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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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[369-386] Alcestis 689 LEADER {to A
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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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[694—719l Alcestis 701 But you—
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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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[1096-1111] Alcestis ADMETUS May I
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HERACLES Yes—but I do not wonder
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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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724 Euripides [42-73] else that she
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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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738 Euripides [663-680] AEGEUS All
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AEGEUS Hath he found a new love? or
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AEGEUS Whate'er betides the impious
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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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NURSE Be of good heart, dear child;
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LEADER Can he not guess it from her
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772 Euripides [331-346] PHAEDRA I d
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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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784 Euripides [786-810] NURSE Lay o
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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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792 Euripides [1111-1156] antistrop
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there issued thence a deep rumbling
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796 Euripides [1310-1355] being fou
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798 Euripides [1401-1419] HlPPOLYTU
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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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HECUBA At least then slaughter me w
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HECUBA Woe is me! I faint; my limbs
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thy daughter offered; and the son o
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CHORUS (singing) strophe Woe and tr
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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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[1211-1253] Hecuba 837 not, if thou
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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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850 Euripides [108-155] round the w
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852 Euripides [209-241] though it g
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854 Euripides [258-297] ANDROMACHE
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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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MENELAUS Never shalt thou wrest her
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864 Euripides ' [688-736] good-will
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comes near being a stain on a house
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and will never listen to a barbaria
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HERMIONE Thou hast guessed it; for
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874 • Euripides [1085-1142] MESSE
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876 Euripides [1193-1225] that the
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heart on a worthless woman, not eve
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VI THE HERACLEIDAE
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INTRODUCTION LIKE the Andromache, T
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THE HERACLEIDAE (SCENE:—Before th
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LEADER OF THE CHORUS Hark, hark! Wh
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[123-168] The Heracleidae 889 LEADE
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[223-258] The Heracleidae 891 shame
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[274-322] The Heracleidae 893 COPRE
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[371-426] The Heracleidae 895 epode
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tions, Iolaus, I came forth, albeit
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[ 5 74-621] The Heracleidae 899 MAC
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[646-669] The Heracleidae 901 ALCME
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[1231-1245] The Trojan Women 1005 O
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HECUBA Ah, me! and is it come, the
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HECUBA Priam, mine own Priam, Lying
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NOTES FOR THE TROJAN WOMEN 1. The l
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IX HERACLES
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INTRODUCTION SCHOLARS have been com
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HERACLES (SCENE:—Before the palac
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AMPHITRYON Yes, I love this life, a
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weapon; come, listen to me and lear
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ack from the dead out of the halls
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the tawny dragon, whose awful coils
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MEGARA Ha! old friend, is it my own
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HERACLES Had he no mercy, to ill-us
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[617-666] Heracles 1031 HERACLES He
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[714-741] Heracles 1033 LYCUS What
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[784-842] Heracles 1035 waters fair
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[881-914] Heracles 1037 is goading
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[964-1015] Heracles 1039 him by his
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[1057-1076] Heracles 1041 I cannot,
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[1115-1129] Heracles 1043 AMPHITRYO
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HERACLES Ah me! why do I spare my o
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[1208-1238] Heracles 1047 beard, th
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[1255-1310] Heracles 1049 HERACLES
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exile, and in me beholdest my own c
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HERACLES What about thyself? what k
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X IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS
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INTRODUCTION LACK of both external
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IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS (SCENE:—Befor
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I cannot to my friends apply my dre
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[120-142] Iphigenia in Tauris Hast
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[183-219] Iphigenia in Tauris 1065
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IPHIGENIA Whence are the strangers?
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341] Iphigenia in Tauris 1069 Rude
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Deferr'd, as soon to Argos to retur
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[452-483] Iphigenia in Tauris 1073
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[506-521] Iphigenia in Tauris 1075
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[538-553] Iphigenia in Tauris 1077
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ORESTES Nor are those gods, that ha
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[628-658] Iphigenia in Tauris 1081
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[687-720] Iphigenia in Tauris 1083
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ORESTES Swear then; and thou propos
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IPHIGENIA Tell him the goddess save
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IPHIGENIA 0 thou most dear (for tho
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[909-927] Iphigenia in Tauris 1091
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Yielded; and though one common roof
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[1017-1033] Iphigenia in Tauris 109
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ORESTES My bark with ready oars att
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And, to their spears a prey, their
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[1164-1179] Iphigenia in Tauris 110
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[1215-1221] Iphigenia in Tauris 110
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[1249-1283] Iphigenia in Tauris 110
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[1307-1328] Iphigenia in Tauris 110
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Their arms fierce darting, till our
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[1447-1482] Iphigenia in Tauris 111
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NOTES FOR IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS R. PO
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CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY MERCURY ION
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trate, when the oracle deceitfully
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Consigned him to the daughters of A
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1124 Euripides [102-139] My task, w
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1126 Euripides [188-214] Son of Lat
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1128 Euripides [ 234-261 ] CHORUS T
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1130 Euripides [279-294] ION And th
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1132 Euripides [311-326] ION I know
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1134 Euripides [343-358] ION What f
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1136 Euripides [381-409] LEADER OF
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Becomes a father, leaving then his
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ION Ye female train, that place you
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1142 Euripides [ 533-540] ION What
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1144 Euripides [ 548-554] ION How c
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With joy. XUTHUS That dear name I a
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Of private life, rather than be a k
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(Who sees not that my words are tru
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1152 Euripides [752-769] O fortune!
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Whom did the husband of this wretch
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Euripides [857 LEADER I too, my hon
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1158 Euripides [941-956] CREUSA By
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1160 Euripides [973-988] CREUSA How
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1162 Euripides [1005-1020] CREUSA T
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But when thou wouldst avenge thee o
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1166 Euripides [1117-1149] ATTENDAN
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He mix'd it. As the youth among the
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CREUSA What will that avail me? LEA
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1172 Euripides [1297-1313] CREUSA W
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1174 Euripides [1334-1349] ION All
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Thus forced to lose the pleasure in
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1178 Euripides [1423-1442] CREUSA A
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1180 Euripides [1468-1484] ION Now
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And raising them to happiness again
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1184 Euripides [1584-1615] Give str
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NOTES FOR ION THE translation of R.