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COPYRIGHT • 1938 • BY RANDOM HO
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PREFACE THE aim of the present publ
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Preface ix The editors also desire
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CONTENTS • VOLUME II Euripides (c
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xiv General Introduction upon this
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xvi General Introduction a semi-cir
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xviii General Introduction that the
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XX General Introduction lations to
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xxii General Introduction somewhat
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xxiv General Introduction Spectacle
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XXX General Introduction though on
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xxxii General Introduction Critics
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xxxiv General Introduction II. Come
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xxxvi General Introduction at, and
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xxxviii General Introduction as the
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xl General Introduction which seldo
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xliv General Introduction in the Ne
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THE PLAYS OF AESCHYLUS
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY DANAUS THE K
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6 Introduction with his brilliant p
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8 Aeschylus [15-45] Argos, the imme
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10 Aeschylus [79-116] Grant not to
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12 Aeschylus [151-175] refrain 2 Gr
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14 Aeschylus [208-223] LEADER Fain
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Aeschylus [257-290] Paeonia, and Do
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18 Aeschylus [311-329] THE KING OF
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20 Aeschylus [347~37S] CHORUS strop
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22 Aeschylus [404-433] Gives evil,
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24 Aeschylus [462-489] THE KING OF
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26 Aeschylus [Si3~S37] LEADER What
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28 Aeschylus [578-604] She lays asi
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30 Aeschylus [636-677] On Ares, rav
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32 Aeschylus [713-740] The bark of
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Aeschylus [771-807] Where haven the
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Aeschylus [843-881] CHORUS Would Go
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38 Aeschylus [913-929] Deemest thou
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Aeschylus Tarry secluded in a separ
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42 Aeschylus [1022-1054] SEMI-CHORU
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NOTES FOR THE SUPPLIANTS THE Greek
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY ATOSSA, wido
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50 Introduction this historical eve
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Aeschylus [29 Artembares, that in h
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54 Aeschylus [101-147] They bid the
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Aeschylus [176-214] ATOSSA Oft, sin
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Aeschylus [237 ATOSSA Have they suf
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60 Aeschylus [286-320] CHORUS (chan
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62 Aeschylus [353-396] MESSENGER Ou
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64 Aeschylus [435-467] MESSENGER Th
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66 Aeschylus [504-538] But when his
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Aeschylus [584-625] No more shall A
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70 Aeschylus [667-699] War her Styg
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72 Aeschylus [724-739] ATOSSA Ev'n
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Aeschylus With victory his gentle v
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Aeschylus [837-863] Soothe his affl
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78 Aeschylus [909-954] XERXES Ah me
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8o Aeschylus [978-1007] CHORUS Ther
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82 Aeschylus [1026-1065] XERXES No:
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NOTES FOR THE PERSIANS THE translat
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY ETEOCLES, so
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88 Introduction morale. The remaind
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90 Aeschylus For we, though long be
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92 Aeschylus [91-165] They storm to
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94 Aeschylus [208-238] ETEOCLES Say
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96 Aeschylus [258-287] ETEOCLES Wha
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98 Aeschylus [333-371] antistrophe
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Aeschylus [403-434] For, if night f
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102 Aeschylus [469-497] Not Ares 9
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Aeschylus [528-561] The child of Ze
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106 Aeschylus [591-625] Who stood a
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io8 Aeschylus [660-691] Whether the
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no Aeschylus [716-747] LEADER Yet t
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112 Aeschylus [785-811] antistrophe
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114 Aeschylus [848-878] Look up, lo
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Aeschylus Brave was their rush, and
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n8 Aeschylus [990-1017] And woe! fo
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120 Aeschylus [i048-1068] HERALD I
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NOTE FOR THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES T
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY POWER FORCE
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126 Introduction calls him. In and
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128 Aeschylus [36-56] POWER It may
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130 Aeschylus [78-107] HEPHAESTUS C
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Aeschylus [136-166] PROMETHEUS Ah m
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134 Aeschylus [i99~2Si] PROMETHEUS
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136 Aeschylus [282-329] The highway
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138 Aeschylus [381-401] PROMETHEUS
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140 Aeschylus [436-499] PROMETHEUS
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Aeschylus [527-562] Set his strengt
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144 Aeschylus [594-621] That calles
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146 Aeschylus [646-684] Each smiled
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148 Aeschylus [731-761] strait, whi
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15o Aeschylus [778-822] PROMETHEUS
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152 Aeschylus With a dart never for
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154 Aeschylus [944-977] HERMES Thee
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156 Aeschylus [1001-1048] PROMETHEU
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V AGAMEMNON
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INTRODUCTION The trilogy Oresteia:
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Introduction 165 during which the F
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AGAMEMNON (SCENE:—Before the pala
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[105-139] Agamemnon 171 List! on my
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[231-257] Agamemnon 175 So, when th
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443] Agamemnon Of her who loved her
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[649-682] Agamemnon 189 How the god
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[796-823] Agamemnon 193 Doth know h
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[920-941 ] Agamemnon Bowing thyself
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[972-1007] Agamemnon 199 The presen
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[ 1044-1068] Agamemnon 201 To whom
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[1093-1117] Agamemnon 203 LEADER Ho
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[1146-1174] Agamemnon 205 CASSANDRA
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[1203-12 2 5] Agamemnon 207 LEADER
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[1252-1279] Agamemnon 209 CASSANDRA
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[1305-1325] Agamemnon 211 CASSANDRA
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[ 1348-1371] Agamemnon 213 ONE OF T
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[1399-1425] Agamemnon 215 LEADER I
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[1450-1478] Agamemnon The morningle
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[1507-1535] Agamemnon 219 Yet it ma
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[1672-1673] Agamemnon 225 CLYTEMNES
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VI THE CHOEPHORI
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THE CHOEPHORI (SCENE:—By the tomb
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[48-80] The Choephori 231 O hearth
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[i10-126] The Choephori 233 ELECTRA
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[156-176] The Choephori Lord of Arg
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[206-226] The Choephori 237 Like to
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[258-289] The Choephori 239 Thou wo
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[319-351] The Choephori 241 Hope's
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[380-414] The Choephori ELECTRA Tha
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[493-519] The Choephori 247 ORESTES
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[540-572] The Choephori 249 ORESTES
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[603-651] The Choephori 251 For she
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[680-710] The Choephori 253 Since i
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769] The Choephori She hid beneath
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[855-884] The Choephori 259 CHORUS
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THE EUMENIDES (SCENE:—Before the
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[53-83] The Eumenides 2 73 Wherewit
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[ 115-144] The Eurnenides 275 Awake
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[176-204] The Eumenides 277 Though
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[226-248] The Eumenides 279 APOLLO
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[277-309] The Eutnenides There be;
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[397-423] The Eumenides ATHENA Far
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[576-596] The Eutnenides 291 APOLLO
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[617-645] The Eumenides 293 One wor
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[851-887] The Eumenides Ye go, too
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[970-1002] The Eumenides Into my to
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[1032-1047] The Eumenides 307 CHANT
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY ATHENA ODYSS
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314 Introduction ment when he has r
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316 Sophocles [ 2 6-48 ] By some ma
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318 Sophocles [78-95] ODYSSEUS Yes,
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320 Sophocles ATHENA Thou then, sin
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322 Sophocles [184-218] As to murde
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324 Sophocles [260-285] For on woes
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326 Sophocles [329-350] Enter and h
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Sophocles [381-411] Villain, of all
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330 Sophocles [451-490] As I was ar
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332 Sophocles [529-544] TECMESSA De
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334 Sophocles [585-600] TECMESSA O
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Sophocles [648-690] Nought is too s
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338 Sophocles [726-756] That plotte
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MESSENGER I know not of thy fortune
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342 Sophocles [859-886] O sunlight!
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344 Sophocles [910-941] CHORUS (cha
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TEUCER (from without) Alas, woe, wo
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350 Sophocles [1095-1124] When they
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352 Sophocles [1141-1170] TEUCER. T
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354 Sophocles Erewhile against terr
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Sophocles [1290-1323] Wretch, with
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AGAMEMNON 'Tis hard for a king to a
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360 Sophocles [ 1394-1420] In these
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II OEDIPUS THE KING
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INTRODUCTION OEDIPUS THE KING, Soph
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Introduction 367 Sophocles had stud
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370 Sophocles [28-79] plague, hath
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372 Sophocles [105-127] OEDIPUS I k
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374 Sophocles [167-220] strophe 2 W
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376 Sophocles [276-296] LEADER OF T
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378 Sophocles [330-355] OEDIPUS How
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380 Sophocles [374~415] OEDIPUS Nig
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382 Sophocles [444-486] TEIRESIAS T
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384 Sophocles [532-558] OEDIPUS Sir
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386 Sophocles [576-612) OEDIPUS Lea
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388 Sophocles [629-651] Hear him, O
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390 Sophocles [680-703] JOCASTA I w
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392 Sophocles [735-755] OEDIPUS And
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394 Sophocles [794-840] And I, when
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396 Sophocles [882-926] strophe 2 B
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398 Sophocles [950-973] OEDIPUS Joc
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400 Sophocles [1000-1016] MESSENGER
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402 Sophocles [1033-1050] OEDIPUS A
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404 Sophocles [1073-1120] LEADER Wh
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406 Sophocles [1144-1160] HERDSMAN
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4o8 Sophocles [1175-1212] HERDSMAN
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410 Sophocles [1256-1296] a mother
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412 Sophocles [1336-1382] CHORUS Th
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414 Sophocles [1432-1465] OEDIPUS F
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416 Sophocles [1516-1527] OEDIPUS I
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NOTES FOR OEDIPUS THE KING 1. Jebb
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY ANTIGONE ISM
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424 Sophocles [25-62] dead below. B
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426 Sophocles [92-130] ISMENE A hop
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428 Sophocles [172-218] each staine
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430 Sophocles [248-300] CREON What
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432 Sophocles [332-383] CHORUS (sin
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434 Sophocles [418-458] storm of du
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436 Sophocles [508-523] CREON Thou
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438 Sophocles [550-567] ISMENE Why
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440 Sophocles [596-641] not freed b
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442 Sophocles [698-734] devoured by
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444 Sophocles [751-771] HAEMON Then
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446 Sophocles [817-861] CHORUS syst
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448 Sophocles [911-952] and mother
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450 Sophocles [995-1042] CREON I ha
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452 Sophocles [1062-1099] TEIRESIAS
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454 Sophocles [1136-1177] strophe 2
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456 Sophocles [1223-1256] her with
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458 Sophocles [1293-1322] CHORUS Th
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NOTES FOR ANTIGONE i. Antigone is r
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY DEIANEIRA NU
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464 Introduction ferings of the dyi
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466 Sophocles [44-73] ten long mont
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468 Sophocles [107-164] absent lord
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470 Sophocles [200-235] DEIANEIRA O
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472 Sophocles [273-317] him from a
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474 Sophocles [345-384] DEIANEIRA W
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476 Sophocles [404-42 2 ] MESSENGER
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478 Sophocles [463-507] for indeed
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48o Sophocles [560-599] to carry me
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482 Sophocles [633-668] CHORUS (sin
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484 Sophocles [717-743] through the
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486 Sophocles [791-837] thee, the v
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488 Sophocles [8 76-892 ] Thou spea
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490 Sophocles [945-981 ] the morrow
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492 Sophocles [1017-1063] OLD MAN S
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494 Sophocles [1114-1134] HYLLUS Fa
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496 Sophocles [1171-1192] looked fo
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498 Sophocles [1219-1245] HERACLES
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NOTE FOR THE TRACHINIAE i. There is
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY ORESTES, son
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504 Introduction Homeric fashion, o
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5o6 Sophocles [40-85] tunity gives
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508 Sophocles [137-190] CHORUS anti
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510 Sophocles [240-303] in pleasant
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512 Sophocles [331-377] from vain i
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514 Sophocles [398 CHRYSOTHEMIS Tis
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516 Sophocles [464-520] LEADER The
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518 Sophocles [571-621] quittance f
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520 Sophocles [660-679] PAEDAGOGUS
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522 Sophocles [741-784] Hitherto th
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524 Sophocles [ 814-841 ] Hencefort
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528 Sophocles [928-951] CHRYSOTHEMI
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530 Sophocles [1009-1032] Nay, I be
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532 Sophocles [1049-1093] ELECTRA M
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534 Sophocles [1117-1167] ORESTES I
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538 Sophocles [1220-1231] What saye
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540 Sophocles [1260-1287] ELECTRA N
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544 Sophocles [1396-1414] guile in
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546 Sophocles [1435-1455] ORESTES F
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY ULYSSES, Kin
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554 Introduction due, and if Philoc
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556 Sophocles [26-44] NEOPTOLEMUS {
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558 Sophocles [73-102] As I was; me
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NEOPTOLEMUS Saidst thou not that I
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PHILOCTETES Oh! happiness to hear!
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To shield me from the cold; in vain
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Where thou shouldst not have been;
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570 Sophocles [445-479] NEOPTOLEMUS
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Were most disgraceful to me; he sha
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To soothe his sorrows and divide hi
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Nor I. Sophocles [753 NEOPTOLEMUS P
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582 Sophocles [811-818] By oath. PH
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If then thou thinkst as he does—t
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NEOPTOLEMUS Leave theel No! But how
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LEADER OF THE CHORUS We attend your
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ULYSSES No; I mean to place thee E'
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Sophocles [1060-1085] What could th
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PHILOCTETES Hear me, ye winged inha
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PHILOCTETES I'd hack off every limb
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PHILOCTETES No more of that; 'tis v
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PHILOCTETES I own thy goodness. Tho
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620 Sophocles [ 194-216] Enough, I
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thee! out from these seats! avaunt!
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now, moved by some god and by a sin
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LEADER With water and honey; but br
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OEDIPUS Woe is me! Cruel as death,
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638 Sophocles [663-719] sail. Now I
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CHORUS What ho, people, rulers of t
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652 Sophocles [1131-1166] and, if '
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654 Sophocles [1 192-1238] Oh, let
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this place,—I call the Destroying
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APOLLO May not Alcestis live to old
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[98-126] Alcestis 681 FIRST SEMI-CH
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SERVANT The robes in which her lord
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SECOND SEMI-CHORUS Alas! O son of P
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[269-321]l Alcestis 687 Dark night
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Would not give their bodies to the
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• And in my soul I know The devou
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SERVANT You did not come to this ho
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CHORUS Heavy shall it be for you Ne
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[955-995] Alcestis 709 how he lives
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more grief had been added to my sor
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HERACLES Yes—but I do not wonder
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NOTES FOR ALCESTIS THE translation
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY NURSE OF MED
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and his daughter, through her gifts
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MEDEA (chanting within) Ah, me! the
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MEDEA From the house I have come fo
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730 Euripides [311-335] wisely here
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fire to the bridal mansion, or plun
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own children's hand, beguiling them
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JASON Thou wouldest have lent me re
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AEGEUS Hath he found a new love? or
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antistrophe 2 Where shall hand or h
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MEDEA At least do thou bid thy wife
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ATTENDANT Then why this downcast ey
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MEDEA Kind friends, long have I wai
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awful suffering; for he could no lo
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JASON How now? Can she want to kill
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756 Euripides [1371-1395] JASON The
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NOTES FOR MEDEA COLERIDGE'S transla
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY APHRODITE HI
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he dies. The young man's eyes are a
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764 Euripides [41-90] not fail thus
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LEADER My son, we should avail us o
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LEADER Can he not guess it from her
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774 Euripides [380-435] perience we
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NURSE What means this solemn speech
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778 Euripides [568-598] LEADER I am
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HEPPOLYTUS Great Zeus, why didst th
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782 Euripides [706-741] PHAEDRA Be
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seal of my dead wife stamped with h
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788 Euripides [942-997] the knaves
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790 Euripides [1048-1075] wandering
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there issued thence a deep rumbling
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THESEUS O that holy, noble soul of
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IV HECUBA
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INTRODUCTION THE date when Euripide
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HECUBA (SCENE:—Before AGAMEMNON'S
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point of the spear; no alleviation
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its mother, and sent beneath the da
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go to Achaea's host, and talk them
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thy daughter offered; and the son o
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MAID The waves had washed him ashor
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[763-778] Hecuba AGAMEMNON Which of
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we take no further pains to master
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CHORUS (singing) strophe 1 No more,
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[992-1007] Hecuba HECUBA Hath he an
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POLYMESTOR (within the tent) O horr
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1270-1284] Hecuba HECUBA Shall I di
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NOTES FOR HECUBA THE translation of
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY ANDROMACHE M
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seems to suffer because Euripides u
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Menelaus is an accomplice in this.
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Thy daughter will be thrust forth f
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MENELAUS Yes, and amongst Trojans t
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MOLOSSUS Ah, woe is me! what will b
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Euripides [122-147] O ships, O crow
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ANOTHER Aye, that were next in my d
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HECUBA What of that other child Ye
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CASSANDRA Lift, lift it high: Give
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Shall kill him, and lay waste his h
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Of kings and peoples! . . . To Odys
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And now my feet tread on the utmost
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Euripides [564-580] Lo, the desolat
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Euripides [595-607 ] ANDROMACHE (he
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HECUBA (to herself) O the foul sin
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The great wave rolled from God hath
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Euripides [734 Thy curse! One word
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towards the city, while ANDROMACHE
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(As the song ceases, the King MENEL
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994 Euripides [909-940] The whole t
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996 Euripides [969-1003] HECUBA Mes
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Forth to a strangers bed. And all h
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1000 Euripides [ 1090-1117] As the
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And cleansed his wounds.—See, I w
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One woman, loathed of God, hath bro
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Of earth and heaven! Go, women: lay
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Others Woe, woe, woe ! Ilion shinet
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IOIO Euripides [132 7-1332] LEADER
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say nothing of Zeus, how can the Go
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY AMPHITRYON,
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The Heracles shares with several ot
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IOI8 Euripides [40-90] another, lik
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1020 Euripides [138-189] LEADER OF
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ound the altar on either side there
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AMPHITRYON O Zeus, in vain, it seem
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in turn) To thee thy dead sire was
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1028 Euripides [540-555] HERACLES H
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AMPHITRYON The king hath a host of
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1032 Euripides [666-713] bad, just
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Joy makes my tears burst forth. The
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MADNESS Of noble parents was I born
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CHORUS A cruel murder, wrought by p
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CHORUS (singing) That murder wrough
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1042 Euripides [107 7-1114] CHORUS
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1044 Euripides [1130-1145] HERACLES
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1046 Euripides [1184-1208] Hush! go
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1048 Euripides [1239-1254] HERACLES
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LEADER OF THE CHORUS This is the wo
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1052 Euripides [1399-1414] HERACLES
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NOTE FOR HERACLES COLERIDGE'S trans
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY IPHIGENIA, d
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delible stain,—the "Furies" of hi
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Then bore (the peerless grace of be
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And by what means my labours I migh
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1064 Euripides [143-182] IPHIGENIA
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1066 Euripides [220-245] I hold my
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That sit there." One, who with reli
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1070 Euripides [342-377] IPHIGENIA
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To raise their humble fortune their
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1074 Euripides [483-565] Will fall
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1076 Euripides [522-537] ORESTES Sh
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1078 Euripides [554-569] ORESTES No
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Who in calamities involves his frie
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PYLADES I cannot tell; Nor to thy q
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To slaughter nigh; but sometimes mi
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Is written, all I will repeat to th
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IPHIGENIA What say'st thou? Canst t
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ORESTES Alas, the lavers there! IPH
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IPHIGENIA The eyes of Argos now are
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LEADER The anger of the gods hath r
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1096 Euripides [1034-1049] ORESTES
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1098 Euripides [1077-1109] IPHIGENI
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But, amid the virgin band, Once my
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1102 Euripides [1180-1195] THOAS Gr
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1104 Euripides [1207-1214] And veil
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IPHIGENIA (chanting) But from the t
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On his faithful voice await. (A MES
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Conceal'd to us, whom thou hadst se
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1112 Euripides [1412-1446] Subside
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These dames, at thy high bidding, I
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XI ION
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INTRODUCTION THE Ion, though it can
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ION (SCENE:—Before the Temple of
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And with his spear repell'd the foe
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And thy name in this rich seat As a
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CHORUS The furious Mimas Here blaze
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[295-310] Ion 1131 ION A narrow sea
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[327-342] Ion 1133 ION Graced with
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ION Ah me! this cruel fate accords
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CREUSA Goddess revered, Mother of P
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antistrophe To mortal man this prom
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[524-533] Ion 1141 ION Wilt thou no
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[541-547] Ion 1143 ION Did not the
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[554-561] Ion 1145 Hath found thee.
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[587-625] Ion 1147 In thee my fathe
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But I will watch the occasions time
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CREUSA Thou venerable man, whose gu
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To me what tidings? TUTOR Till we l
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[819-856] Ion 1155 His paramour by
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Who from thy golden seat, thy centr
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[957-972] Ion 1159 CREUSA My misery
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[989-1004] Ion CREUSA There the ear
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CREUSA At Athens, when he comes ben
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Thou gold-crown'd queen, through ni
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Meanwhile the Night robed in her sa
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Her wretched steps. Unhappy to this
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79-1296] Ion Behold that sorceress;
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With provident thought: it is not m
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[1350-1378] Ion 1175 ION What gain
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[1407-1422] Ion 1177 CREUSA Not str
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ION 0 my dear mother, in thy arms I
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ION Speak on; Thy words import some
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[1546-1584? Ion 1183 ION My mind is
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To Athens. CREUSA My son, let us no