1. Hesiod, Theogony, 497-500 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 142| 500. σῆμʼ ἔμεν ἐξοπίσω, θαῦμα θνητοῖσι βροτοῖσιν. | 500. And prey to Poseidon and Queen Hecate, |
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2. Homer, Iliad, 9.404-9.405 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •orestes, and delphi Found in books: Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 142| 9.404. οὐδʼ ὅσα λάϊνος οὐδὸς ἀφήτορος ἐντὸς ἐέργει 9.405. Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνος Πυθοῖ ἔνι πετρηέσσῃ. | 9.404. and to have joy of the possessions that the old man Peleus won him. For in my eyes not of like worth with life is even all that wealth that men say Ilios possessed, the well-peopled citadel, of old in time of peace or ever the sons of the Achaeans came,—nay, nor all that the marble threshold of the Archer 9.405. Phoebus Apollo encloseth in rocky Pytho. For by harrying may cattle be had and goodly sheep, and tripods by the winning and chestnut horses withal; but that the spirit of man should come again when once it hath passed the barrier of his teeth, neither harrying availeth nor winning. |
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3. Homer, Odyssey, 3.306-3.307, 8.79-8.81 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •orestes, and delphi Found in books: Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 142| 3.306. τῷ δέ οἱ ὀγδοάτῳ κακὸν ἤλυθε δῖος Ὀρέστης 3.307. ἂψ ἀπʼ Ἀθηνάων, κατὰ δʼ ἔκτανε πατροφονῆα, 8.79. ὣς γάρ οἱ χρείων μυθήσατο Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων 8.80. Πυθοῖ ἐν ἠγαθέῃ, ὅθʼ ὑπέρβη λάινον οὐδὸν 8.81. χρησόμενος· τότε γάρ ῥα κυλίνδετο πήματος ἀρχὴ | 8.80. in sacred Pytho, when he'd stepped over the stone threshold to ask the oracle. For at that time the start of misery was rolling, toward Danaans and Trojans, on account of great Zeus' will. This the far-famed singer sang, but Odysseusgrasped the great purple cloak with his well-knit hands, |
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4. Aeschylus, Libation-Bearers, 269 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •orestes, and delphi Found in books: Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 143| 269. οὔτοι προδώσει Λοξίου μεγασθενὴς | 269. Surely he will not abandon me, the mighty oracle of Loxias, |
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5. Pindar, Pythian Odes, 11.15-11.37 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •orestes, and delphi Found in books: Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 142 | 11.25. and led astray by their nightly sleeping together? This is the most hateful error for young brides, and is impossible to conceal because other people will talk. Citizens are apt to speak evil, for prosperity brings with it envy as great as itself. [30] But the man who breathes close to the ground roars unseen. He himself died, the heroic son of Atreus, when at last he returned to famous Amyclae, and he caused the destruction of the prophetic girl, when he had robbed of their opulent treasures the houses of the Trojans, set on fire for Helen's sake. And his young son went to the friend of the family, the old man [35] Strophius, who dwelled at the foot of Parnassus. But at last, with the help of Ares, he killed his mother and laid Aegisthus low in blood. My friends, I was whirled off the track at a shifting fork in the road, although I had been traveling on a straight path before. Or did some wind throw me off course, like a skiff on the sea? Muse, it is your task, if you undertook to lend your voice for silver, to let it flit now this way, now that: now to the father, who was a Pythian victor, now to his son Thrasydaeus. [45] Their joyfulness and renown shine brightly. With their chariots they were victorious long ago; they captured the swift radiance of the famous games at Olympia with their horses. And at Pytho, when they entered the naked footrace, they put to shame |
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6. Sophocles, Electra, 1424, 33-37, 32 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 143 | 32. Listen closely to my words and correct me, if I miss the mark in any way. When I went to the Pythian oracle to learn how I might avenge my father on his murderers, |
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