1. Aristophanes, Women of The Assembly, 644-645 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 263| 645. ἢ Λευκολόφας πάππαν με καλεῖ, τοῦτ' ἤδη δεινὸν ἀκοῦσαι. | |
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| 2. Euripides, Bellerophon, None (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •meidias of scepsis Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 263 |
3. Aristophanes, Wasps, 523, 522 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 263| 522. ἄφετέ νυν ἅπαντες αὐτόν. καὶ ξίφος γέ μοι δότε. | |
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4. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 17.84.1-17.84.5 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •meidias of scepsis Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 263 | 17.84.1. A truce was concluded on these terms, and the queen, impressed by Alexander's generosity, sent him valuable gifts and promised to follow his orders in everything. The mercenaries straightway under the terms of the truce left the city and encamped without interference at a distance of eighty furlongs, without an inkling of what would happen. 17.84.2. Alexander, nevertheless, nursed an implacable hostility toward them; he held his forces in readiness, followed them, and falling upon them suddenly wrought a great slaughter. At first they kept shouting that this attack was in contravention of the treaty and they called to witness the gods against whom he had transgressed. Alexander shouted back that he had granted them the right to leave the city but not that of being friends of the Macedonians forever. 17.84.3. Not daunted at the greatness of their danger, the mercenaries joined ranks and, forming a full circle, placed their children and women in the centre so that they might effectively face those who were attacking from all directions. Filled with desperate courage and fighting stoutly with native toughness and the experience of previous contests, they were opposed by Macedonians anxious not to show themselves inferior to barbarians in fighting ability, so that the battle was a scene of horror. 17.84.4. They fought hand to hand, and as the contestants engaged each other every form of death and wounds was to be seen. The Macedonians thrust with their long spears through the light shields of the mercenaries and pressed the iron points on into their lungs, while they in turn flung their javelins into the close ranks of their enemies and could not miss the mark, so near was the target. 17.84.5. As many were wounded and not a few killed, the women caught up the weapons of the fallen and fought beside their men, since the acuteness of the danger and the fierceness of the action forced them to be brave beyond their nature. Some of them, clad in armour, sheltered behind the same shields as their husbands, while others rushed in without armour, grasped the opposing shields, and hindered their use by the enemy. |
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| 5. Plutarch, Aristides, 26 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •meidias of scepsis Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 263 |
| 6. Plutarch, Nicias, 6 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •meidias of scepsis Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 263 |
| 7. Polyaenus, Stratagems, 4.3.20 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •meidias of scepsis Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 263 |
| 8. Various, Anthologia Palatina, 7.614 Tagged with subjects: •meidias of scepsis Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 263 |
| 9. Polyaenus, Fragments, None Tagged with subjects: •meidias of scepsis Found in books: Sommerstein and Torrance (2014), Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece, 263 |
