9.568-9.572, 10.321-10.332, 14.271, 15.36-15.38, 19.113 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9, 197, 204, 301 | 9.568. / By her side lay Meleager nursing his bitter anger, wroth because of his mother's curses; for she prayed instantly to the gods, being grieved for her brother's slaying; and furthermore instantly beat with her hands upon the all-nurturing earth, calling upon Hades and dread Persephone, 9.569. / By her side lay Meleager nursing his bitter anger, wroth because of his mother's curses; for she prayed instantly to the gods, being grieved for her brother's slaying; and furthermore instantly beat with her hands upon the all-nurturing earth, calling upon Hades and dread Persephone, 9.570. / the while she knelt and made the folds of her bosom wet with tears, that they should bring death upon her son; and the Erinys that walketh in darkness heard her from Erebus, even she of the ungentle heart. Now anon was the din of the foemen risen about their gates, and the noise of the battering of walls, and to Meleager the elders 9.571. / the while she knelt and made the folds of her bosom wet with tears, that they should bring death upon her son; and the Erinys that walketh in darkness heard her from Erebus, even she of the ungentle heart. Now anon was the din of the foemen risen about their gates, and the noise of the battering of walls, and to Meleager the elders 9.572. / the while she knelt and made the folds of her bosom wet with tears, that they should bring death upon her son; and the Erinys that walketh in darkness heard her from Erebus, even she of the ungentle heart. Now anon was the din of the foemen risen about their gates, and the noise of the battering of walls, and to Meleager the elders 10.321. / to go close to the swift-faring ships and spy out all. But come, I pray thee, lift up thy staff and swear to me that verily thou wilt give me the horses and the chariot, richly dight with bronze, even them that bear the peerless son of Peleus. And to thee shall I prove no vain scout, neither one to deceive thy hopes. 10.322. / to go close to the swift-faring ships and spy out all. But come, I pray thee, lift up thy staff and swear to me that verily thou wilt give me the horses and the chariot, richly dight with bronze, even them that bear the peerless son of Peleus. And to thee shall I prove no vain scout, neither one to deceive thy hopes. 10.323. / to go close to the swift-faring ships and spy out all. But come, I pray thee, lift up thy staff and swear to me that verily thou wilt give me the horses and the chariot, richly dight with bronze, even them that bear the peerless son of Peleus. And to thee shall I prove no vain scout, neither one to deceive thy hopes. 10.324. / to go close to the swift-faring ships and spy out all. But come, I pray thee, lift up thy staff and swear to me that verily thou wilt give me the horses and the chariot, richly dight with bronze, even them that bear the peerless son of Peleus. And to thee shall I prove no vain scout, neither one to deceive thy hopes. 10.325. / For I will go straight on to the camp, even until I come to the ship of Agamemnon, where, I ween, the chieftains will be holding council, whether to flee or to fight. So spake he, and Hector took the staff in his hands, and sware to him, saying:Now be my witness Zeus himself, the loud-thundering lord of Hera, 10.326. / For I will go straight on to the camp, even until I come to the ship of Agamemnon, where, I ween, the chieftains will be holding council, whether to flee or to fight. So spake he, and Hector took the staff in his hands, and sware to him, saying:Now be my witness Zeus himself, the loud-thundering lord of Hera, 10.327. / For I will go straight on to the camp, even until I come to the ship of Agamemnon, where, I ween, the chieftains will be holding council, whether to flee or to fight. So spake he, and Hector took the staff in his hands, and sware to him, saying:Now be my witness Zeus himself, the loud-thundering lord of Hera, 10.328. / For I will go straight on to the camp, even until I come to the ship of Agamemnon, where, I ween, the chieftains will be holding council, whether to flee or to fight. So spake he, and Hector took the staff in his hands, and sware to him, saying:Now be my witness Zeus himself, the loud-thundering lord of Hera, 10.329. / For I will go straight on to the camp, even until I come to the ship of Agamemnon, where, I ween, the chieftains will be holding council, whether to flee or to fight. So spake he, and Hector took the staff in his hands, and sware to him, saying:Now be my witness Zeus himself, the loud-thundering lord of Hera, 10.330. / that on those horses no other man of the Trojans shall mount, but it is thou, I declare, that shalt have glory in them continually. 10.331. / that on those horses no other man of the Trojans shall mount, but it is thou, I declare, that shalt have glory in them continually. 10.332. / that on those horses no other man of the Trojans shall mount, but it is thou, I declare, that shalt have glory in them continually. 14.271. / So spake she, and Sleep waxed glad, and made answer saying:Come now, swear to me by the inviolable water of Styx, and with one hand lay thou hold of the bounteous earth, and with the other of the shimmering sea, that one and all they may be witnesses betwixt us twain, even the gods that are below with Cronos, 15.36. / and she spake and addressed him with winged words:Hereto now be Earth my witness and the broad Heaven above, and the down-flowing water of Styx, which is the greatest and most dread oath for the blessed gods, and thine own sacred head, and the couch of us twain, couch of our wedded love, 15.37. / and she spake and addressed him with winged words:Hereto now be Earth my witness and the broad Heaven above, and the down-flowing water of Styx, which is the greatest and most dread oath for the blessed gods, and thine own sacred head, and the couch of us twain, couch of our wedded love, 15.38. / and she spake and addressed him with winged words:Hereto now be Earth my witness and the broad Heaven above, and the down-flowing water of Styx, which is the greatest and most dread oath for the blessed gods, and thine own sacred head, and the couch of us twain, couch of our wedded love, 19.113. / whoso this day shall fall between a woman's feet, even one of those men who are of the blood of thy stock.’ So spake she; howbeit Zeus in no wise marked her craftiness, but sware a great oath, and therewithal was blinded sore. |
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| 4. Homer, Odyssey, 5.178, 5.184-5.186, 10.299, 10.343, 12.298-12.307, 12.340-12.365 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 197, 204, 297 |
5. Homeric Hymns, To Hermes, 518 (8th cent. BCE - 6th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •great oath of the gods (megas horkos) •great oath of the gods (megas, horkos) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 196 | 518. For Zeus has authorized that you shall go |
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6. Homeric Hymns, To Apollo And The Muses, 84-86 (8th cent. BCE - 8th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 197 | 86. Quite undisturbed, because I am an isle |
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7. Hesiod, Works And Days, 6.86 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 295 | 282. And, should he wish, takes note nor fails to know |
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| 8. Theognis, Fragments, 800 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •great oath of the gods (megas horkos) •great oath of the gods (megas, horkos) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 196 |
| 9. Theognis, Fragments, 800 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •great oath of the gods (megas horkos) •great oath of the gods (megas, horkos) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 196 |
10. Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 720-723, 725, 866-867, 886-887, 724 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9| 724. τελέσαι τὰς περιθύμους | |
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| 11. Pindar, Olympian Odes, 2.92-2.95, 6.15-6.21, 7.64-7.68 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) •great oath of the gods (megas horkos) •great oath of the gods (megas, horkos) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 197, 355 |
| 12. Pindar, Paeanes, None (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 197 |
| 13. Pindar, Pythian Odes, 166-167, 251, 165 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 297 |
14. Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 1284, 1290, 1566-1572, 1574-1576, 650, 1573 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 204| 1573. τρίβειν θανάτοις αὐθένταισι. | 1573. To nought, with the deaths of kin by kin! |
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15. Aeschylus, Eumenides, 1044, 127, 734-741, 797 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 287| 797. ἀλλʼ ἐκ Διὸς γὰρ λαμπρὰ μαρτύρια παρῆν, | |
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| 16. Pindar, Nemean Odes, 11.24-11.26 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 297, 355 |
| 17. Euripides, Medea, 1389-1390, 209, 1260 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 297 |
| 18. Euripides, Iphigenia At Aulis, 394-395 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 301 |
| 19. Sophocles, Ajax, 1389-1392, 835-836, 838-844, 837 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9 |
20. Plato, Laws, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 297| 936e. τοῦ δούλου κομιζέσθω ἧς ἂν τιμήσῃ τὸ δικαστήριον, ἐὰν δὲ ἡττηθῇ, τήν τε βλάβην ἐξιάσθω καὶ τὸν δοῦλον παραδότω. καὶ ἐὰν ὑποζύγιον ἢ ἵππος ἢ κύων ἤ τι τῶν ἄλλων θρεμμάτων σίνηταί τι τῶν πέλας, κατὰ ταὐτὰ ἐκτίνειν τὴν βλάβην. | 936e. but if he loses he shall not only make good the damage, but he shall also hand over the slave. And if it be a mule or horse or dog any other animal that causes damage to any property belonging to a neighbor, its master shall in like manner pay compensation. Ath. |
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| 21. Euripides, Hippolytus, 612, 1025 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 295 |
22. Euripides, Electra, 1355 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 297| 1355. μηδ' ἐπιόρκων μέτα συμπλείτω: | |
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23. Plato, Theaetetus, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 246| 154d. ἐρώτησιν ἀποκρίνωμαι, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν· ἐὰν δὲ πρὸς τὴν προτέραν, φυλάττων μὴ ἐναντία εἴπω, ὅτι ἔστιν. ΣΩ. εὖ γε νὴ τὴν Ἥραν, ὦ φίλε, καὶ θείως. ἀτάρ, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἐὰν ἀποκρίνῃ ὅτι ἔστιν, Εὐριπίδειόν τι συμβήσεται· ἡ μὲν γὰρ γλῶττα ἀνέλεγκτος ἡμῖν ἔσται, ἡ δὲ φρὴν οὐκ ἀνέλεγκτος. ΘΕΑΙ. ἀληθῆ. ΣΩ. οὐκοῦν εἰ μὲν δεινοὶ καὶ σοφοὶ ἐγώ τε καὶ σὺ ἦμεν, πάντα τὰ τῶν φρενῶν ἐξητακότες, ἤδη ἂν τὸ λοιπὸν | 154d. no, but if I consider the earlier question, I should say yes, for fear of contradicting myself. SOC. Good, by Hera! Excellent, my friend! But apparently, if you answer yes it will be in the Euripidean spirit; for our tongue will be unconvinced, but not our mind. THEAET. True. SOC. Well, if you and I were clever and wise and had found out everything about the mind, we should henceforth spend the rest of our time testing each other out of the fulness of our wisdom, |
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24. Aristophanes, Frogs, 1471 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 246| 1471. “ἡ γλῶττ' ὀμώμοκ',” Αἰσχύλον δ' αἱρήσομαι. | |
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| 25. Empedocles, Fragments, None (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: nan nan nan |
| 26. Sophocles, Antigone, 184-188, 259-271, 273-277, 304-312, 272 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 103 |
| 27. Sophocles, Electra, 1063-1064, 110-116, 1065 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 297 |
| 28. Democritus, Fragments, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 244 |
| 29. Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonus, 1298-1299, 1627-1628, 1636, 1767 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 103, 295, 297 |
30. Aristophanes, The Women Celebrating The Thesmophoria, 276, 275 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 246| 275. μέμνησο τοίνυν ταῦθ', ὅτι ἡ φρὴν ὤμοσεν, | |
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31. Plato, Symposium, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 287| 183b. τῶν μὲν ὀνειδιζόντων κολακείας καὶ ἀνελευθερίας, τῶν δὲ νουθετούντων καὶ αἰσχυνομένων ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν—τῷ δʼ ἐρῶντι πάντα ταῦτα ποιοῦντι χάρις ἔπεστι, καὶ δέδοται ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου ἄνευ ὀνείδους πράττειν, ὡς πάγκαλόν τι πρᾶγμα διαπραττομένου· ὃ δὲ δεινότατον, ὥς γε λέγουσιν οἱ πολλοί, ὅτι καὶ ὀμνύντι μόνῳ συγγνώμη παρὰ θεῶν ἐκβάντι τῶν ὅρκων—ἀφροδίσιον γὰρ ὅρκον οὔ φασιν εἶναι· οὕτω | 183b. for while the latter would reproach him with adulation and ill-breeding, the former would admonish him and feel ashamed of his conduct. But in a lover all such doings only win him favor: by free grant of our law he may behave thus without reproach, as compassing a most honorable end. Strangest of all, he alone in the vulgar opinion has indulgence from the gods when he forsakes the vow he has sworn; for the vow of love-passion, they say, is no vow. So true it is that both god |
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| 32. Theognis Tragicus, Fragments, 800 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •great oath of the gods (megas horkos) •great oath of the gods (megas, horkos) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 196 |
| 33. Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1324 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 295 |
| 34. Sophocles, Women of Trachis, 808-812, 807 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9 |
| 35. Aeschines, Letters, 2.87, 3.233 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 39 |
| 36. Democritus Ephesius, Fragments, None (3rd cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 244 |
| 37. Theognis Rhodius, Fragments, 800 (3rd cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •great oath of the gods (megas horkos) •great oath of the gods (megas, horkos) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 196 |
38. Cicero, On Duties, 3.108 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 246| 3.108. Non enim falsum iurare periurare est, sed, quod EX ANIMI TUI SENTENTIA iuraris, sicut verbis concipitur more nostro, id non facere periurium est. Scite enim Euripides: Iurávi lingua, méntem iniuratám gero. Regulus vero non debuit condiciones pactionesque bellicas et hostiles perturbare periurio. Cum iusto enim et legitimo hoste res gerebatur, adversus quem et totum ius fetiale et multa sunt iura communia. Quod ni ita esset, numquam claros viros senatus vinctos hostibus dedidisset. | 3.108. For swearing to what is false is not necessarily perjury, but to take an oath "upon your conscience," as it is expressed in our legal formulas, and then fail to perform it, that is perjury. For Euripides aptly says: "My tongue has sworn; the mind I have has sworn no oath." But Regulus had no right to confound by perjury the terms and covets of war made with an enemy. For the war was being carried on with a legitimate, declared enemy; and to regulate our dealings with such an enemy, we have our whole fetial code as well as many other laws that are binding in common between nations. Were this not the case, the senate would never have delivered up illustrious men of ours in chains to the enemy. |
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| 39. Herodotus Medicus, Fragments, 6.74, 6.86 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •great oath of the gods (megas horkos) •great oath of the gods (megas, horkos) •horkos (oath) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 197, 244 |
| 40. Aelian, Varia Historia, 3.46 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 244 |
| 41. Aelius Aristides, The Isthmian Oration: Regarding Poseidon, 924 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •great oath of the gods (megas, horkos) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9 |
| 42. Aelius Aristidesthe Isthmian Oration, The Isthmian Oration Regarding Poseidon, 924 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •great oath of the gods (megas, horkos) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 9 |
| 43. Andocides, Orations, 1.31 Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 39 |
| 44. Demosthenes, Orations, 19.219-19.220, 23.67-23.68, 39.3, 40.1-40.2 Tagged with subjects: •horkos (oath) •great oath of the gods (megas horkos) •great oath of the gods (megas, horkos) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 39, 197 |
| 46. Tragica Adespota, Fragments, None Tagged with subjects: •great oath of the gods (megas horkos) •great oath of the gods (megas, horkos) Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 204 |
