tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175868602024-03-14T05:28:19.202-04:00Classics in SarasotaReading classical works aloud in Sarasota, and talking about them.Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.comBlogger724125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-73108120938619930322021-10-30T22:22:00.008-04:002021-10-30T22:26:21.061-04:00Undersea Dionysus<p> Quite by chance, as we are about to begin reading Bacchae, we find the god beneath the waters of Baiae, Italy:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6fAls_Gw3Ao/YX38dEZqHnI/AAAAAAACvM4/4yoHhaLZ0UcGjtzqfhtPaJNIc2FbUXjQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s930/dionysus%2Bat%2BBaia.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="930" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6fAls_Gw3Ao/YX38dEZqHnI/AAAAAAACvM4/4yoHhaLZ0UcGjtzqfhtPaJNIc2FbUXjQQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h240/dionysus%2Bat%2BBaia.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="dcr-19x4pdv" face="GuardianTextSans, "Guardian Text Sans Web", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #707070; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">A copy of a statue of Dionysus, commissioned by Emperor Claudius, <br />in the Nymphaeum at Baiae.</span><span face="GuardianTextSans, "Guardian Text Sans Web", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, "Lucida Grande", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #707070; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; text-align: start;"> Photograph: Andreas Solaro/AFP</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="dcr-s23rjr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p class="dcr-s23rjr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><blockquote><p class="dcr-s23rjr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fish flit around Enrico Gallochio as he gently brushes away a layer of sand to reveal an ornate mosaic floor on which Roman nobility would have hosted non-stop parties in Baiae, an ancient resort in the gulf of Pozzuoli, close to Naples. Four metres below the surface of the water, Gallochio passes more mosaic pavements and the remains of walls that once surrounded a spa.</p><p class="dcr-s23rjr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The mosaics date from the third century and are just a small part of the remains uncovered since <a data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/15/boris-johnson-romans-topple-statues-protesters" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #c70000; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Baiae</a>, now a vast undersea archaeological park, began to emerge from its watery grave. The site has become an unlikely tourism destination, even as work continues to uncover more ruins.</p><p id="sign-in-gate" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><figure class="dcr-1sioudk" id="196ee5ab-6af8-41c5-9d57-d8620c4c34f3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: left; color: #121212; float: left; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 8px 20px 12px -240px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 380px;"><figure class="element element-interactive element-supporting css-6bibdn" data-alt="Remains of Roman settlements at Baiae marine park" data-cypress="interactive-element-Remains%20of%20Roman%20settlements%20at%20Baiae%20marine%20park" id="196ee5ab-6af8-41c5-9d57-d8620c4c34f3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; min-height: auto; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><iframe height="420" src="https://interactive.guim.co.uk/uploader/embed/2021/10/baiae-naplesmaps/giv-8250G519J0TT05u/" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 380px;"></iframe></figure></figure><p class="dcr-s23rjr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“It was incredible,” said archaeologist Gallochio, who manages the undersea park. “In this area alone, we have found 20 rooms. There is still so much to discover, but it is a job that will take years.”</p></blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;">Angela Giuffrida's story in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/30/baiae-naples-ancient-rome-party-town-">The Guardian</a> continues here.</span><p class="dcr-s23rjr" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.0625rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p>Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-26500268485901977832021-09-26T18:45:00.002-04:002021-09-26T18:45:14.616-04:00Visit Plato's Academy<p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/22/magazine/searching-for-plato-with-my-7-year-old.html" target="_blank">A visit to the site of Plato's Academy</a> (NY Times)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6wK5zK_dlhI/YVCgkKFu22I/AAAAAAACtJ4/ETHZHftXXJsHFiReBMFrgKbtNMVBCP_lgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/1024px-_The_School_of_Athens__by_Raffaello_Sanzio_da_Urbino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1024" height="496" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6wK5zK_dlhI/YVCgkKFu22I/AAAAAAACtJ4/ETHZHftXXJsHFiReBMFrgKbtNMVBCP_lgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h496/1024px-_The_School_of_Athens__by_Raffaello_Sanzio_da_Urbino.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://rainerebert.com/2015/06/18/the-archaeological-site-of-platos-academy-in-athens/" target="_blank">Guide to finding the Academy in Athens</a></p><p><br /></p>Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-28503748672901103372021-05-14T14:53:00.017-04:002021-05-15T09:54:09.668-04:00A few thoughts on Medea<div style="text-align: left;">The messenger has just brought Medea breathless word of the deaths of Jason's royal spouse, Glauce, and of Creon, her father, king of Corinth. The long, painfully detailed description depicts the poisoned gifts delivered by Jason and Medea's children; the Princess's delight in her golden crown and dress, and the sudden dreadful effects of the poison, climaxing as Creon and Glauce blur into a single unrecognizable mass of melted flesh, protruding eyeballs, and bone.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The chorus begins to react:</div><p><b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0" style="color: black;" target="morph">Χορός</a></b></p><div id="text_main" style="clear: both;"><div class="text_container greek" xmlns:dctype="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/" xmlns:perseus="http://www.perseus.org/meta/perseus.rdfs#" xmlns:tufts="http://www.tufts.edu/"><div class="text"><p style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Foix%27&la=greek&can=e%29%2Foix%270&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔοιχ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28&la=greek&can=o%280&prior=e)/oix%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dai%2Fmwn&la=greek&can=dai%2Fmwn0&prior=o(" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δαίμων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=polla%5C&la=greek&can=polla%5C0&prior=dai/mwn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πολλὰ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3D%7Cd%27&la=greek&can=th%3D%7Cd%270&prior=polla\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῇδ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n0&prior=th=|d%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%28me%2Fra%7C&la=greek&can=h%28me%2Fra%7C0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἡμέρᾳ</a><br /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kaka%5C&la=greek&can=kaka%5C0&prior=h(me/ra|" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κακὰ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=cuna%2Fptein&la=greek&can=cuna%2Fptein0&prior=kaka\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ξυνάπτειν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29ndi%2Fkws&la=greek&can=e%29ndi%2Fkws0&prior=cuna/ptein" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐνδίκως</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29ia%2Fsoni&la=greek&can=*%29ia%2Fsoni0&prior=e)ndi/kws" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἰάσονι</a>.<br /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=%5Bw%29%3D&la=greek&can=%5Bw%29%3D0&prior=*)ia/soni" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">[ὦ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tlh%3Dmon&la=greek&can=tlh%3Dmon0&prior=[w)=" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τλῆμον</a>, <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28%2Fs&la=greek&can=w%28%2Fs0&prior=tlh=mon" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὥς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sou&la=greek&can=sou0&prior=w(/s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σου</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sumfora%5Cs&la=greek&can=sumfora%5Cs0&prior=sou" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">συμφορὰς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=oi%29kti%2Fromen&la=greek&can=oi%29kti%2Fromen0&prior=sumfora\s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οἰκτίρομεν</a>,<br /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ko%2Frh&la=greek&can=ko%2Frh0&prior=oi)kti/romen" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κόρη</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*kre%2Fontos&la=greek&can=*kre%2Fontos0&prior=ko/rh" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Κρέοντος</a>, <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%28%2Ftis&la=greek&can=h%28%2Ftis0&prior=*kre/ontos" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἥτις</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29s&la=greek&can=ei%29s0&prior=h(/tis" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἰς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%28%2Faidou&la=greek&can=*%28%2Faidou0&prior=ei)s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἅιδου</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=do%2Fmous&la=greek&can=do%2Fmous0&prior=*(/aidou" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δόμους</a><br /><span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: small;"><span class="english">1235</span></span><span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: small;"><span class="english"><br /></span></span><span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: small;"><span class="english"><br /></span></span><span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: small;"><span class="english"><br /></span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=oi%29%2Fxh%7C&la=greek&can=oi%29%2Fxh%7C0&prior=do/mous" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οἴχῃ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%2Fmwn&la=greek&can=ga%2Fmwn0&prior=oi)/xh|" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γάμων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28%2Fkati&la=greek&can=e%28%2Fkati0&prior=ga/mwn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἕκατι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn0&prior=e(/kati" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29ia%2Fsonos&la=greek&can=*%29ia%2Fsonos0&prior=tw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἰάσονος</a>.<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=%5D&la=greek&can=%5D0&prior=*)ia/sonos" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">]</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif"><b></b></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif"><b>Chorus</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif">It seems that fate is this day fastening calamity on Jason, and with justice. [O poor woman, daughter of Creon, how we pity your misfortune: because of your marriage to Jason [1235] you have departed to the halls of Hades.]</span></div></blockquote><p>Medea evinces no reaction. She's thinking about the next item on her list: </p><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif"></span></div><p style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><b><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*mh%2Fdeia&la=greek&can=*mh%2Fdeia0&prior=]" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Μήδεια</a></b></p><p style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fi%2Flai&la=greek&can=fi%2Flai0&prior=*mh/deia" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φίλαι</a>, <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%2Fdoktai&la=greek&can=de%2Fdoktai0&prior=fi/lai" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δέδοκται</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%29%2Frgon&la=greek&can=tou%29%2Frgon0&prior=de/doktai" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοὔργον</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28s&la=greek&can=w%28s0&prior=tou)/rgon" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὡς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fxista%2F&la=greek&can=ta%2Fxista%2F0&prior=w(s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάχιστά</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=moi&la=greek&can=moi0&prior=ta/xista/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μοι</a><br /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pai%3Ddas&la=greek&can=pai%3Ddas0&prior=moi" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παῖδας</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ktanou%2Fsh%7C&la=greek&can=ktanou%2Fsh%7C0&prior=pai=das" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κτανούσῃ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3Dsd%27&la=greek&can=th%3Dsd%270&prior=ktanou/sh|" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῆσδ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29forma%3Dsqai&la=greek&can=a%29forma%3Dsqai0&prior=th=sd%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀφορμᾶσθαι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqono%2Fs&la=greek&can=xqono%2Fs0&prior=a)forma=sqai" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθονός</a>,<br /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=xqono/s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sxolh%5Cn&la=greek&can=sxolh%5Cn0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σχολὴν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fgousan&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fgousan0&prior=sxolh\n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄγουσαν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29kdou%3Dnai&la=greek&can=e%29kdou%3Dnai0&prior=a)/gousan" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκδοῦναι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te%2Fkna&la=greek&can=te%2Fkna0&prior=e)kdou=nai" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τέκνα</a><br /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fllh%7C&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fllh%7C0&prior=te/kna" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄλλῃ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=foneu%3Dsai&la=greek&can=foneu%3Dsai0&prior=a)/llh|" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φονεῦσαι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dusmeneste%2Fra%7C&la=greek&can=dusmeneste%2Fra%7C0&prior=foneu=sai" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δυσμενεστέρᾳ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xeri%2F&la=greek&can=xeri%2F0&prior=dusmeneste/ra|" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χερί</a>.<br /><span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: small;"><span class="english">1240</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Fntws&la=greek&can=pa%2Fntws0&prior=xeri/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάντως</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sf%27&la=greek&can=sf%270&prior=pa/ntws" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σφ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29na%2Fgkh&la=greek&can=a%29na%2Fgkh0&prior=sf%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀνάγκη</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=katqanei%3Dn&la=greek&can=katqanei%3Dn0&prior=a)na/gkh" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κατθανεῖν</a>: <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pei%5C&la=greek&can=e%29pei%5C0&prior=katqanei=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπεὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C0&prior=e)pei\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xrh%2F&la=greek&can=xrh%2F0&prior=de\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χρή</a>,<br /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%28mei%3Ds&la=greek&can=h%28mei%3Ds0&prior=xrh/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἡμεῖς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ktenou%3Dmen&la=greek&can=ktenou%3Dmen0&prior=h(mei=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κτενοῦμεν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=oi%28%2Fper&la=greek&can=oi%28%2Fper0&prior=ktenou=men" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οἵπερ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29cefu%2Fsamen&la=greek&can=e%29cefu%2Fsamen0&prior=oi(/per" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐξεφύσαμεν</a><br /></p><p style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><br /></p><div><div><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif"><b></b></span></div><blockquote><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EpWTXyczyS0/YJa5q1YfqWI/AAAAAAACmOg/sTKrAWJBxpk_N_XL1ixUVhaaTSlrAGm2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Medeia_child_Louvre_K300.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1300" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EpWTXyczyS0/YJa5q1YfqWI/AAAAAAACmOg/sTKrAWJBxpk_N_XL1ixUVhaaTSlrAGm2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Medeia_child_Louvre_K300.jpg" /></a><div><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif"><b></b></span></div></blockquote><p><b>Medea: </b><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif">My friends, my resolve is fixed on the deed, to kill my children with all speed and to flee from this land: I must not, by lingering, deliver my children for murder to a less kindly hand. [1240] They must die at all events, and since they must, I who gave them birth shall kill them. <i> </i></span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0113%3Acard%3D1231" target="_blank">Perseus online, Translations are by David Kovacs </a>unless otherwise noted.</p>Medea had earlier asked the chorus not to spare any savory detail of the poisoning of Glauce and Creon. A reader might wonder why Euripides would pass on the opportunity to show us her reaction to the Messenger's report -- a moment that could be richly complex, or a whoop of sadistic delight. (What would one give to be there as Euripides told his actors what he wanted from them!)<div><br /></div><div>We sense the loss of a dramatic opportunity; what if anything is gained? </div><div><br /></div><div>For a moment I'd like consider that something quite important about Medea comes through in this scene. The fates of Glauce and Creon, though shattering in their power, she foresaw. As in her previous encounters with Creon, Jason and Aegeus, the gruesome deaths of the royals play out as she contrived, as if they were characters in a play she's writing, directing, and acting in all at once. </div><div><br /></div><div>Euripides could be thinking about theatrical craft here.</div><div><br /></div><div>After hearing the messenger, Medea has no time to waste before Jason and his angry mob shows. She tells the chorus what will happen and why. Then, like a playwright speaking to actors, she coaches partx of herself on how to do the scene:</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*mh%2Fdeia&la=greek&can=*mh%2Fdeia0&prior=]" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Μήδεια</a></b></div><div><br /></div><div><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ll%27&la=greek&can=a%29ll%270&prior=e)cefu/samen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀλλ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29%3D%27&la=greek&can=ei%29%3D%270&prior=a)ll%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἶ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28pli%2Fzou&la=greek&can=o%28pli%2Fzou0&prior=ei)=%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁπλίζου</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kardi%2Fa&la=greek&can=kardi%2Fa0&prior=o(pli/zou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καρδία</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">: </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2F&la=greek&can=ti%2F0&prior=kardi/a" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τί</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fllomen&la=greek&can=me%2Fllomen0&prior=ti/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μέλλομεν</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%5C&la=greek&can=ta%5C0&prior=me/llomen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὰ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=deina%5C&la=greek&can=deina%5C0&prior=ta\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δεινὰ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%29nagkai%3Da&la=greek&can=ka%29nagkai%3Da0&prior=deina\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κἀναγκαῖα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C1&prior=ka)nagkai=a" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pra%2Fssein&la=greek&can=pra%2Fssein0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πράσσειν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kaka%2F&la=greek&can=kaka%2F0&prior=pra/ssein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κακά</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">;</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fg%27&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fg%270&prior=kaka/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄγ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%29%3D&la=greek&can=w%29%3D0&prior=a)/g%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὦ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Flaina&la=greek&can=ta%2Flaina0&prior=w)=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάλαινα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xei%5Cr&la=greek&can=xei%5Cr0&prior=ta/laina" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χεὶρ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mh%2F&la=greek&can=e%29mh%2F0&prior=xei\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμή</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=labe%5C&la=greek&can=labe%5C0&prior=e)mh/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λαβὲ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ci%2Ffos&la=greek&can=ci%2Ffos0&prior=labe\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ξίφος</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">,</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><span class="linenumber" face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif" style="float: right; font-size: small;"><span class="english">1245</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=la%2Fb%27&la=greek&can=la%2Fb%270&prior=ci/fos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λάβ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28%2Frpe&la=greek&can=e%28%2Frpe0&prior=la/b%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἕρπε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs0&prior=e(/rpe" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=balbi%3Dda&la=greek&can=balbi%3Dda0&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βαλβῖδα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=luphra%5Cn&la=greek&can=luphra%5Cn0&prior=balbi=da" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λυπηρὰν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bi%2Fou&la=greek&can=bi%2Fou0&prior=luphra\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βίου</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">,</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C1&prior=bi/ou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C2&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kakisqh%3D%7Cs&la=greek&can=kakisqh%3D%7Cs0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κακισθῇς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mhd%27&la=greek&can=mhd%270&prior=kakisqh=|s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μηδ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29namnhsqh%3D%7Cs&la=greek&can=a%29namnhsqh%3D%7Cs0&prior=mhd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀναμνησθῇς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te%2Fknwn&la=greek&can=te%2Fknwn0&prior=a)namnhsqh=|s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τέκνων</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">,</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28s&la=greek&can=w%28s1&prior=te/knwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὡς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fi%2Fltaq%27&la=greek&can=fi%2Fltaq%270&prior=w(s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φίλταθ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28s&la=greek&can=w%28s2&prior=fi/ltaq%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὡς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Ftiktes&la=greek&can=e%29%2Ftiktes0&prior=w(s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔτικτες</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29lla%5C&la=greek&can=a%29lla%5C0&prior=e)/tiktes" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀλλὰ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%2Fnde&la=greek&can=th%2Fnde0&prior=a)lla\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τήνδε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ge&la=greek&can=ge0&prior=th/nde" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γε</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><b><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=laqou%3D&la=greek&can=laqou%3D0&prior=ge" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λαθοῦ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span></b><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=braxei%3Dan&la=greek&can=braxei%3Dan0&prior=laqou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βραχεῖαν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%28me%2Fran&la=greek&can=h%28me%2Fran0&prior=braxei=an" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἡμέραν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pai%2Fdwn&la=greek&can=pai%2Fdwn0&prior=h(me/ran" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παίδων</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=se%2Fqen&la=greek&can=se%2Fqen0&prior=pai/dwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σέθεν</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%29%2Fpeita&la=greek&can=ka%29%2Fpeita0&prior=se/qen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κἄπειτα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qrh%2Fnei&la=greek&can=qrh%2Fnei0&prior=ka)/peita" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θρήνει</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">: </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C2&prior=qrh/nei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29&la=greek&can=ei%290&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἰ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ktenei%3Ds&la=greek&can=ktenei%3Ds0&prior=ei)" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κτενεῖς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sf%27&la=greek&can=sf%271&prior=ktenei=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σφ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28%2Fmws&la=greek&can=o%28%2Fmws0&prior=sf%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὅμως</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><span class="linenumber" face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif" style="float: right; font-size: small;"><span class="english">1250</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fi%2Floi&la=greek&can=fi%2Floi0&prior=o(/mws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φίλοι</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=g%27&la=greek&can=g%270&prior=fi/loi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Ffusan&la=greek&can=e%29%2Ffusan0&prior=g%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔφυσαν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">: </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dustuxh%5Cs&la=greek&can=dustuxh%5Cs0&prior=e)/fusan" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δυστυχὴς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=dustuxh\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29gw%5C&la=greek&can=e%29gw%5C0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐγὼ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gunh%2F&la=greek&can=gunh%2F0&prior=e)gw\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γυνή</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote><b>Medea:</b> Come, put on your armor, my heart. Why do I put off doing the terrible deed that must be done? Come, wretched hand, take the sword, [1245] take it and go to your life's miserable goal. Do not weaken, do not remember {<b><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mhd%27&la=greek&can=mhd%270&prior=kakisqh=|s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μηδ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29namnhsqh%3D%7Cs&la=greek&can=a%29namnhsqh%3D%7Cs0&prior=mhd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀναμνησθῇς</a></b>}<span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span>that you love the children, that you gave them life. Instead, for this brief day forget (<b><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=laqou%3D&la=greek&can=laqou%3D0&prior=ge" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λαθοῦ</a></b>) them—and mourn hereafter: for even if you kill them, [1250] they were dear to you. Oh, what an unhappy woman I am! <i>Exit Medea into the house.</i></blockquote></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Medea turns to this new task in that way she has: dreading its difficulty as she ticks it off her to-do list. She fixes our attention upon a horror greater even than the poisoning that moments before had us all agape, even as she composes the next scene with calculated concentration.</div><div><br /></div><div>The chorus's response is to call upon the sun:</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0" style="color: black;" target="morph">Χορός</a></b></div><div><b><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /></b><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%29w%5C&la=greek&can=i%29w%5C0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἰὼ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*ga%3D&la=greek&can=*ga%3D0&prior=i)w\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Γᾶ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=*ga=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pamfah%5Cs&la=greek&can=pamfah%5Cs0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παμφαὴς</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29kti%5Cs&la=greek&can=a%29kti%5Cs0&prior=pamfah\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀκτὶς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%28ali%2Fou&la=greek&can=*%28ali%2Fou0&prior=a)kti\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἁλίου</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kati%2Fdet%27&la=greek&can=kati%2Fdet%270&prior=*(ali/ou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κατίδετ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%29%2Fdete&la=greek&can=i%29%2Fdete0&prior=kati/det%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἴδετε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%5Cn&la=greek&can=ta%5Cn0&prior=i)/dete" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὰν</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29lome%2Fnan&la=greek&can=o%29lome%2Fnan0&prior=ta\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὀλομέναν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gunai%3Dka&la=greek&can=gunai%3Dka0&prior=o)lome/nan" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γυναῖκα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pri%5Cn&la=greek&can=pri%5Cn0&prior=gunai=ka" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὶν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=foini%2Fan&la=greek&can=foini%2Fan0&prior=pri\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φοινίαν</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te%2Fknois&la=greek&can=te%2Fknois0&prior=foini/an" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τέκνοις</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=prosbalei%3Dn&la=greek&can=prosbalei%3Dn0&prior=te/knois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">προσβαλεῖν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xe%2Fr%27&la=greek&can=xe%2Fr%270&prior=prosbalei=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χέρ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=au%29tokto%2Fnon&la=greek&can=au%29tokto%2Fnon0&prior=xe/r%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αὐτοκτόνον</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">: (1251-54)</span></div><div><div><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif"><b></b></span></div><blockquote><div><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif"><b>Chorus</b></span></div><div><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif">O earth, o ray of the Sun that lightens all, turn your gaze, o turn it to this ruinous woman before she lays her bloody murderous hands upon her children! </span></div></blockquote></div><div>Before they can utter the words, Medea is out of view of her grandfather's all-seeing gaze, having entered her house to act.</div><div><br /></div><div>Playing around the edges of this scene (and of the play as a whole) is web of images relating to light, to seeing and the eye, as well as to fiery overbearing wrath that drives a person to actions they would never do in their "right mind." As Medea herself said a bit earlier:</div><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"></a></div><blockquote><div><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">καὶ</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">μανθάνω</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">μὲν</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">οἷα</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">τολμήσω</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">κακά</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">θυμὸς</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">δὲ</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">κρείσσων</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">τῶν</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">ἐμῶν</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">βουλευμάτων</a>, </div><div><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">ὅσπερ</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">μεγίστων</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">αἴτιος</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">κακῶν</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">βροτοῖς</a>. (1078-80)</div></blockquote><div></div><div><br /><div>Kovacs renders:</div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>And I know well what pain I am about to undergo (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tolmh%2Fsw&la=greek&can=tolmh%2Fsw0&prior=oi(=a" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τολμήσω</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span>, </div><div>but my wrath (<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qumo%5Cs&la=greek&can=qumo%5Cs0&prior=kaka/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">θυμὸς</a>) </span>overbears my calculation <span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">(</span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bouleuma%2Ftwn&la=greek&can=bouleuma%2Ftwn0&prior=e)mw=n" style="font-family: Arial; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">βουλευμάτων</a><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">)</span>, </div><div>wrath that brings mortal men their gravest hurt.</div></blockquote><div> CHS (<a href="https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/euripides-medea/" target="_blank">Center for Hellenic Studies)</a> offers:</div><div><blockquote>At last I understand the evils [<i>kaka</i>] that I will perform; but my <i>thūmos</i>, responsible [<i>aitios</i>] for the greatest troubles [<i>kaka]</i> for mortals, is stronger than my sober thoughts.</blockquote></div><div><i>Kaka</i> appears twice in the passage: Kovacs opts for the sense of Medea anticipating her own suffering, and renders <i>kaka</i> first as "pain" and then as "hurt." The <a href="https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/euripides-medea/" target="_blank">CHS version</a> sees <i>kaka</i> in its basic sense of "evils," and then "troubles" emphasizing Medea's intended action rather than the suffering she will experience in so acting. </div><div><br /></div><div>Medea has the clarity -- the wits -- to plan the murder of her children, time it perfectly, and have her escape all worked out. She does not lose control like<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ino_(Greek_mythology)" target="_blank"> Ino</a>, whom Hera drives literally over the edge to destroy her children. If <i>thumos</i> is setting this woman on fire, it doesn't seem to affect the cool temperature of her plotting. </div><div><br /></div><div>It would be difficult for one translation to convey both legitimate renderings. In ancient Greek, as it happens, the word for both "undergo" and "perform" is <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;"><span class="greek" face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tolm-a%2Fw&la=greek&can=tolm-a%2Fw0" style="font-weight: bold;" target="morph">τολμάω</a><b> --</b> </span></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Liddell Scott</a> offers several senses, one of which seems close to what is going on here:</div><blockquote><div><i><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>to have the courage, hardihood, effrontery, cruelty, or the grace, patience, <b>to do a thing in spite of any natural feeling </b>. . . (emphasis mine)</i></div></blockquote><div>Courage, hardihood is also the core sense of the word in <a href="https://archive.org/details/BaillyDictionnaireGrecFrancais/page/n1943/mode/1up?view=theater" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Le Grand Bailly</a>.</div><div><br />Another way of rendering the first line might be:<br /><blockquote>I know the horror I'm about to do</blockquote></div><div>Medea comes poised, impossibly, in the co-presence of intense human passion and godlike dispassionate intellect -- a child of the sun.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">=====</div><div><br /></div><div>What we learn of Medea in her elision of any overt reaction to the Messenger's description of the deaths of Glauce and Creon is that she is already working on another scheme. As her plan falls into place, she takes aim at the total dismantling of the man whose stature she helped set up in the first place.</div><div><br /></div><div>Jason's final pleading with the gods to witness how every possible action -- loving touch, mournful burial, vengeance upon Medea, is out of reach -- also goes unanswered, by Medea and by the Olympians:</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29ia%2Fswn&la=greek&can=*%29ia%2Fswn7&prior=e)/rriptai" style="color: black;" target="morph">Ἰάσων</a></b><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><span class="linenumber" face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif" style="float: right; font-size: small;"><span class="english">1405</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*zeu%3D&la=greek&can=*zeu%3D0&prior=*)ia/swn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ζεῦ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fd%27&la=greek&can=ta%2Fd%270&prior=*zeu=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάδ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29kou%2Feis&la=greek&can=a%29kou%2Feis0&prior=ta/d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀκούεις</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28s&la=greek&can=w%28s0&prior=a)kou/eis" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὡς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29pelauno%2Fmeq%27&la=greek&can=a%29pelauno%2Fmeq%270&prior=w(s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπελαυνόμεθ᾽</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=oi%28%3Da%2F&la=greek&can=oi%28%3Da%2F0&prior=a)pelauno/meq%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οἷά</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te1&prior=oi(=a/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Fsxomen&la=greek&can=pa%2Fsxomen0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάσχομεν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29k&la=greek&can=e%29k0&prior=pa/sxomen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3Ds&la=greek&can=th%3Ds0&prior=e)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῆς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=musara%3Ds&la=greek&can=musara%3Ds0&prior=th=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μυσαρᾶς</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C4&prior=musara=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=paidofo%2Fnou&la=greek&can=paidofo%2Fnou0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παιδοφόνου</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3Dsde&la=greek&can=th%3Dsde0&prior=paidofo/nou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῆσδε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=leai%2Fnhs&la=greek&can=leai%2Fnhs0&prior=th=sde" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λεαίνης</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">;</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ll%27&la=greek&can=a%29ll%270&prior=leai/nhs" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀλλ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28po%2Fson&la=greek&can=o%28po%2Fson0&prior=a)ll%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁπόσον</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gou%3Dn&la=greek&can=gou%3Dn0&prior=o(po/son" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γοῦν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Fra&la=greek&can=pa%2Fra0&prior=gou=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάρα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C5&prior=pa/ra" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=du%2Fnamai&la=greek&can=du%2Fnamai0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δύναμαι</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fde&la=greek&can=ta%2Fde0&prior=du/namai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάδε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C6&prior=ta/de" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qrhnw%3D&la=greek&can=qrhnw%3D0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θρηνῶ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%29piqea%2Fzw&la=greek&can=ka%29piqea%2Fzw0&prior=qrhnw=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κἀπιθεάζω</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">,</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><span class="linenumber" face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif" style="float: right; font-size: small;"><span class="english">1410</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=marturo%2Fmenos&la=greek&can=marturo%2Fmenos0&prior=ka)piqea/zw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μαρτυρόμενος</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dai%2Fmonas&la=greek&can=dai%2Fmonas0&prior=marturo/menos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δαίμονας</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28%2Fs&la=greek&can=w%28%2Fs0&prior=dai/monas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὥς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=moi&la=greek&can=moi1&prior=w(/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μοι</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te%2Fkna&la=greek&can=te%2Fkna1&prior=moi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τέκνα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ktei%2Fnas%27&la=greek&can=ktei%2Fnas%270&prior=te/kna" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κτείνασ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29pokwlu%2Feis&la=greek&can=a%29pokwlu%2Feis0&prior=ktei/nas%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀποκωλύεις</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=yau%3Dsai%2F&la=greek&can=yau%3Dsai%2F0&prior=a)pokwlu/eis" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ψαῦσαί</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te2&prior=yau=sai/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xeroi%3Dn&la=greek&can=xeroi%3Dn0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χεροῖν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qa%2Fyai&la=greek&can=qa%2Fyai0&prior=xeroi=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θάψαι</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te3&prior=qa/yai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=nekrou%2Fs&la=greek&can=nekrou%2Fs0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νεκρούς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">,</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%28%5Cs&la=greek&can=ou%28%5Cs0&prior=nekrou/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὓς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%2Fpot%27&la=greek&can=mh%2Fpot%270&prior=ou(\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μήποτ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29gw%5C&la=greek&can=e%29gw%5C0&prior=mh/pot%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐγὼ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fu%2Fsas&la=greek&can=fu%2Fsas0&prior=e)gw\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φύσας</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Ffelon&la=greek&can=o%29%2Ffelon0&prior=fu/sas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὄφελον</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs2&prior=o)/felon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sou%3D&la=greek&can=sou%3D1&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σοῦ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fqime%2Fnous&la=greek&can=fqime%2Fnous0&prior=sou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φθιμένους</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pide%2Fsqai&la=greek&can=e%29pide%2Fsqai0&prior=fqime/nous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπιδέσθαι</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">.</span></div><div><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">Kovacs:</span></div><div><div><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif"><b></b></span></div><blockquote><div><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif"><b>Jason</b></span></div><div><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif">[1405] Zeus, do you hear this, how I am driven away and what treatment I endure from this unclean, child-murdering monster? But with all the strength I have, I make my lament and adjure the gods, [1410] calling the heavenly powers to witness that you killed my sons and now forbid me to touch them or to bury their bodies. Oh that I had never begotten them, never seen them dead at your hands!</span></div></blockquote><p><a href="https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/euripides-medea/" target="_blank">CHS:</a></p><p></p><blockquote>|1405 Zeus, do you hear how I am driven from here and what we have suffered [paskhein] from this polluted woman, this child-slayer, this lioness? Yet in so far as I may and can, I will raise for them a dirge, |1410 and call on the daimones to witness your murder of my sons, and how you will not let me embrace or bury their dead bodies. I wish I had never begotten them to look upon them slain by you!</blockquote><p></p><p><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><i>The chariot carries Medea away. </i></p><div><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif"></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div>If a mournful father is unable to touch the tender flesh of his dead children, can he said to be alive?</div><div><br /></div><div>Gazing at their bodies, Jason's last words are: <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fqime%2Fnous&la=greek&can=fqime%2Fnous0&prior=sou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φθιμένους</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pide%2Fsqai&la=greek&can=e%29pide%2Fsqai0&prior=fqime/nous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπιδέσθαι</a>.</div><div><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fqime%2Fnous&la=greek&can=fqime%2Fnous0&prior=sou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φθιμένους</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> has to do with</span> decaying, wasting away, waning like the moon. </div><div><br /></div><div><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pide%2Fsqai&la=greek&can=e%29pide%2Fsqai0&prior=fqime/nous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπιδέσθαι</a> has the sense of "live to see," "experience." </div><div><br /></div><div>Looking down on his impotence is the woman who played his wife. She is about to disappear, not from wasting away, but in a burst of solar energy taking her to Athens where she will create herself anew. She has disrupted the organic lineage of three male kingdoms -- Iolchis, Colchis, Corinth. In Athens, she will fail to destroy Theseus, child of the seemingly impotent Aegeus. An unexpected turn.</div><div><br /></div><div>The final chorus offers what some see as a banality:</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0&prior=e)pide/sqai" style="color: black;" target="morph">Χορός</a></b><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><span class="linenumber" face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif" style="float: right; font-size: small;"><span class="english">1415</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pollw%3Dn&la=greek&can=pollw%3Dn0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πολλῶν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tami%2Fas&la=greek&can=tami%2Fas0&prior=pollw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ταμίας</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*zeu%5Cs&la=greek&can=*zeu%5Cs0&prior=tami/as" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ζεὺς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n0&prior=*zeu\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29olu%2Fmpw%7C&la=greek&can=*%29olu%2Fmpw%7C0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ὀλύμπῳ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">,</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=polla%5C&la=greek&can=polla%5C0&prior=*)olu/mpw|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πολλὰ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%271&prior=polla\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29e%2Flptws&la=greek&can=a%29e%2Flptws0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀέλπτως</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=krai%2Fnousi&la=greek&can=krai%2Fnousi0&prior=a)e/lptws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κραίνουσι</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeoi%2F&la=greek&can=qeoi%2F0&prior=krai/nousi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεοί</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">:</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C7&prior=qeoi/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%5C&la=greek&can=ta%5C0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὰ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dokhqe%2Fnt%27&la=greek&can=dokhqe%2Fnt%270&prior=ta\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δοκηθέντ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29k&la=greek&can=ou%29k1&prior=dokhqe/nt%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐκ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29tele%2Fsqh&la=greek&can=e%29tele%2Fsqh0&prior=ou)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐτελέσθη</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">,</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn0&prior=e)tele/sqh" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%272&prior=tw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29dokh%2Ftwn&la=greek&can=a%29dokh%2Ftwn0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀδοκήτων</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Fron&la=greek&can=po%2Fron0&prior=a)dokh/twn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πόρον</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=hu%28%3Dre&la=greek&can=hu%28%3Dre0&prior=po/ron" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ηὗρε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeo%2Fs&la=greek&can=qeo%2Fs0&prior=hu(=re" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεός</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">.</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toio%2Fnd%27&la=greek&can=toio%2Fnd%270&prior=qeo/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοιόνδ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29pe%2Fbh&la=greek&can=a%29pe%2Fbh0&prior=toio/nd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπέβη</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%2Fde&la=greek&can=to%2Fde0&prior=a)pe/bh" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τόδε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pra%3Dgma&la=greek&can=pra%3Dgma0&prior=to/de" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρᾶγμα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">.</span></div><div><i style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></i></div><div><i style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><b>Chorus</b></i><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> - </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0113%3Acard%3D1389" style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Kovacs</a></div><div><div><blockquote style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><i>Zeus on Olympus has many things in his treasure-house, and many are the things the gods accomplish against our expectation. What men expect is not brought to pass, but a god finds a way to achieve the unexpected. Such is the outcome of this story.</i> </blockquote><blockquote style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a href="https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/euripides-medea/" target="_blank">CHS</a> </blockquote><p><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif"></span></p><blockquote><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif">Many are the fates that Zeus dispenses in Olympus, and the gods bring many things to pass unexpectedly. What is expected does not come to telos, and a god finds a way for the unexpected. So too has this affair turned out.</span></blockquote><p></p><p style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><i>=========</i></b></p> This post is already too long, despite much that's been omitted for the sake of "brevity." But if I can pull this together with two brief observations, it might suggest why Euripides' interest in our powers of expectation is at the heart of Medea.</div><div><br /></div><div>I: When we expect a thing, and it doesn't happen, the chorus says it can be that "a god finds a way": <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Fron&la=greek&can=po%2Fron0&prior=a)dokh/twn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πόρον</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=hu%28%3Dre&la=greek&can=hu%28%3Dre0&prior=po/ron" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ηὗρε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeo%2Fs&la=greek&can=qeo%2Fs0&prior=hu(=re" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεός</a>. <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Fron&la=greek&can=po%2Fron0&prior=a)dokh/twn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πόρον</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span>signifies a way, a means of passing, crossing. The negation of <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Fron&la=greek&can=po%2Fron0&prior=a)dokh/twn">πόρον</a> is aporia -- apt for Jason at the end of the play.</div><div><br /></div><div>What was notable about Medea's response to the Messenger's tale was the absence of response -- her instant move to the next item on her agenda was unexpected, and revealed something about her nature. The scene thus performs what does not happen, and revealing a key element of the forces at work. </div><div><br /></div><div>Medea tells herself "do not remember" that these are her children; a few moments later, she says <b><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=laqou%3D&la=greek&can=laqou%3D0&prior=ge" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λαθοῦ</a> - </b>rendered as "forget," but more accurately, "let it escape notice." To escape notice is not the same as forgetting - it is more like the sort of contrived misdirection basic to magic tricks and sleight of hand. Part of the repertoire of Medea is to act swiftly; here she tells herself -- the mother in her -- not to see what she is doing. She's working out an endgame and needs to perform this trick of not noticing what she is completely responsible for doing. Whatever moral conclusions we come to, this is part of Euripides' meditation on his art of theatrical illusion.</div><div><br /></div><div>II: The final line of the play: <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toio%2Fnd%27&la=greek&can=toio%2Fnd%270&prior=qeo/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοιόνδ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29pe%2Fbh&la=greek&can=a%29pe%2Fbh0&prior=toio/nd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπέβη</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%2Fde&la=greek&can=to%2Fde0&prior=a)pe/bh" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τόδε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pra%3Dgma&la=greek&can=pra%3Dgma0&prior=to/de" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρᾶγμα</a><span face="New Athena Unicode, Gentium, Palatino Linotype, Lucida Grande, Galilee, Arial Unicode MS, sans-serif"> - </span>"such is how these actions turned out" is a commonplace piece of language. But given the curious care Euripides devotes to images involving walking in this play, one might wonder whether the use of the verb<span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29pe%2Fbh&la=greek&can=a%29pe%2Fbh0&prior=toio/nd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπέβη</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> - from </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;"><span class="greek" face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29pobai%2Fnw&la=greek&can=a%29pobai%2Fnw0" target="morph">ἀποβαίνω</a></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;"> - </span>"to step off, leap" doesn't offer an unexpected <i>frisson</i>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Very briefly: a recurrent figure of the play is the motion of a woman's foot, stepping. </div><div><br /></div><div>We have in the idealized choral image of Athenians walking on air,</div><div><br /></div> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ferbo%2Fmenoi&la=greek&can=ferbo%2Fmenoi0&prior=a)/po" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φερβόμενοι</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><div><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kleinota%2Ftan&la=greek&can=kleinota%2Ftan0&prior=ferbo/menoi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κλεινοτάταν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sofi%2Fan&la=greek&can=sofi%2Fan0&prior=kleinota/tan" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σοφίαν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29ei%5C&la=greek&can=ai%29ei%5C0&prior=sofi/an" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἰεὶ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dia%5C&la=greek&can=dia%5C0&prior=ai)ei\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">διὰ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=lamprota%2Ftou&la=greek&can=lamprota%2Ftou0&prior=dia\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λαμπροτάτου</a></div><div><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bai%2Fnontes&la=greek&can=bai%2Fnontes0&prior=lamprota/tou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" target="morph">βαίνοντες</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28brw%3Ds&la=greek&can=a%28brw%3Ds0&prior=bai/nontes" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἁβρῶς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29qe%2Fros&la=greek&can=ai%29qe%2Fros0&prior=a(brw=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἰθέρος</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">,</span></div></div><blockquote><div><i> They feed </i></div><div><i>on wisdom most glorious, always stepping gracefully</i></div><div><i>through the bright air (828-39)</i></div></blockquote><div><div><br /></div><div>Then Glauce, delightly prancing around the room, looking at her leg just before she falls, stricken by the poison:</div><div><br /></div><div><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%29%2Fpeit%27&la=greek&can=ka%29%2Fpeit%270&prior=sw/matos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κἄπειτ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29nasta%3Ds%27&la=greek&can=a%29nasta%3Ds%270&prior=ka)/peit%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀναστᾶσ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29k&la=greek&can=e%29k1&prior=a)nasta=s%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qro%2Fnwn&la=greek&can=qro%2Fnwn0&prior=e)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θρόνων</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=die%2Frxetai&la=greek&can=die%2Frxetai0&prior=qro/nwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">διέρχεται</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ste%2Fgas&la=greek&can=ste%2Fgas1&prior=die/rxetai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">στέγας</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28bro%5Cn&la=greek&can=a%28bro%5Cn0&prior=ste/gas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἁβρὸν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bai%2Fnousa&la=greek&can=bai%2Fnousa0&prior=a(bro\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βαίνουσα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=palleu%2Fkw%7C&la=greek&can=palleu%2Fkw%7C0&prior=bai/nousa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παλλεύκῳ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=podi%2F&la=greek&can=podi%2F0&prior=palleu/kw|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ποδί</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">,</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><span class="linenumber" face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif" style="float: right; font-size: small;"><span class="english">1165</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dw%2Frois&la=greek&can=dw%2Frois0&prior=podi/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δώροις</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28perxai%2Frousa&la=greek&can=u%28perxai%2Frousa0&prior=dw/rois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑπερχαίρουσα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=polla%5C&la=greek&can=polla%5C0&prior=u(perxai/rousa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πολλὰ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=polla%2Fkis&la=greek&can=polla%2Fkis0&prior=polla\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πολλάκις</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te%2Fnont%27&la=greek&can=te%2Fnont%270&prior=polla/kis" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τένοντ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29s&la=greek&can=e%29s0&prior=te/nont%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29rqo%5Cn&la=greek&can=o%29rqo%5Cn0&prior=e)s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὀρθὸν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Fmmasi&la=greek&can=o%29%2Fmmasi0&prior=o)rqo\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὄμμασι</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=skopoume%2Fnh&la=greek&can=skopoume%2Fnh0&prior=o)/mmasi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σκοπουμένη</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">.</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%29nqe%2Fnde&la=greek&can=tou%29nqe%2Fnde0&prior=skopoume/nh" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοὐνθένδε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fntoi&la=greek&can=me%2Fntoi1&prior=tou)nqe/nde" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μέντοι</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=deino%5Cn&la=greek&can=deino%5Cn0&prior=me/ntoi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δεινὸν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%3Dn&la=greek&can=h%29%3Dn1&prior=deino\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἦν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qe%2Fam%27&la=greek&can=qe%2Fam%270&prior=h)=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θέαμ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%29dei%3Dn&la=greek&can=i%29dei%3Dn0&prior=qe/am%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἰδεῖν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">:</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xroia%5Cn&la=greek&can=xroia%5Cn0&prior=i)dei=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χροιὰν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr0&prior=xroia\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29lla%2Fcasa&la=greek&can=a%29lla%2Fcasa0&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀλλάξασα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=lexri%2Fa&la=greek&can=lexri%2Fa0&prior=a)lla/casa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λεχρία</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Flin&la=greek&can=pa%2Flin1&prior=lexri/a" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάλιν</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xwrei%3D&la=greek&can=xwrei%3D0&prior=pa/lin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χωρεῖ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tre%2Fmousa&la=greek&can=tre%2Fmousa0&prior=xwrei=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τρέμουσα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kw%3Dla&la=greek&can=kw%3Dla0&prior=tre/mousa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κῶλα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C7&prior=kw=la" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mo%2Flis&la=greek&can=mo%2Flis0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μόλις</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fqa%2Fnei&la=greek&can=fqa%2Fnei0&prior=mo/lis" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φθάνει</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><span class="linenumber" face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif" style="float: right; font-size: small;"><span class="english">1170</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qro%2Fnoisin&la=greek&can=qro%2Fnoisin0&prior=fqa/nei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θρόνοισιν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mpesou%3Dsa&la=greek&can=e%29mpesou%3Dsa0&prior=qro/noisin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμπεσοῦσα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C1&prior=e)mpesou=sa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xamai%5C&la=greek&can=xamai%5C0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χαμαὶ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pesei%3Dn&la=greek&can=pesei%3Dn0&prior=xamai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πεσεῖν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">.</span></div><div><blockquote><i>And then getting up from her seat she paraded about the room, her white feet making dainty steps, [1165] entranced with the gifts, glancing back again and again at the straight tendon of her leg. But thereafter there was a terrible sight to behold. For her color changed, and with legs trembling she staggered back sidelong, and by falling on the chair [1170] barely escaped collapsing on the floor.</i></blockquote></div><div><br /></div><div>Then Ino, stretching her foot (the curious focus on her step highlights it) off the edge of the promontory into the sea:</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0" style="color: black;" target="morph">Χορός</a></b></div><div><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mi%2Fan&la=greek&can=mi%2Fan0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μίαν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dh%5C&la=greek&can=dh%5C0&prior=mi/an" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὴ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=klu%2Fw&la=greek&can=klu%2Fw0&prior=dh\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κλύω</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mi%2Fan&la=greek&can=mi%2Fan1&prior=klu/w" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μίαν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn0&prior=mi/an" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Fros&la=greek&can=pa%2Fros0&prior=tw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάρος</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gunai%3Dk%27&la=greek&can=gunai%3Dk%270&prior=pa/ros" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" target="morph">γυναῖκ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n0&prior=gunai=k%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fi%2Flois&la=greek&can=fi%2Flois0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φίλοις</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xe%2Fra&la=greek&can=xe%2Fra0&prior=fi/lois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χέρα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=balei%3Dn&la=greek&can=balei%3Dn0&prior=xe/ra" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βαλεῖν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te%2Fknois&la=greek&can=te%2Fknois0&prior=balei=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τέκνοις</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">,</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29inw%5C&la=greek&can=*%29inw%5C0&prior=te/knois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἰνὼ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=manei%3Dsan&la=greek&can=manei%3Dsan0&prior=*)inw\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μανεῖσαν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29k&la=greek&can=e%29k0&prior=manei=san" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qew%3Dn&la=greek&can=qew%3Dn0&prior=e)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεῶν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28%2Fq%27&la=greek&can=o%28%2Fq%270&prior=qew=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὅθ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%28&la=greek&can=h%280&prior=o(/q%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἡ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*dio%5Cs&la=greek&can=*dio%5Cs0&prior=h(" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Διὸς</a><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><span class="linenumber" face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif" style="float: right; font-size: small;"><span class="english">1285</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=da%2Fmar&la=greek&can=da%2Fmar0&prior=*dio\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δάμαρ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=nin&la=greek&can=nin0&prior=da/mar" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νιν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29ce%2Fpemye&la=greek&can=e%29ce%2Fpemye0&prior=nin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐξέπεμψε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dwma%2Ftwn&la=greek&can=dwma%2Ftwn0&prior=e)ce/pemye" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δωμάτων</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Flais&la=greek&can=a%29%2Flais0&prior=dwma/twn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄλαις</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">:</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pi%2Ftnei&la=greek&can=pi%2Ftnei0&prior=a)/lais" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πίτνει</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=pi/tnei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28&la=greek&can=a%280&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἁ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Flain%27&la=greek&can=ta%2Flain%270&prior=a(" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάλαιν᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29s&la=greek&can=e%29s0&prior=ta/lain%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28%2Flman&la=greek&can=a%28%2Flman0&prior=e)s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἅλμαν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fo%2Fnw%7C&la=greek&can=fo%2Fnw%7C0&prior=a(/lman" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φόνῳ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te%2Fknwn&la=greek&can=te%2Fknwn0&prior=fo/nw|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τέκνων</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dussebei%3D&la=greek&can=dussebei%3D0&prior=te/knwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δυσσεβεῖ</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">,</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29kth%3Ds&la=greek&can=a%29kth%3Ds0&prior=dussebei=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀκτῆς</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28pertei%2Fnasa&la=greek&can=u%28pertei%2Fnasa0&prior=a)kth=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑπερτείνασα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ponti%2Fas&la=greek&can=ponti%2Fas0&prior=u(pertei/nasa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ποντίας</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Fda&la=greek&can=po%2Fda0&prior=ponti/as" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πόδα</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">,</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=duoi%3Dn&la=greek&can=duoi%3Dn0&prior=po/da" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δυοῖν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=duoi=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pai%2Fdoin&la=greek&can=pai%2Fdoin0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παίδοιν</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sunqanou%3Ds%27&la=greek&can=sunqanou%3Ds%270&prior=pai/doin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">συνθανοῦσ᾽</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29po%2Fllutai&la=greek&can=a%29po%2Fllutai0&prior=sunqanou=s%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπόλλυται</a><span face=""New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif">.</span></div><div><blockquote>One woman, only one, of all that have been, have I heard of who put her hand to her own children: Ino driven mad by the gods when [1285] Hera sent her forth to wander in madness from the house. The unhappy woman fell into the sea, impiously murdering her children. Stepping over the sea's edge, she perished with her two children. [1290] </blockquote></div><div>In slow motion, three scenes cascading: Broken into segments of walking - falling - leaping, all bearing on the fated blessedness or cursedness of the person doing the stepping. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>Medea</i> ends with the Chorus turning to Athens in this moment, speaking of surprise, and of stepping off. Perhaps the necks of some who witnessed this strange play felt a tingle -- the final cliche slipping unexpectedly to life.</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="footnotes en" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;"></div></div></div><div id="text_footer" style="font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div>Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-70283469102264843342021-02-26T12:32:00.003-05:002021-02-28T21:12:03.461-05:00Pindar's Medea<p>Pindar's longest ode, his Pythian 4, is also considered by some to be his greatest. It turns in part upon a muscular recounting of the Argonauts' adventures, in which Medea features as a vatic voice whose words, spoken 17 generations before Pindar's song, carry prophesy.</p><p>A brief intro to this difficult (Pindar is always difficult) ode can be found in the <a href="https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pindar-pythian_odes/1997/pb_LCL056.265.xml" target="_blank">Loeb edition</a>:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8xOZkQg-X4s/YDkqp0Qn6jI/AAAAAAACkx8/s8ropYLG4IwIJi2JrbRb-4rcRdOJQkywQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1084/Pindar%2Bloeb%2Bpythian%2B4%2Bintro.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="1084" height="634" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8xOZkQg-X4s/YDkqp0Qn6jI/AAAAAAACkx8/s8ropYLG4IwIJi2JrbRb-4rcRdOJQkywQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h634/Pindar%2Bloeb%2Bpythian%2B4%2Bintro.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>As the Loeb edition limits viewership, here's the Medea portion of Diane Arnson Svarlien's good translation of <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0161%3Abook%3DP.%3Apoem%3D4" target="_blank">Pythian 4 from Perseus</a>:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Pythian 4</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>For Arcesilas of Cyrene Chariot Race 462 B. C.</b></p><p>Today you must stand beside a beloved man, Muse, the king of Cyrene with its fine horses, so that while Arcesilas celebrates his triumph you may swell the fair wind of song that is due to the children of Leto and to Pytho, where once the priestess seated beside the golden eagles of Zeus, [5] on a day when Apollo happened to be present, gave an oracle naming Battus as the colonizer of fruitful Libya, and telling how he would at once leave the holy island and found a city of fine chariots on a shining white breast of the earth, and carry out [10] in the seventeenth generation the word spoken at Thera by Medea, which once the inspired daughter of Aeetes, the queen of the Colchians, breathed forth from her immortal mouth. </p><p>She spoke in this way to the heroes who sailed with the warrior Jason: </p><p>“Hear me, sons of high-spirited men and of gods. For I say that from this wave-washed land one day the daughter of Epaphus [15] will have planted in her a root of cities that are 1 dear to men, in the temple of Zeus Ammon. Instead of short-finned dolphins they will have swift horses, and reins instead of oars, and they will drive storm-footed chariot teams. That token shall make [20] Thera the mother-city of great cities, the token which once, beside the out-flowing waters of lake Tritonis, Euphemus received as he descended from the prow, a clod of earth as a gift of friendship from a god in the likeness of a man. And as a sign of favor, Zeus the son of Cronus sounded a peal of thunder, when the stranger found us hanging the bronze-jawed anchor [25] , the bridle of the swift Argo, against the ship. Before that we had been dragging our seafaring ship for twelve days from the Ocean over the deserted back of the land, having drawn it ashore by my counsels. </p><p>And then the solitary god approached, who had assumed the splendid appearance of an honored man. He began to speak friendly words, [30] such as beneficent hosts use when they first invite arriving strangers to a meal. But we could not stay, for the plea of our sweet homecoming prevented us from lingering. He said that he was Eurypylus, the son of the holder of the earth, the immortal earth-shaker Poseidon. He realized that we were hurrying on our way, and straightaway with his right hand he snatched up a piece of earth, [35] the first thing to come to hand, and sought to present it as a gift of hospitality. </p><p>He did not fail to persuade Euphemus; the hero leapt down onto the shore, and, pressing his hand in the hand of the stranger, received the divine clod of earth. But now I learn that it was washed out of the ship into the sea by a wave [40] at evening, following the watery tide. Truly, I often urged the sailors who relieve their masters from toil to guard it; but their minds were forgetful, and now on this island the immortal seed of spacious Libya is washed ashore before the proper time. For if only Euphemus had gone to his home in holy Taenarus and cast the clod beside the earthly mouth of Hades— [45] Euphemus the son of lord Poseidon, ruler of horses, whom once Europa the daughter of Tityus bore beside the banks of the Cephisus— the blood of the fourth generation descended from him would have taken possession of that broad continent together with the Danaans; for then they will be uprooted from Lacedaemon and the Argive gulf and Mycenae. [50] </p><p>As it is, Euphemus shall find in the beds of foreign women a chosen race, who, with the honor of the gods, will come to this island and beget a man who will be master of the dark-clouded plains; whom one day Phoebus, in his home rich in gold, will mention in his oracles [55] when he goes into the Pythian shrine at a later time; Phoebus will tell him to carry cities in his ships to the fertile precinct of the son of Cronus beside the Nile.” Indeed, these were the oracular verses of Medea. And the godlike heroes bowed down motionless and in silence, listening to her shrewd words of wisdom.</p><p style="text-align: center;">=========</p><p>The poet goes on retelling moments from the voyage of the Argo, including:</p><p></p><blockquote><p>Aphrodite of Cyprus brought the maddening bird to men for the first time, and she taught the son of Aeson skill in prayerful incantations, so that he could rob Medea of reverence for her parents, and a longing for Greece would lash her, her mind on fire, with the whip of Persuasion. [220] And she quickly revealed the means of performing the labors set by her father; and she mixed drugs with olive oil as a remedy for hard pains, and gave it to him to anoint himself. They agreed to be united with each other in sweet wedlock.. . .</p><p>It is too long a way for me to go by the beaten track; for time presses, and I know a shortcut. In poetic skill I am a guide to many others. Jason killed the gray-eyed serpent with its dappled back by cunning, [250] Arcesilas, and stole away Medea, with her own help, to be the death of Pelias.</p></blockquote><p>After his "shortcut," he moves to a finale that asks pardon for a young man. But before he gets to that, Pindar sings with prophetic vigor of a more general prescription for healing -- one that will never gone out of date:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>Now, learn the skill of Oedipus: if a man, with a sharp-cutting axe, cuts the branches from a great oak, and spoils its marvelous beauty, [265] even with its fruit destroyed it votes for its own worth, if it comes at last to the winter fire; or if it is placed with upright columns belonging to a ruler, performing a slavish service among foreign walls, having deserted its native place. [270] </i></p><p><i>But you are a most opportune healer, and Apollo Paean honors your light. One must apply a gentle hand to tend a sore wound: it is easy even for weak men to shake a city to its foundations, but to set it in its place again is indeed a difficult struggle, unless a god suddenly comes to guide its rulers. [275] </i> </p></blockquote><p><i></i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3HMpTh1JKPA/YDkvdrM3GAI/AAAAAAACkyE/SKTa3DrUKuEInGjixoNU1AYt7VxkbwxywCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/Medea%2BAeetes_Accepts_the_Dismembered_Corpse_of_Absyrte..jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="1920" height="286" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3HMpTh1JKPA/YDkvdrM3GAI/AAAAAAACkyE/SKTa3DrUKuEInGjixoNU1AYt7VxkbwxywCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h286/Medea%2BAeetes_Accepts_the_Dismembered_Corpse_of_Absyrte..jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 15.463px; text-align: left;">"Aeetes Accepts the Dismembered Corpse of Absyrte". <br />Engraved by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Boyvin" style="background: none rgb(248, 249, 250); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15.463px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" title="René Boyvin">René Boyvin</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 15.463px; text-align: left;"> after </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Thiry" style="background: none rgb(248, 249, 250); color: #0645ad; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15.463px; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Leonard Thiry">Leonard Thiry</a><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 15.463px; text-align: left;">, 1563.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-78407685877680515882021-02-25T11:50:00.007-05:002021-02-25T15:05:36.123-05:00Ovid's Medea and some iconography<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N_gR1MrJmsw/YDfSYQG5BYI/AAAAAAACkxA/1djLxi8EVi4h9posHSuWzVt74T0AWJGxgCLcBGAsYHQ/s720/medea%2Brejuvenating%2Baeson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="720" height="309" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N_gR1MrJmsw/YDfSYQG5BYI/AAAAAAACkxA/1djLxi8EVi4h9posHSuWzVt74T0AWJGxgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h309/medea%2Brejuvenating%2Baeson.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Medea rejuvenating Jason's father Aeson</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br />Ovid was drawn to the daughter of Aeetes. His only tragic drama was his lost <i>Medea</i>. A surviving fragment appears to be an ominous warning from Medea to Jason - and it's pure Ovid:</p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><p><i>'servare potui; perderean possim rogas?’</i> </p><p>‘I was able to save you; do you think I cannot destroy you?’</p></blockquote><p>Medea dominates half of book 7 of the <i>Metamorphoses.</i> The character and her story develop into something of a travelogue featuring detailed descriptions of her search for the highly rarefied materials of her sorcery. That book can be found here in <a href="https://ovid.lib.virginia.edu/trans/Metamorph7.htm#64106435" target="_blank">Tony Kline's translation</a>.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W0WNb-VkdOE/YDfSrIa3P4I/AAAAAAACkxI/KgR37zZxY3cAwtHAOEV-3nC_U706PiPyACLcBGAsYHQ/s720/medea%2Bputs%2Bdragon%2Bto%2Bsleep.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="720" height="330" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W0WNb-VkdOE/YDfSrIa3P4I/AAAAAAACkxI/KgR37zZxY3cAwtHAOEV-3nC_U706PiPyACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h330/medea%2Bputs%2Bdragon%2Bto%2Bsleep.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>While Medea puts the Dragon to sleep, Jason, <br />followed by Orpheus, takes the Golden Fleece</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>The images of Medea are from <a href="http://www.maicar.com/GML/Medea.html" target="_blank">Greek Mythology Link</a>, which has a rich "bio" of Medea. The <a href="http://www.maicar.com/GML/000Iconography/Medea/slides/2715.html" target="_blank">top figure</a> is from a 17th century French translation of the <i>Metamorphoses</i>. The lower one is by <a href="http://www.maicar.com/GML/000Iconography/Medea/slides/rus109.html" target="_blank">William Russell Flint</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-58128678203142091932021-01-27T07:50:00.000-05:002021-01-27T07:50:57.721-05:00Shelly's unfathomable fate <p>A story of Shelly and Sophocles too good not to repeat, with full honors to C.M. Reed and to Michael Gilleland and his blog, <a href="https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2021/01/shelleys-sophocles.html" target="_blank">Laudator Temporis Acti</a>. </p><p></p><p> </p><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7mi7MujLu9I/YBFfJc1b32I/AAAAAAACkOU/UKu6Jz3ov-QulaSqWjkbK5ZO-LaNGOxRwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/shelleys-sophocles.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="1280" height="263" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7mi7MujLu9I/YBFfJc1b32I/AAAAAAACkOU/UKu6Jz3ov-QulaSqWjkbK5ZO-LaNGOxRwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h263/shelleys-sophocles.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">A glance at the 1502 Florentine edition of Sophocles by Aldus Manutius reveals that the choral passages suffered far more than did the remainder of the text in the long transmission from their ancient form to the present. Choruses in the 1502 Aldine text are often an incoherent mess, worlds removed from the polished eloquence of the Sophoclean choruses one reads today. Has any scholarly achievement of the past half-millennium been more neglected than the labors of those who devoted their lives to editing and thus improving these texts? Who outside the circle of classical scholars recognizes names such as Scaliger, Causabon, Bentley, Hermann, Elmsley, or Jebb? Consider the formidable array of tools required for the task — an intimacy with the ancient author’s entire corpus and its manuscript history, an exquisite knowledge of tragic meter, and a first-rate poetic imagination.</span><br style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Fortunately most of the important printed editions of Oedipus at Colonus since the Renaissance were readily available on the open shelves of Oxford’s Bodleian Library. But a crucial one was missing — a late 18th century edition by a German scholar, R.F.P. Brunck. This, I discovered, was among the Bodleian’s rare book holdings in the surpassingly beautiful reading room known as Duke Humfrey’s Library.</span><br style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">So I filled out a request to have the book fetched and handed it to a librarian, the first in a series of a distinct breed of Oxford lady librarians I encountered over the next six years — middle-aged, tall, pert, razor-thin, with a cultivated accent spoken rapidly in a high pitch that warbled tunefully in its uppermost register.</span><br style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">A week passed. No Brunck. How differently things would have been managed at Harvard, I mused to myself. Up I went to complain to that same librarian, whose tart response made one thing clear: My efforts to come across as a well-mannered southern gentleman had failed; she now viewed me as simply another querulous American.</span><br style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Several days into the second week the same librarian appeared at my chair in the reading room, silently plopping down a small volume in wretched condition. It looked as if someone, reading in the bath, had let it drop into the water. My first thought was characteristically invidious: “I’ll wager that the Widener Library’s copy at Harvard wouldn’t be in such sad shape.”</span><br style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Then I opened to the frontispiece and read, </span><b style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">“This book was found on the body of Percy Bysshe Shelly (1792-1822) when it floated ashore on the coast of Italy.”</b><br style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I began weeping. I couldn’t stop! After a few minutes I rose and made my way to the men’s room to wash away the tears. Upon returning, I hurriedly copied out the relevant choral passage and, gingerly picking it up, carried the book back to the librarian at her desk. “Ah, finished so quickly, are we?” she said archly as she took it from my hand. Then she looked up, saw my reddened eyes, and asked, ever so gently and softly, “Would you like me to hold it for you till later?”</span></p></blockquote><p>Apparently the tales of Shelly's demise owe much to the vivid imaginings of Trelawny, who early on wrote of a<a href="https://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2021/01/shelleys-aeschylus.html" target="_blank"> volume of Aeschylus found in Shelly's death grip.</a> </p><p>Warm thanks to <a href="http://www.fil.bg.ac.rs/lang/sr/katedre/anglistika/zaposleni/greta-goetz/" target="_blank">Dr. Greta Goetz</a> for the citation.</p><p><span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p>Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-59647657342335134292021-01-15T15:16:00.006-05:002021-01-15T15:40:47.438-05:00The disconcerting manner of Euripides' Electra<p>Due to an unusually busy season there's been no time to talk about Euripides'<i><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0095%3Acard%3D1" target="_blank"> Electra</a>, </i>which has been leading our group into a fascinating series of discussions on the strangeness of this take on the Oresteian myth over the past several months.</p><p>Still short on time, I just want to put a couple of observations here, possibly for future elaboration.</p><p>First, our group did not find reason to agree with the dim view of Electra and Orestes that major interpreters such as Kitto and Goldhill have presented. This is not to say we didn't see certain blots, or at least curiously unprepossessing features of the siblings. </p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zdbowPAwlv4/YAH3qwEro_I/AAAAAAACjoE/wNqUnPeam801LAViG6ax92w_WLZgvQ4VQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Orestes_Elektra.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="296" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zdbowPAwlv4/YAH3qwEro_I/AAAAAAACjoE/wNqUnPeam801LAViG6ax92w_WLZgvQ4VQCLcBGAsYHQ/w237-h296/Orestes_Elektra.jpg" width="237" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Orestes and Electra</td></tr></tbody></table>Euripides clearly has set out to jostle our settled ideas about all of the major characters. Some note that Aegisthus and Clytemnestra have what appear to be positive traits unknown to Aeschylus and Sophocles, while Electra and Orestes have weak if not ignoble moments. This has led to a reading of the play as a melodrama, a kind of degenerate<i>"film noir" </i>offspring of<i> </i>properly tragic nobility. Euripides according to this view becomes a kind of psychological observer who moves from the model of divine mythos toward a close-up look (in Chuck Close detail) at the all too human tendencies of beings subject to time and misfortune.<p></p><p>While there certainly are grounds for seeing a kind of fall from the tragic sublime, it's also true that <i>Electra </i>seems to take sudden, unexpected shifts of perspective, beginning with the leap from the level of the plot to the magnificent choral lyrics, and again at the end, with the <i>deus ex machina </i>of Castor and Polydeuces.</p><p>One might look at this play as experimenting with the competing claims of high tragedy and low melodrama - as if these genres were jostling each other for dominance in tone and expressive power.</p><p>Quick note on three aspects of this curious mix:</p><p>First, the play never lets us forget that time has passed from the astonishing action of the <i>Agamemnon</i>. Instead of seeing Clytemnestra at the pinnacle of her treachery, we see her and Aegisthus as happily bourgeoisified upper middle class folks enjoying their prosperity. When confronted boldly by Electra, Clytemnestra is even willing to concede that she might have been out of line. Yet this very admission is so paltry, so inadequate, that it brings to mind the cliches about time's healing powers. Those who have seized power with violence and treachery are often doting grandparents -- people who seem to themselves to be basically good, beneficently meeting social obligations with hearty good will. In fact they are too degraded to comprehend their own reality.</p><p>Second, the psychological verisimilitude that makes Electra browbeat Clytemnestra about primping before the mirror might seem beneath a character who intends to kill her mother, but realistically suggestive of years of wasted, stunted life, feeding on a diet of hopeless drudgery.</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZZzhEjVlSsY/YAHciHwCCTI/AAAAAAACjn4/PspG25lKiWAlJMtUV2gGq97M0XltJkUbwCLcBGAsYHQ/s509/dioscuri.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="500" height="295" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZZzhEjVlSsY/YAHciHwCCTI/AAAAAAACjn4/PspG25lKiWAlJMtUV2gGq97M0XltJkUbwCLcBGAsYHQ/w289-h295/dioscuri.jpg" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dioscuri</td></tr></tbody></table><p>What's equally striking, though, is that these emotional scenes aren't the be-all of the drama. The scene when Orestes and Electra hold each other close - as the realization of what they've done in all its hideousness sinks in - would be the perfect end to a play interested in the grim psychologization of tragic figures, but in fact it's not the end. This moment of emotional truth is abruptly truncated by the appearance of the Dioscuri, who bring a totally other level of concern into the proceedings. With broad temporal awareness Castor tells each character what they must do - and does so with a divine detachment that is light years away from the intensity of the siblings' feelings. As the audience, we experience this less as a transition than as a radically discontinuous shock - not unlike the appearance of Medea in her chariot, above the human plane. </p><p>As Castor ranges over the entire Trojan War, assuring us that it was all fought in error as the real Helen was never possessed by Paris in Troy, the basic effect is to put in question a full range of readerly perspectives. <i>Electra</i> ends with no one returning home. More than these characters is displaced -- it's the possibility of "place" itself. Instead of the instantaneous impact of recognition and catharsis, we have a kind of frothy dissipation, if not decomposition. </p><p>The tragic heroes of Aeschylus and Sophocles arrive at truth that has some cosmic explanatory power. But what truth are we given by Castor? That the war that fathered the <i>Oresteia </i>was triggered by an <i>eidolon</i> of Helen? </p><p>The mutual brotherly love of the Dioscuri offers a contrasting model to that of Atreus and Thyestes. After all, Castor and Polydeuces are granted eternal life, only they are trapped in a mutual exchange of perfect symmetry: each lives thanks to the other, but never do they live in the same moment.* Electra and her brother cling together only to be irrevocably separated from each other and from Argos at the command of Castor. Does his intervention reflect cosmic order, or is it merely an arbitrary means to conclude the play?</p><p>The Dioscuri are a working model of the specular symmetry of image and reality, repeated eternally and without alteration. Their repetitive intersubstitution differs from the temporal degradation we find in Electra and other human characters. Suddenly appearing here, the Dioscuri foreground the literariness of not just this tale, but of any tale, no matter how "realistic" or "historical." Theater's powerful illusion reaches its apogee even as it jettisons its claim to authority. The shock of this decoupling is nothing like catharsis, but the loss of catharsis in this manner is nonetheless quite shocking.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">*Curiously the relation of Electra and Aegisthus is similar. She and he are never together in the play, except after his death - when she addresses him at length, berating him for his unreal sense of himself.</p>Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-88887020962627779862020-12-01T10:33:00.003-05:002020-12-01T10:36:59.884-05:00In fond memory<p>Our group lost its founder and sustaining presence on November 30, 2020. </p><p>Mussy Geer was "the heart and soul of the Classics Group in Sarasota," as one member put it. She is survived by her husband, Dren, and her loving family. We'll miss her, as we do others who left us in years past. We take the opportunity to remember them today.</p><p><i>Mussy</i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SNOBnT63ODU/X8WwaXfIoCI/AAAAAAACiZo/_D0VgxDmoAU9GqGECayHsWQX0HCpklQagCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/mussy%2Bwith%2Bdog.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SNOBnT63ODU/X8WwaXfIoCI/AAAAAAACiZo/_D0VgxDmoAU9GqGECayHsWQX0HCpklQagCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/mussy%2Bwith%2Bdog.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Shaw and Jerry Waltz</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UhyUD33FGaM/X8Qw4UvefjI/AAAAAAACiXg/1m9K6SMj2MYLFB_R2TyXIu2NR4tvqcVKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/shaw%2Bwaltz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="960" height="259" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UhyUD33FGaM/X8Qw4UvefjI/AAAAAAACiXg/1m9K6SMj2MYLFB_R2TyXIu2NR4tvqcVKgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h259/shaw%2Bwaltz.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zlbjJ3TMUR8/X8Qw4FtoVsI/AAAAAAACiXU/7ZBiRv1QKDY6ebmCY-wqVtyFQhm-yZFqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/shaw%2Bbig%2Bhat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zlbjJ3TMUR8/X8Qw4FtoVsI/AAAAAAACiXU/7ZBiRv1QKDY6ebmCY-wqVtyFQhm-yZFqgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/shaw%2Bbig%2Bhat.jpg" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><i>Jeannine Michael</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cDAXeL-Zt1c/X8Qw4TwrWeI/AAAAAAACiXY/Dbm6rmLbw2YhrYedV3DgkC01D4ebXcMWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/jeannine%2Bmichael.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cDAXeL-Zt1c/X8Qw4TwrWeI/AAAAAAACiXY/Dbm6rmLbw2YhrYedV3DgkC01D4ebXcMWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/jeannine%2Bmichael.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7GfhBnFGv6Q/X8QxrjwH-ZI/AAAAAAACiX0/gmLmLrAY_WI7fzcHOwtWhNlCyyaxZld9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_20140402_141022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7GfhBnFGv6Q/X8QxrjwH-ZI/AAAAAAACiX0/gmLmLrAY_WI7fzcHOwtWhNlCyyaxZld9wCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/IMG_20140402_141022.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Lola & Charlie Laubheim</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bpzNPnAqhaY/X8Qz_XYP6jI/AAAAAAACiYI/7Hg7qnn3KoUFJudecuH3NM0Zdo6MbUeQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/ulyssesgroup3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bpzNPnAqhaY/X8Qz_XYP6jI/AAAAAAACiYI/7Hg7qnn3KoUFJudecuH3NM0Zdo6MbUeQQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/ulyssesgroup3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">L. to r. Charlie, Shaw, Margaret Hoffman, Lucy Garcia, Lola, Jeannine, Mussy, Bloomsday 2001<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GyJG8bxZqmw/X8QzbMBZdOI/AAAAAAACiYA/VOk8jXVZp14osz_Cu7jEfktTzfkpSkP3gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/lola%2Bbday%2Bmargaret%2Bray.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GyJG8bxZqmw/X8QzbMBZdOI/AAAAAAACiYA/VOk8jXVZp14osz_Cu7jEfktTzfkpSkP3gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/lola%2Bbday%2Bmargaret%2Bray.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lola, Margaret, Ray Matienzo</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Mussy</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D1sUxNXQaHs/X8Q0_SSTTOI/AAAAAAACiYc/68n6-EP1sqg8PgEhL-3y6UmWgvmRqTrAACLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/mussy%2Blast%2Bdinner.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D1sUxNXQaHs/X8Q0_SSTTOI/AAAAAAACiYc/68n6-EP1sqg8PgEhL-3y6UmWgvmRqTrAACLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h640/mussy%2Blast%2Bdinner.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mussy and family Nov. 2020</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br />Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-52326505596417898702020-11-13T10:13:00.001-05:002020-11-13T10:13:50.542-05:00The armor of Achilles in Euripides' Electra<p>Here is the second stanza of the chorus of <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0095%3Acard%3D442" target="_blank">Euripides' <i>Electra</i></a> singing the divine delivery of Achilles' new armor:</p><p><b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph"></a></b></p><blockquote><p><b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Χορός</a></b><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*nhrh%3D%7Cdes&la=greek&can=*nhrh%3D%7Cdes0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Νηρῇδες</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=*nhrh=|des" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*eu%29boi%3Ddas&la=greek&can=*eu%29boi%3Ddas0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Εὐβοῖδας</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fkras&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fkras0&prior=*eu)boi=das" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄκρας</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=lipou%3Dsai&la=greek&can=lipou%3Dsai0&prior=a)/kras" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λιποῦσαι</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mo%2Fxqous&la=greek&can=mo%2Fxqous0&prior=lipou=sai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μόχθους</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29spista%5Cs&la=greek&can=a%29spista%5Cs0&prior=mo/xqous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀσπιστὰς</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29kmo%2Fnwn&la=greek&can=a%29kmo%2Fnwn0&prior=a)spista\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀκμόνων</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%28hfai%2Fstou&la=greek&can=*%28hfai%2Fstou0&prior=a)kmo/nwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἡφαίστου</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xruse%2Fwn&la=greek&can=xruse%2Fwn0&prior=*(hfai/stou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χρυσέων</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fferon&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fferon0&prior=xruse/wn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔφερον</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=teuxe%2Fwn&la=greek&can=teuxe%2Fwn0&prior=e)/feron" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τευχέων</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;">,</span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="english">445</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29na%2F&la=greek&can=a%29na%2F0&prior=teuxe/wn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀνά</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=a)na/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*ph%2Flion&la=greek&can=*ph%2Flion0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Πήλιον</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29na%2F&la=greek&can=a%29na%2F1&prior=*ph/lion" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀνά</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te1&prior=a)na/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pru-&la=greek&can=pru-0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρυ-</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mna%5Cs&la=greek&can=mna%5Cs0&prior=pru-" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μνὰς</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29%2Fossas&la=greek&can=*%29%2Fossas0&prior=mna\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ὄσσας</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%28era%3Ds&la=greek&can=i%28era%3Ds0&prior=*)/ossas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἱερᾶς</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=na%2Fpas&la=greek&can=na%2Fpas0&prior=i(era=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νάπας</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;">†</span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*numfai%2Fas&la=greek&can=*numfai%2Fas0&prior=na/pas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Νυμφαίας</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=skopia%5Cs&la=greek&can=skopia%5Cs0&prior=*numfai/as" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σκοπιὰς</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ko%2Fras&la=greek&can=ko%2Fras0&prior=skopia\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κόρας</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ma%2Fteus%27&la=greek&can=ma%2Fteus%270&prior=ko/ras" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μάτευσ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;">, † </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fnqa&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fnqa0&prior=ma/teus%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔνθα</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=path%5Cr&la=greek&can=path%5Cr0&prior=e)/nqa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πατὴρ</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%28ppo%2Ftas&la=greek&can=i%28ppo%2Ftas0&prior=path\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἱππότας</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tre%2Ffen&la=greek&can=tre%2Ffen0&prior=i(ppo/tas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τρέφεν</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%28ella%2Fdi&la=greek&can=*%28ella%2Fdi0&prior=tre/fen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἑλλάδι</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fw%3Ds&la=greek&can=fw%3Ds0&prior=*(ella/di" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φῶς</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="english">450</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*qe%2Ftidos&la=greek&can=*qe%2Ftidos0&prior=fw=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Θέτιδος</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29na%2Flion&la=greek&can=ei%29na%2Flion0&prior=*qe/tidos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἰνάλιον</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=go%2Fnon&la=greek&can=go%2Fnon0&prior=ei)na/lion" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γόνον</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=taxu%2Fporon&la=greek&can=taxu%2Fporon0&prior=go/non" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ταχύπορον</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Fd%27&la=greek&can=po%2Fd%270&prior=taxu/poron" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πόδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29atrei%2Fdais&la=greek&can=*%29atrei%2Fdais0&prior=po/d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἀτρείδαις</a><span style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;">.</span><br /><br /></p><p>Chorus</p><p>The Nereids, leaving Euboea's headlands, brought from Hephaestus' anvil his shield-work of golden armor, [445] up to Pelion and the glens at the foot of holy Ossa, the Nymphs' watch-tower . . . where his father, the horseman, was training the son of Thetis as a light for Hellas, [450] sea-born, swift-footed for the sons of Atreus.</p></blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Comment:</p><p>Euripides' chorus sings of Achilles being educated by Chiron atop Mt. Pelion - a richly suggestive setting. </p><p>It was on this mountain, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelion#Mythology" target="_blank">named after Achilles' father, Peleus</a>, that the wedding of Peleus and Thetis took place, and Eris tossed the fateful apple into the party, generating the Trojan War.</p><p>It was also here that Otos and Ephialtes, the giant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloadae" target="_blank">Aloadae</a>, piled Pelion upon Ossa in their effort to conquer Olympus. Their story involves the kidnapping of Ares, the unprecedented offer of sex from Artemis, and other remarkable moments of divine trickery before the Olympians could prevail.</p><p>Below: </p><p>A fresco from Pompeii shows an earlier moment: Thetis comes to Hephaestus to gather the shield and armor for her son:</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q2K_gvoq2Lo/X66bQ-ZILjI/AAAAAAACh-k/940dO7CarPwisbKADH9OQolKg48Szw2nACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/thetis%2Bhephaestus.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1847" height="580" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q2K_gvoq2Lo/X66bQ-ZILjI/AAAAAAACh-k/940dO7CarPwisbKADH9OQolKg48Szw2nACLcBGAsYHQ/w524-h580/thetis%2Bhephaestus.jpeg" width="524" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thetis comes to Hephaestus<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /><br /> </p>Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-85346940121334607052020-10-25T12:54:00.005-04:002020-10-25T14:10:16.092-04:00Commonplace books, modes of reading, collecting, compiling<p>From a <a href="https://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/presidential-addresses/anthony-grafton" target="_blank">marvelous but very long article by Anthony Grafton</a></p><p><i>Omnium Rerum Vicissitudo.</i>” Poverty, he explained, created Lowliness, and that, in turn, Peace. Thanks to Peace, Traffick (or trade) increased, and created Wealth. But Wealth instilled Pride, which led to War and then back to Poverty. - Pastorius, <i>Bee-Hive</i>, a commonplace book.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MoXOEv936Uw/X5W8SKZFZFI/AAAAAAAChnk/x1WmWQ-XjPQbR0RHsPNZSE8WbyDF5DMZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/Graftonfigure1.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MoXOEv936Uw/X5W8SKZFZFI/AAAAAAAChnk/x1WmWQ-XjPQbR0RHsPNZSE8WbyDF5DMZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Graftonfigure1.gif" /></a></div><p>Grafton's piece, <i>The Republic of Letters in the American Colonies: Francis Daniel Pastorius Makes a Notebook </i>focuses on a polymath German who, drawn to the Quaker life, moved to Pennsylvania in the 17th century, bringing with him the habits and learning of Humanist Europe.. . . </p><p>Pastorius was an eminently practical man. He founded Germantown, drew up its legal codes, compiled its register of properties, and served the settlement in several legal and political capacities.. . . </p><p>The decades around 1700, after all, witnessed a renewed globalization of European intellectual life. Citizens of the Republic of Letters carried out religious and scientific missions around the world. Both they and their informants also held positions in embassies, trading posts, and factories. Letters flew among them, and so did data and material objects. Astronomical observations and medical simples, botanical images and geological specimens moved around the world, from colony to metropole and colony to colony. Their massed power smashed traditional ways of understanding both the natural and the human world.. . .</p><p>As one might expect, methods of compilation interested these men greatly. Vincentius Placcius (1642–1699), professor of rhetoric at Hamburg, published an extensive manual on making notes in 1689. This included the first publication of a design for a <i>scrinium litteratum</i> or note closet—a piece of study furniture equipped with hooks on which the reader could fix and arrange excerpts on thousands of slips of paper.. . . </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VAcCYWqt7A8/X5WtDkwPWiI/AAAAAAAChnY/hrgFMQh1R8sDNyM58korSevaTXP6_HWjACLcBGAsYHQ/s322/scrinium%2Blitteratum.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="322" height="258" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VAcCYWqt7A8/X5WtDkwPWiI/AAAAAAAChnY/hrgFMQh1R8sDNyM58korSevaTXP6_HWjACLcBGAsYHQ/w450-h258/scrinium%2Blitteratum.jpg" width="450" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Scrinia litteratum<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Final paragraph:</p><p>Historians of information and its regimes have tended to look for ruptures—points where one regime succeeds another. European historians have emphasized the tremendous changes that took place in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as colonies and trading centers transmitted objects and observations both to Europe and to one another; as vernaculars replaced Latin even in traditional book markets such as the German; and as an empirical model of knowledge production gradually replaced a bookish one. These histories accurately describe the larger climatic systems that showered information on European and colonial readers in the decades around 1700. But there were microclimates as well—or, to use the terminology created by Peter Burke, multiple impure information regimes, in which older techniques served new ends, and refluxes of traditional material entered the global circulation system. Pastorius and his friends created one such regime—and used its tools, creatively and effectively, to build a local version of Enlightenment rooted not only in local empiricism and discovery, but also in cosmopolitan erudition and tradition. Information cultures unfold, and coil, and interfere with one another. </p><p><br /></p>Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-24619700880089740612020-10-07T21:30:00.003-04:002020-10-07T21:36:58.866-04:00The Iliad seen by Tischbein<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gzXbr0AGTnQ/X35rN4JWTSI/AAAAAAAChEY/m3SknpxWdoM6JFtKTMSjVRTA5of0d5yYACLcBGAsYHQ/s960/homeric%2Bheroes.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="960" height="230" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gzXbr0AGTnQ/X35rN4JWTSI/AAAAAAAChEY/m3SknpxWdoM6JFtKTMSjVRTA5of0d5yYACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h230/homeric%2Bheroes.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Greek heroes from the Iliad by Tischbein, from left to right </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>-Menelaus, Paris, Diomedes, Odysseus, Nestor, Achilles and Agamemnon.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">vis <a href="https://twitter.com/archaeologyart" target="_blank">Archaeology and Art</a></span></div>Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-60052003720903799372020-07-22T08:34:00.002-04:002020-10-07T21:40:19.809-04:00Live from Epidaurus: The Persians<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"The Persians" by Aeschylus Live from Epidaurus:<br />
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For the first time ever a live ancient Greek drama performance will be streamed globally from the ancient theater of Epidaurus. 🎭<br />
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As countries around the world are still exploring ways to restart theater in the post- COVID era, and as most festivals across Europe have been unfortunately canceled this year, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival will still take place, albeit in a condensed form, titled "Fragment," adhering to the strictest safety measures.<br />
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The play is in Greek with English subtitles and lasts approximately 90 minutes.<br />
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It will be streamed through <a href="https://www.livefromepidaurus.gr/" target="_blank">https://www.livefromepidaurus.gr/ </a>and will also be available at the websites of the National Theatre of Greece, the Athens and Epidaurus Festival and the Ministry of Culture and Sports, as well as the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/NationalTheatreofGreece/videos" target="_blank">National Theatre of Greece’s YouTube channe</a>l.<br />
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Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-16183266612476643812020-06-10T15:16:00.000-04:002020-06-10T16:38:30.392-04:00Notes on Persuasion in Eumenides<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apulian" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Apulian">Apulian</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-figure_pottery" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Red-figure pottery">red-figure</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif;"> bell-krater, 380–370 BC.</span></span></td></tr>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-path-of-good-speech.html" target="_blank">The path of good speech</a></span> </li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/2020/05/precarious-odyssey.html" target="_blank">Precarious Odyssey: Apollo vs. Athena in the Oresteia</a></span> </li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/2020/05/what-are-you-doing-failed-scene-of.html" target="_blank">What are you doing? A failed scene of persuasion in Eumenides</a></span> </li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-furies-in-hot-pursuit-of-orestes.html" target="_blank">There will be blood: Vengeance beforehand</a></span> </li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/2020/05/irresistible-athena-meets-immovable.html" target="_blank">Irresistible Athena meets Immovable Furies</a></span> </li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-whole-fashion-of-your-form.html" target="_blank">"The whole fashion of your form"</a></span> </li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/2020/05/prosaic-peripeteia-how-could-aeschylus.html" target="_blank">Prosaic Peripeteia: How could Aeschylus be so undramatic?</a></span></li>
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The scope and object of the <i>Oresteia</i> is simply huge. Prior to Dante's <i>Commedia</i>, perhaps no other literary work sounded the matter of Justice to such depths. Its relevance to the survival of the <i>polis </i>in ancient Greece and its occurrence in aftertimes is unending.<br />
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From the beginning of <i>Eumenides</i>, Orestes is in crisis:<br />
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<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*puqia%2Fs&la=greek&can=*puqia%2Fs1&prior=*puqia/s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Πυθιάς</a></b><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29gw%5C&la=greek&can=e%29gw%5C0&prior=ou)=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐγὼ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%5Cn&la=greek&can=me%5Cn1&prior=e)gw\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28%2Frpw&la=greek&can=e%28%2Frpw0&prior=me\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἕρπω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs0&prior=e(/rpw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=polustefh%3D&la=greek&can=polustefh%3D0&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πολυστεφῆ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=muxo%2Fn&la=greek&can=muxo%2Fn0&prior=polustefh=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μυχόν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">40</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28rw%3D&la=greek&can=o%28rw%3D0&prior=muxo/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁρῶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%271&prior=o(rw=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29p%27&la=greek&can=e%29p%270&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29mfalw%3D%7C&la=greek&can=o%29mfalw%3D%7C0&prior=e)p%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὀμφαλῷ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%5Cn&la=greek&can=me%5Cn2&prior=o)mfalw=|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fndra&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fndra0&prior=me\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄνδρα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeomush%3D&la=greek&can=qeomush%3D0&prior=a)/ndra" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεομυσῆ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28%2Fdran&la=greek&can=e%28%2Fdran0&prior=qeomush=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἕδραν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fxonta&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fxonta0&prior=e(/dran" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔχοντα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=prostro%2Fpaion&la=greek&can=prostro%2Fpaion0&prior=e)/xonta" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">προστρόπαιον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%28%2Fmati&la=greek&can=ai%28%2Fmati0&prior=prostro/paion" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἵματι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sta%2Fzonta&la=greek&can=sta%2Fzonta0&prior=ai(/mati" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">στάζοντα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xei%3Dras&la=greek&can=xei%3Dras0&prior=sta/zonta" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χεῖρας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=xei=ras" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=neospade%5Cs&la=greek&can=neospade%5Cs0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νεοσπαδὲς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ci%2Ffos&la=greek&can=ci%2Ffos0&prior=neospade\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ξίφος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fxont%27&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fxont%270&prior=ci/fos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔχοντ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29lai%2Fas&la=greek&can=e%29lai%2Fas0&prior=e)/xont%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐλαίας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=q%27&la=greek&can=q%270&prior=e)lai/as" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28yige%2Fnnhton&la=greek&can=u%28yige%2Fnnhton0&prior=q%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑψιγέννητον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kla%2Fdon&la=greek&can=kla%2Fdon0&prior=u(yige/nnhton" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κλάδον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=lh%2Fnei&la=greek&can=lh%2Fnei0&prior=kla/don" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λήνει</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=megi%2Fstw%7C&la=greek&can=megi%2Fstw%7C0&prior=lh/nei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μεγίστῳ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=swfro%2Fnws&la=greek&can=swfro%2Fnws0&prior=megi/stw|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σωφρόνως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29stemme%2Fnon&la=greek&can=e%29stemme%2Fnon0&prior=swfro/nws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐστεμμένον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">45</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29rgh%3Dti&la=greek&can=a%29rgh%3Dti0&prior=e)stemme/non" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀργῆτι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mallw%3D%7C&la=greek&can=mallw%3D%7C0&prior=a)rgh=ti" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μαλλῷ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">: </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3D%7Cde&la=greek&can=th%3D%7Cde0&prior=mallw=|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῇδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr1&prior=th=|de" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tranw%3Ds&la=greek&can=tranw%3Ds0&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τρανῶς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29rw%3D&la=greek&can=e%29rw%3D0&prior=tranw=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐρῶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<b>Pythia, Priestess of Apollo</b></blockquote>
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<i>I was on my way to the inner shrine, decked with wreaths; I saw on the center-stone a man defiled in the eyes of the gods, [40] occupying the seat of suppliants. His hands were dripping blood; he held a sword just drawn and an olive-branch, from the top of the tree, decorously crowned with a large tuft of wool, a shining fleece; for as to this I can speak clearly. [45]</i></blockquote>
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In this frozen image, Orestes sits at the fulcrum of the Earth. A suppliant at the Omphalos, he holds the sword with which he killed his mother in one hand, and a "high-born" olive branch wrapped in a shining tuft of wool in the other.<br />
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Orestes has come at the direction of Apollo; the hideous Erinyes sit sleeping a few feet away. They are at the Earth's center. How will this portentous balance tip? More than just one mortal's fate clearly is at stake here.<br />
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In describing the Furies, the priestess of Apollo speaks of their resemblance to the Harpies she once saw in an image that depicted the filthy bird/women afflicting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineus" target="_blank">Phineus</a>. As tempting as it is to explore this allusion in detail (all allusions in Aeschylus fascinate), suffice to say Phineus' tale is another royal house horror show. Thanks to his second wife's lies, he either blinds, entombs, or has his two sons killed; he in turn is blinded and daily endures the Harpies' despoliation of his food.<br />
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The priestess's description of the Erinyes smacks of Apollonian taste. Unlike the winged Harpies,<br />
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<i>these are wingless in appearance, black, altogether disgusting (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%3Dn&la=greek&can=pa%3Dn0&prior=to\">πᾶν</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bdelu%2Fktropoi&la=greek&can=bdelu%2Fktropoi0&prior=pa=n">βδελύκτροποι</a>); they snore with repulsive breaths, they drip from their eyes hateful drops; their attire is not fit to bring either before the statues of the gods or into the homes of men. [55]</i></blockquote>
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The word Smyth translates as "disgusting" is <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bdelu%2Fktropoi&la=greek&can=bdelu%2Fktropoi0&prior=pa=n">βδελύκτροποι</a> -- it's more a "turning into a loathing for food" - Sommerstein has "nauseating." Thyestian echoes abound.<br />
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Treacherous husbands and wives lead to destroyed children -- such tales might lead us to question the sustainability of the <i>oikos. </i>Whatever may be the case with the Harpies, the Erinyes, however nauseating, are not "evil." They do the dirty work of vengeance in a world populated by autocratic Houses that owe allegiance to no one, unless they happen to believe in the gods.<br />
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If Orestes on first view appears torn between nauseous vengeance and a high born peace, this is not new. Royal houses are scenes of horrific actions and reactions arising from the capacity of humans to err. For the Greeks, humans have godlike minds and lizard spines -- split natures that make for great stories, but no universal power of Evil is at work. Neither Satan nor Calvin is on offer here.<br />
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At the end of the <i>Oresteia,</i> the women, children and Furies of Athens dance out of the theater (on the path of good speech) to the Areopagus. There, where Amazons once nearly took down Theseus and his city, the Erinyes will dwell at a glowing hearth within Ares' rock. The fulcrum of the play's opening has now tipped toward the olive branch.<br />
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Is there something further the play tells us about how this portentous turn takes place? Are we persuaded that we understand what Athena means by Persuasion?<br />
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I'm not sure. Here's a strictly hypothetical stab at it:<br />
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The structure of <i>Eumenides</i> is designed to go beyond logic, reasoned argument, silky rhetoric and legal citation. The institution of Justice only works if all parties -- including the agents of vengeance -- accept something more basic than Reason. To accept, they must understand the power to choose; to reach that understanding, they first must have standing.<br />
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One way to look at it: Orestes stands between bloody vengeance and the olive. But it's not about his turning from one to the other -- it's about a turning of vengeance and the olive until they are both on the same side of Orestes.<br />
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This re-positioning, or superpositioning of Furies and Citizens, gives them each the power to choose.<br />
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For Aeschylus, Persuasion can occur suddenly and wholly, changing the world. <i>Peithous </i>makes that which is unlike what one believes into the reality one cannot disbelieve.<br />
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The play's skein of images involving dreaming and waking, image and reality, figure and substance present the performative effect of Persuasion in phenomenal terms.<br />
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The first moment we "see" the Furies comes through the eyes of the Priestess: even asleep they're hideous. Then the former Queen of Argus tries to wake them to avenge her murder, but she herself is part of the dream, and vanishes in their awakening. Clytemnestra has no "standing" outside of the dream she is desperate to disrupt.<br />
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When Athena arrives at her temple and sees the Furies and Orestes, she notices the suppliant holding the hallowed wooden image of herself. She compares him to Ixion (the text is unclear as to whether Athena says the young man is like Ixion, or unlike him, but it's moot here).<br />
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The allusion is to a notorious suppliant driven insane after murdering his father in law. Ixion came to Zeus and was purified. In gratitude he sought to cuckold the Father of Gods and Men, but Zeus saw him coming a mile away. The scapegrace bedded a cloud that looked like Hera, and begat the race of Centaurs, the Ixionidae. Then he got affixed to his ever-turning wheel.<br />
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Regardless of what Athena meant by her Ixion reference, what matters is that Orestes goes from holding a wooden image to addressing the goddess. Where Clytemnestra dwindled from murderous Queen to dream image, the statue her murderer clings to brings Athena, who helps restore him to a lordly life.<br />
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Clytemnestra is a signifier within a system of signifiers, a dream. Athena, coming from outside, is the substantial referent of the wooden signifier. Their totally different standings lead to distinctly contrary outcomes of their efforts at persuasion. One instantly vanishes; the other achieves the crucial persuasive act that resolves the crisis of <i>Eumenides. </i><br />
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One would expect Athena's decisive act of persuasion would bear the hallmarks of an unforgettable oration worthy of St. Crispin's Day. Yet as we have seen, the prose exchange in which Athena and the Furies work out their deal stands out precisely for its flat style, spliced between the high strains of tragic <i>kommos</i> that precede and follow.<br />
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Within the genre of tragic verse, to sound like "everyday" is to sound like how people talk when they are not in a play -- the vernacular of now. This "modern" scene in the <i>Oresteia</i> is not something that happens as a sequel to an archaic "before." Rather, consonant with its root sense, modern now means "now," when '"now"' is any moment not under the theatrical spell of the archaic.<br />
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Think of the citizen assembly. It's not some enchanted event set to rhythm and sung -- it's the ordinary speech of the process of democracy. Yet, says Athena,<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ll%27&la=greek&can=a%29ll%270&prior=a)panhname/nas">ἀλλ᾽</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29kra%2Fthse&la=greek&can=e%29kra%2Fthse0&prior=a)ll%27">ἐκράτησε</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*zeu%5Cs&la=greek&can=*zeu%5Cs0&prior=e)kra/thse">Ζεὺς</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29gorai%3Dos&la=greek&can=a%29gorai%3Dos0&prior=*zeu\s">ἀγοραῖος</a>: (973)<br />
<br />
<i>but Zeus of the assembly has prevailed.</i></blockquote>
<br />
Consider the issue between Athena and the Furies as posing a choice of genre -- do we stay in the archaic song of automated blood vengeance, or leave it behind?To leave is to wake into the now of modernity. It may happen in an instant, and in fact does so when <i>Eumenides</i> suddenly drops from the <i>sturm und drang</i> of its heightened <i>kommos</i> to the prose parley of Athena and the Furies.<br />
<br />
Beginning with line 881 the entire play steps out of its powerful rhythms, emotions and furious mythic violence into prosaic modernity and negotiated choices. (More on that scene <a href="https://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/2020/05/dancing-with-furies-persuasion-of.html" target="_blank">here</a>.)<br />
<br />
When Athena expresses gratitude to Persuasion (whether goddess or facility of language), she says:<br />
<i><br /></i>
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ste%2Frgw&la=greek&can=ste%2Frgw0&prior=ga/numai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">στέργω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=ste/rgw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Fmmata&la=greek&can=o%29%2Fmmata0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὄμματα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*peiqou%3Ds&la=greek&can=*peiqou%3Ds0&prior=o)/mmata" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Πειθοῦς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28%2Fti&la=greek&can=o%28%2Fti0&prior=*peiqou=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὅτι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=moi&la=greek&can=moi0&prior=o(/ti" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glw%3Dssan&la=greek&can=glw%3Dssan0&prior=moi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γλῶσσαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=glw=ssan" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sto%2Fm%27&la=greek&can=sto%2Fm%270&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">στόμ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pwpa%3D%7C&la=greek&can=e%29pwpa%3D%7C0&prior=sto/m%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπωπᾷ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs0&prior=e)pwpa=|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fsd%27&la=greek&can=ta%2Fsd%270&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάσδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29gri%2Fws&la=greek&can=a%29gri%2Fws0&prior=ta/sd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀγρίως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29panhname%2Fnas&la=greek&can=a%29panhname%2Fnas0&prior=a)gri/ws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπανηναμένας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>I am grateful to Persuasion, that her eyes kept watch over my tongue and mouth, when I encountered their fierce rejections. (Eum. 970-72)</i></blockquote>
<br />
Thanks to watchful Persuasion, the goddess chooses civil forebearance.There is no coercion of divine power, no magic spell, no shock associated with peripeteia, yet there is no question her momentous equanimity turns into the decisive act of <i>Eumenides</i>. It doesn't seem irresponsible to define what she achieves here as a de-theatricalization of the tragic sublime. The choice is no longer Bloody Sword or Olive Branch -- one chooses the new complex entity comprised of both.<br />
<br />
The Furies sing:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%2Fcomai&la=greek&can=de%2Fcomai0&prior=*xoro/s">δέξομαι</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*palla%2Fdos&la=greek&can=*palla%2Fdos0&prior=de/comai">Παλλάδος</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=cunoiki%2Fan&la=greek&can=cunoiki%2Fan0&prior=*palla/dos">ξυνοικίαν</a></i> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>I will join the house of Pallas (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0005%3Acard%3D916" target="_blank">Eum. 916)</a>,</i></blockquote>
The "house of Pallas" now is altogether different from the archaic <i>oikos</i>. To the extent her citizens model wisdom, the goddess of the play and the people of the House of Pallas coincide. Erasing the "fourth wall," the sign we name the <i>Oresteia</i> points beyond itself to the <i>polis, </i>godlike so long as it can be<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kerdw%3Dn&la=greek&can=kerdw%3Dn0&prior=to/pois">κερδῶν</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fqikton&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fqikton0&prior=kerdw=n">ἄθικτον</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%3Dto&la=greek&can=tou%3Dto1&prior=a)/qikton">τοῦτο</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bouleuth%2Frion&la=greek&can=bouleuth%2Frion1&prior=tou=to">βουλευτήριον</a>,<br />
<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29doi%3Don&la=greek&can=ai%29doi%3Don0&prior=bouleuth/rion">αἰδοῖον</a>, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29cu%2Fqumon&la=greek&can=o%29cu%2Fqumon0&prior=ai)doi=on">ὀξύθυμον</a>, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%28do%2Fntwn&la=greek&can=eu%28do%2Fntwn0&prior=o)cu/qumon">εὑδόντων</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28%2Fper&la=greek&can=u%28%2Fper0&prior=eu(do/ntwn">ὕπερ</a><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29grhgoro%5Cs&la=greek&can=e%29grhgoro%5Cs0&prior=u(/per">ἐγρηγορὸς</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=frou%2Frhma&la=greek&can=frou%2Frhma0&prior=e)grhgoro%5Cs">φρούρημα</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gh%3Ds&la=greek&can=gh%3Ds0&prior=frou/rhma">γῆς</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kaqi%2Fstamai&la=greek&can=kaqi%2Fstamai0&prior=gh=s">καθίσταμαι</a>.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>. . . untouched by greed, worthy of reverence, quick to anger, awake on behalf of those who sleep, a guardian of the land. (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0005%3Acard%3D674" target="_blank">Eum. 704-06</a>)</i></blockquote>
Together the <i>Oresteia's</i> cast and audience pour joyously into the streets of everyday Athens. Their eyes turn to regard the face of the fury.<br />
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<i>Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. </i>James Baldwin.<i>⠀</i></blockquote>
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Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-8376944434640024792020-06-07T15:41:00.002-04:002020-06-09T08:08:24.628-04:00Clytemnestra vs. Athena: Two peripeteias in the Oresteia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The peripeteia of <i>Eumenides</i> has at least two remarkable features. First, Athena's "act" involves none of the archaic acts of vengeance that are the stuff of tragedy -- no banishing, cursing, death or bloody stroke of violence resolves the tension. Second, the brief scene of Persuasion is notable for its stylistic plainness, unmarked by the rhythms and myth-borne intensities of other portions of the trilogy.<br />
<br />
The formal plainness suits the work modeled by Athena -- no axes are wielded in reaching a new definition of Dike and of the <i>polis</i> itself, though these new signifieds will yield revolutionary changes.<br />
<br />
Before examining these features of Athena's work, let's compare her peripeteia with that of Athena's "other" in the <i>Oresteia</i>, Clytemnestra.<br />
<br />
In her moment of triumph, the Queen discloses the bodies of Agamemnon and Cassandra whom she has just killed secretly in the <i>oikos</i>. She then publicly proclaims that her warm reception of the king was all an act, a necessary and well played fiction:<br />
<br />
<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*klutaimh%2Fstra&la=greek&can=*klutaimh%2Fstra0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Κλυταιμήστρα</a></b><br />
<br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pollw%3Dn&la=greek&can=pollw%3Dn0&prior=*klutaimh/stra" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πολλῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Froiqen&la=greek&can=pa%2Froiqen0&prior=pollw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάροιθεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kairi%2Fws&la=greek&can=kairi%2Fws0&prior=pa/roiqen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καιρίως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29rhme%2Fnwn&la=greek&can=ei%29rhme%2Fnwn0&prior=kairi/ws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἰρημένων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%29nanti%2F%27&la=greek&can=ta%29nanti%2F%270&prior=ei)rhme/nwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τἀναντί᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29pei%3Dn&la=greek&can=ei%29pei%3Dn0&prior=ta)nanti/%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἰπεῖν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29k&la=greek&can=ou%29k0&prior=ei)pei=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐκ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29paisxunqh%2Fsomai&la=greek&can=e%29paisxunqh%2Fsomai0&prior=ou)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπαισχυνθήσομαι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pw%3Ds&la=greek&can=pw%3Ds0&prior=e)paisxunqh/somai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πῶς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%2Fr&la=greek&can=ga%2Fr0&prior=pw=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γάρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tis&la=greek&can=tis0&prior=ga/r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29xqroi%3Ds&la=greek&can=e%29xqroi%3Ds0&prior=tis" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐχθροῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29xqra%5C&la=greek&can=e%29xqra%5C0&prior=e)xqroi=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐχθρὰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=porsu%2Fnwn&la=greek&can=porsu%2Fnwn0&prior=e)xqra\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πορσύνων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fi%2Flois&la=greek&can=fi%2Flois0&prior=porsu/nwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φίλοις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">1375</span></span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dokou%3Dsin&la=greek&can=dokou%3Dsin0&prior=fi/lois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δοκοῦσιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29%3Dnai&la=greek&can=ei%29%3Dnai0&prior=dokou=sin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἶναι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=phmonh%3Ds&la=greek&can=phmonh%3Ds0&prior=ei)=nai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πημονῆς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29rku%2Fstat%27&la=greek&can=a%29rku%2Fstat%270&prior=phmonh=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀρκύστατ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%5Cn&la=greek&can=a%29%5Cn0&prior=a)rku/stat%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἂν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fra%2Fceien&la=greek&can=fra%2Fceien0&prior=a)\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φράξειεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28%2Fyos&la=greek&can=u%28%2Fyos0&prior=fra/ceien" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὕψος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=krei%3Dsson&la=greek&can=krei%3Dsson0&prior=u(/yos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κρεῖσσον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29kphdh%2Fmatos&la=greek&can=e%29kphdh%2Fmatos0&prior=krei=sson" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκπηδήματος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">;</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29moi%5C&la=greek&can=e%29moi%5C0&prior=e)kphdh/matos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμοὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=e)moi\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29gw%5Cn&la=greek&can=a%29gw%5Cn0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀγὼν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28%2Fd%27&la=greek&can=o%28%2Fd%270&prior=a)gw\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὅδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29k&la=greek&can=ou%29k1&prior=o(/d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐκ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29fro%2Fntistos&la=greek&can=a%29fro%2Fntistos0&prior=ou)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀφρόντιστος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Flai&la=greek&can=pa%2Flai0&prior=a)fro/ntistos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάλαι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=nei%2Fkhs&la=greek&can=nei%2Fkhs0&prior=pa/lai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νείκης</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=palaia%3Ds&la=greek&can=palaia%3Ds0&prior=nei/khs" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παλαιᾶς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%3Dlqe&la=greek&can=h%29%3Dlqe0&prior=palaia=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἦλθε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=su%5Cn&la=greek&can=su%5Cn0&prior=h)=lqe" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σὺν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xro%2Fnw%7C&la=greek&can=xro%2Fnw%7C0&prior=su\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χρόνῳ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ge&la=greek&can=ge0&prior=xro/nw|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%2Fn&la=greek&can=mh%2Fn0&prior=ge" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μήν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28%2Fsthka&la=greek&can=e%28%2Fsthka0&prior=mh/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἕστηκα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%271&prior=e(/sthka" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fnq%27&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fnq%270&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔνθ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fpais%27&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fpais%270&prior=e)/nq%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔπαισ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29p%27&la=greek&can=e%29p%270&prior=e)/pais%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29ceirgasme%2Fnois&la=greek&can=e%29ceirgasme%2Fnois0&prior=e)p%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐξειργασμένοις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">1380</span></span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%28%2Ftw&la=greek&can=ou%28%2Ftw0&prior=e)ceirgasme/nois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὕτω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%272&prior=ou(/tw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fpraca&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fpraca0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔπραξα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=e)/praca" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fd%27&la=greek&can=ta%2Fd%270&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29k&la=greek&can=ou%29k2&prior=ta/d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐκ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29rnh%2Fsomai&la=greek&can=a%29rnh%2Fsomai0&prior=ou)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀρνήσομαι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><b>Clytaemestra</b></i><i><br /></i><i>Much have I said before to serve my need and I shall feel no shame to contradict it now. For how else could one, devising hate against a hated foe [1375] who bears the semblance of a friend, fence the snares of ruin too high to be overleaped? This is the contest of an ancient feud, pondered by me of old, and it has come, however long delayed.</i><i>I stand where I dealt the blow; my purpose is achieved. [1380] </i><i>Thus have I done the deed; deny it I will not. </i></blockquote>
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"To serve my need" is <a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kairi%2Fws&la=greek&can=kairi%2Fws0&prior=pa/roiqen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καιρίως</a> - the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kairos" target="_blank">kairotic moment</a>, knowing and using it to make the most of the opportunity. It is not something one controls - one seizes it when it comes.<br />
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The "feud" was ancient; the Queen waited. As she describes how she bound the naked king and struck him with her ax three times, clearly she feels she now possesses his power. She glories in the deed:<br />
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<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*klutaimh%2Fstra&la=greek&can=*klutaimh%2Fstra0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Κλυταιμήστρα</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28s&la=greek&can=w%28s0&prior=a)rnh/somai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὡς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%2Fte&la=greek&can=mh%2Fte0&prior=w(s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μήτε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=feu%2Fgein&la=greek&can=feu%2Fgein0&prior=mh/te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φεύγειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%2Ft%27&la=greek&can=mh%2Ft%270&prior=feu/gein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μήτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29mu%2Fnesqai&la=greek&can=a%29mu%2Fnesqai0&prior=mh/t%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀμύνεσθαι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mo%2Fron&la=greek&can=mo%2Fron0&prior=a)mu/nesqai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μόρον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fpeiron&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fpeiron0&prior=mo/ron" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄπειρον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29mfi%2Fblhstron&la=greek&can=a%29mfi%2Fblhstron0&prior=a)/peiron" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀμφίβληστρον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28%2Fsper&la=greek&can=w%28%2Fsper0&prior=a)mfi/blhstron" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὥσπερ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%29xqu%2Fwn&la=greek&can=i%29xqu%2Fwn0&prior=w(/sper" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἰχθύων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=peristixi%2Fzw&la=greek&can=peristixi%2Fzw0&prior=i)xqu/wn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">περιστιχίζω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=plou%3Dton&la=greek&can=plou%3Dton0&prior=peristixi/zw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πλοῦτον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%28%2Fmatos&la=greek&can=ei%28%2Fmatos0&prior=plou=ton" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἵματος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kako%2Fn&la=greek&can=kako%2Fn0&prior=ei(/matos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κακόν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pai%2Fw&la=greek&can=pai%2Fw0&prior=kako/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παίω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%2F&la=greek&can=de%2F0&prior=pai/w" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δέ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=nin&la=greek&can=nin0&prior=de/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=di%2Fs&la=greek&can=di%2Fs0&prior=nin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δίς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">: </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%29n&la=greek&can=ka%29n0&prior=di/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κἀν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=duoi%3Dn&la=greek&can=duoi%3Dn0&prior=ka)n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δυοῖν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=oi%29mwgma%2Ftoin&la=greek&can=oi%29mwgma%2Ftoin0&prior=duoi=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οἰμωγμάτοιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">1385</span></span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=meqh%3Dken&la=greek&can=meqh%3Dken0&prior=oi)mwgma/toin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μεθῆκεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=au%28tou%3D&la=greek&can=au%28tou%3D0&prior=meqh=ken" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αὑτοῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kw%3Dla&la=greek&can=kw%3Dla0&prior=au(tou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κῶλα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">: </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C1&prior=kw=la" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=peptwko%2Fti&la=greek&can=peptwko%2Fti0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πεπτωκότι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tri%2Fthn&la=greek&can=tri%2Fthn0&prior=peptwko/ti" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τρίτην</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pendi%2Fdwmi&la=greek&can=e%29pendi%2Fdwmi0&prior=tri/thn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπενδίδωμι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%3D&la=greek&can=tou%3D0&prior=e)pendi/dwmi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kata%5C&la=greek&can=kata%5C0&prior=tou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κατὰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqono%5Cs&la=greek&can=xqono%5Cs0&prior=kata\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθονὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*dio%5Cs&la=greek&can=*dio%5Cs0&prior=xqono\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Διὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=nekrw%3Dn&la=greek&can=nekrw%3Dn0&prior=*dio\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νεκρῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=swth%3Dros&la=greek&can=swth%3Dros0&prior=nekrw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σωτῆρος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29ktai%2Fan&la=greek&can=eu%29ktai%2Fan0&prior=swth=ros" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὐκταίαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xa%2Frin&la=greek&can=xa%2Frin0&prior=eu)ktai/an" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χάριν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%28%2Ftw&la=greek&can=ou%28%2Ftw1&prior=xa/rin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὕτω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5Cn&la=greek&can=to%5Cn0&prior=ou(/tw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=au%28tou%3D&la=greek&can=au%28tou%3D1&prior=to\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αὑτοῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qumo%5Cn&la=greek&can=qumo%5Cn0&prior=au(tou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θυμὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28rmai%2Fnei&la=greek&can=o%28rmai%2Fnei0&prior=qumo\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁρμαίνει</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pesw%2Fn&la=greek&can=pesw%2Fn0&prior=o(rmai/nei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πεσών</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%29kfusiw%3Dn&la=greek&can=ka%29kfusiw%3Dn0&prior=pesw/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κἀκφυσιῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29cei%3Dan&la=greek&can=o%29cei%3Dan0&prior=ka)kfusiw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὀξεῖαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%28%2Fmatos&la=greek&can=ai%28%2Fmatos0&prior=o)cei=an" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἵματος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sfagh%5Cn&la=greek&can=sfagh%5Cn0&prior=ai(/matos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σφαγὴν</a><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><b> Clytaemnestra</b></i></blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>Round him, as if to catch a haul of fish, I cast an impassable net—fatal wealth of robe—so that he should neither escape nor ward off doom. Twice I struck him, and with two groans [1385] his limbs relaxed. Once he had fallen, I dealt him yet a third stroke to grace my prayer to the infernal Zeus, the savior of the dead. Fallen thus, he gasped away his life, and as he breathed forth quick spurts of blood, [1390]</i></blockquote>
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Her narrative of the murder vividly acts it out. It's as if now that she has usurped Agamemnon, Clytemnestra is able to say -- to signify -- anything she wishes, likely expecting the citizens to applaud her performance for its theatrical effects.<br />
<br />
The <i>coup de grace</i> brings an extraordinary simile comparing Agamemnon's blood striking her to Zeus-sent raindrops that rejoice the birthpangs of flower buds (or husks of corn):<br />
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<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*klutaimh%2Fstra&la=greek&can=*klutaimh%2Fstra0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Κλυταιμήστρα</a></b><br />
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<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">1390</span></span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ba%2Fllei&la=greek&can=ba%2Fllei0&prior=sfagh\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βάλλει</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=m%27&la=greek&can=m%270&prior=ba/llei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29remnh%3D%7C&la=greek&can=e%29remnh%3D%7C0&prior=m%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐρεμνῇ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=yaka%2Fdi&la=greek&can=yaka%2Fdi0&prior=e)remnh=|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ψακάδι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=foini%2Fas&la=greek&can=foini%2Fas0&prior=yaka/di" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φοινίας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dro%2Fsou&la=greek&can=dro%2Fsou0&prior=foini/as" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δρόσου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Frousan&la=greek&can=xai%2Frousan0&prior=dro/sou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χαίρουσαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29de%5Cn&la=greek&can=ou%29de%5Cn0&prior=xai/rousan" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐδὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%28%3Dsson&la=greek&can=h%28%3Dsson0&prior=ou)de\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἧσσον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%5C&la=greek&can=h%29%5C0&prior=h(=sson" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἢ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=diosdo%2Ftw%7C&la=greek&can=diosdo%2Ftw%7C0&prior=h)\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">διοσδότῳ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%2Fnei&la=greek&can=ga%2Fnei0&prior=diosdo/tw|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γάνει</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sporhto%5Cs&la=greek&can=sporhto%5Cs0&prior=ga/nei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σπορητὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%2Flukos&la=greek&can=ka%2Flukos0&prior=sporhto\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κάλυκος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n0&prior=ka/lukos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=loxeu%2Fmasin&la=greek&can=loxeu%2Fmasin0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λοχεύμασιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><b>Clytaemnestra</b></i> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>he struck me with dark drops of gory dew; while I rejoiced no less than the sown earth is gladdened in heaven's refreshing rain at the birthtime of the flower buds.</i></blockquote>
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Peak triumph comes in an orgasmic explosion of new life. The murder of the King gives Clytemnestra not only usurpative political power, but the generative power, literally, of expression -- of the signifier.<br />
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Having replaced the King as ruler of the <i>oikos</i>, she assumes the right to declare what is just. She now instructs the Chorus to rejoice:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*klutaimh%2Fstra&la=greek&can=*klutaimh%2Fstra0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Κλυταιμήστρα</a></b><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28s&la=greek&can=w%28s1&prior=loxeu/masin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὡς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28%3Dd%27&la=greek&can=w%28%3Dd%270&prior=w(s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὧδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29xo%2Fntwn&la=greek&can=e%29xo%2Fntwn0&prior=w(=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐχόντων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pre%2Fsbos&la=greek&can=pre%2Fsbos0&prior=e)xo/ntwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρέσβος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29argei%2Fwn&la=greek&can=*%29argei%2Fwn0&prior=pre/sbos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἀργείων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%2Fde&la=greek&can=to%2Fde0&prior=*)argei/wn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τόδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<b><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Froit%27&la=greek&can=xai%2Froit%270&prior=to/de" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χαίροιτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fn&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fn0&prior=xai/roit%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29&la=greek&can=ei%290&prior=a)/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Froit%27&la=greek&can=xai%2Froit%271&prior=ei)" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χαίροιτ᾽</a></b><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29gw%5C&la=greek&can=e%29gw%5C0&prior=xai/roit%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐγὼ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%273&prior=e)gw\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29peu%2Fxomai&la=greek&can=e%29peu%2Fxomai0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπεύχομαι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">1395</span></span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29&la=greek&can=ei%291&prior=e)peu/xomai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%274&prior=ei)" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%3Dn&la=greek&can=h%29%3Dn0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἦν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=prepo%2Fntwn&la=greek&can=prepo%2Fntwn0&prior=h)=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρεπόντων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28%2Fst%27&la=greek&can=w%28%2Fst%270&prior=prepo/ntwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὥστ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pispe%2Fndein&la=greek&can=e%29pispe%2Fndein0&prior=w(/st%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπισπένδειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=nekrw%3D%7C&la=greek&can=nekrw%3D%7C0&prior=e)pispe/ndein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νεκρῷ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3D%7Cd%27&la=greek&can=tw%3D%7Cd%270&prior=nekrw=|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῷδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%5Cn&la=greek&can=a%29%5Cn1&prior=tw=|d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἂν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><b><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dikai%2Fws&la=greek&can=dikai%2Fws0&prior=a)\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δικαίως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%3Dn&la=greek&can=h%29%3Dn1&prior=dikai/ws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἦν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28perdi%2Fkws&la=greek&can=u%28perdi%2Fkws0&prior=h)=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑπερδίκως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%5Cn&la=greek&can=me%5Cn0&prior=u(perdi/kws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%3Dn&la=greek&can=ou%29%3Dn0&prior=me\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὖν</a></b><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tosw%3Dnde&la=greek&can=tosw%3Dnde0&prior=ou)=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοσῶνδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=krath%3Dr%27&la=greek&can=krath%3Dr%270&prior=tosw=nde" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κρατῆρ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n1&prior=krath=r%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=do%2Fmois&la=greek&can=do%2Fmois0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δόμοις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kakw%3Dn&la=greek&can=kakw%3Dn0&prior=do/mois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κακῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28%2Fde&la=greek&can=o%28%2Fde0&prior=kakw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὅδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=plh%2Fsas&la=greek&can=plh%2Fsas0&prior=o(/de" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πλήσας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29rai%2Fwn&la=greek&can=a%29rai%2Fwn0&prior=plh/sas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀραίων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=au%29to%5Cs&la=greek&can=au%29to%5Cs0&prior=a)rai/wn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αὐτὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29kpi%2Fnei&la=greek&can=e%29kpi%2Fnei0&prior=au)to\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκπίνει</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=molw%2Fn&la=greek&can=molw%2Fn0&prior=e)kpi/nei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μολών</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<i><b>Clytaemnestra</b></i> </blockquote>
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<i>Since then the case stands thus, old men of Argos, <b>rejoice, if you would rejoice</b>; as for me, I glory in the deed. [1395] And had it been a fitting act to pour libations on the corpse, over him this would have been done<b> justly, more than justly.</b> With so many accursed lies has he filled the mixing-bowl in his own house, and now he has come home and himself drained it to the dregs.</i></blockquote>
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In telling the old men of Argos to rejoice (<b><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Froit%27&la=greek&can=xai%2Froit%270&prior=to/de" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χαίροιτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fn&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fn0&prior=xai/roit%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29&la=greek&can=ei%290&prior=a)/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Froit%27&la=greek&can=xai%2Froit%271&prior=ei)" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χαίροιτ᾽</a>), </b>Clytemnestra is dictating how they should respond -- the exuberance is all hers.<br />
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If we juxtapose this highly theatrical peripeteia of <i>Agamemnon </i>with that of Athena in <i>Eumenides, </i>interesting contrasts emerge.<br />
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Like Clytemnestra, Athena seizes the kairotic moment, although it doesn't seem like one, given the degree of resistance she encounters.<br />
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Where Clytemnestra used deceit, binding force and murder to win control of the <i>oikos </i>of Argos, Athena uses restraint, dialog and practical negotiation. She replaces coercion and murder with choice, presenting the Furies with the option taking her offer or leaving Athens. Unused to autonomy they take time, but the more they learn and negotiate, the more beguiling it seems. They choose to become shareholders in a new political order.<br />
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Stylistically the differences are radical. Not only does Athena not act out any triumph, but as we have noted previously, what is at stake in <i>Eumenides' peripeteia </i>is not a generative birth of some natural young growth, but the composition of a new order that's transparently deliberated and agreed on by both Furies and citizens.</div>
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If we return to our tools of cognitive rhetoric, we can say that Clytemnestra's peripeteia enacts the power of metaphor to replace one signifier with another. Usurping Agamemnon, the Queen takes his place over Argos. Blood spurting from Agamemnon's dying body generates the nurturing "gory dew" that feeds burgeoning life. Metaphor is showy -- it heightens signification by the violence of one signifier supplanting another's drained corpse with daring novelty.</div>
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Catachresis is otherwise. For Athena's act of persuasion to succeed, a shared acceptance of new meanings for old words like Dike and <i>polis </i>is necessary<i>.</i> New wine is poured into these old wineskins, as the traditional example has it.<br />
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Metaphor may dazzle with gaudy show, but catachresis succeeds only through common assent. Anyone can <u>say</u> that this or that <i>parole </i>possesses a new meaning, but unless the<i> langue</i> shared by the community accepts it, that person could be labeled an idiot or worse. Metaphor is poetic; catachresis political.</div>
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Athena's scene offers other interesting differences: In contrast to the bloody glimpse of nature in labor given us by Clytemnestra, Athena offers a distinctly different view, in which the "blessings from the earth and from the waters of the sea and from the heavens" mingle with the breathing winds, sunshine, fruits and beasts:<br />
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<b><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29aqhna%3D&la=greek&can=*%29aqhna%3D6&prior=xqoni/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἀθηνᾶ</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28poi%3Da&la=greek&can=o%28poi%3Da0&prior=*)aqhna=" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁποῖα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ni%2Fkhs&la=greek&can=ni%2Fkhs0&prior=o(poi=a" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νίκης</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C3&prior=ni/khs" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kakh%3Ds&la=greek&can=kakh%3Ds0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κακῆς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pi%2Fskopa&la=greek&can=e%29pi%2Fskopa0&prior=kakh=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπίσκοπα</a>,<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C4&prior=e)pi/skopa" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tau%3Dta&la=greek&can=tau%3Dta0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ταῦτα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gh%3Dqen&la=greek&can=gh%3Dqen0&prior=tau=ta" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γῆθεν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fk&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fk0&prior=gh=qen" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔκ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=e)/k" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ponti%2Fas&la=greek&can=ponti%2Fas0&prior=te" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ποντίας</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dro%2Fsou&la=greek&can=dro%2Fsou0&prior=ponti/as" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δρόσου</a><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">905</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29c&la=greek&can=e%29c0&prior=dro/sou" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐξ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29ranou%3D&la=greek&can=ou%29ranou%3D0&prior=e)c" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐρανοῦ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te1&prior=ou)ranou=" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a>: <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%29ne%2Fmwn&la=greek&can=ka%29ne%2Fmwn0&prior=te" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κἀνέμων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29h%2Fmata&la=greek&can=a%29h%2Fmata0&prior=ka)ne/mwn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀήματα</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29hli%2Fws&la=greek&can=eu%29hli%2Fws0&prior=a)h/mata" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὐηλίως</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pne%2Font%27&la=greek&can=pne%2Font%270&prior=eu)hli/ws" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πνέοντ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pistei%2Fxein&la=greek&can=e%29pistei%2Fxein0&prior=pne/ont%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπιστείχειν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqo%2Fna&la=greek&can=xqo%2Fna0&prior=e)pistei/xein" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθόνα</a>:<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=karpo%2Fn&la=greek&can=karpo%2Fn0&prior=xqo/na" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καρπόν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te2&prior=karpo/n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gai%2Fas&la=greek&can=gai%2Fas0&prior=te" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γαίας</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C5&prior=gai/as" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=botw%3Dn&la=greek&can=botw%3Dn0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βοτῶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pi%2Frruton&la=greek&can=e%29pi%2Frruton0&prior=botw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπίρρυτον</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29stoi%3Dsin&la=greek&can=a%29stoi%3Dsin0&prior=e)pi/rruton" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀστοῖσιν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29qenou%3Dnta&la=greek&can=eu%29qenou%3Dnta0&prior=a)stoi=sin" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὐθενοῦντα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C4&prior=eu)qenou=nta" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%2Fmnein&la=greek&can=ka%2Fmnein0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κάμνειν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xro%2Fnw%7C&la=greek&can=xro%2Fnw%7C0&prior=ka/mnein" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χρόνῳ</a>,<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C6&prior=xro/nw|" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotei%2Fwn&la=greek&can=brotei%2Fwn0&prior=tw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτείων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sperma%2Ftwn&la=greek&can=sperma%2Ftwn0&prior=brotei/wn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σπερμάτων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=swthri%2Fan&la=greek&can=swthri%2Fan0&prior=sperma/twn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σωτηρίαν</a>.<br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">910</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn1&prior=swthri/an" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29sebou%2Fntwn&la=greek&can=eu%29sebou%2Fntwn0&prior=tw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὐσεβούντων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%271&prior=eu)sebou/ntwn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29kforwte%2Fra&la=greek&can=e%29kforwte%2Fra0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκφορωτέρα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pe%2Flois&la=greek&can=pe%2Flois0&prior=e)kforwte/ra" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πέλοις</a>.<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ste%2Frgw&la=greek&can=ste%2Frgw0&prior=pe/lois" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">στέργω</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%2Fr&la=greek&can=ga%2Fr2&prior=ste/rgw" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γάρ</a>, <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ndro%5Cs&la=greek&can=a%29ndro%5Cs0&prior=ga/r" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀνδρὸς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fitupoi%2Fmenos&la=greek&can=fitupoi%2Fmenos0&prior=a)ndro\s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φιτυποίμενος</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=di%2Fkhn&la=greek&can=di%2Fkhn0&prior=fitupoi/menos" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δίκην</a>,<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&can=to%5C1&prior=di/khn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn2&prior=to\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dikai%2Fwn&la=greek&can=dikai%2Fwn0&prior=tw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δικαίων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dnd%27&la=greek&can=tw%3Dnd%270&prior=dikai/wn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶνδ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29pe%2Fnqhton&la=greek&can=a%29pe%2Fnqhton0&prior=tw=nd%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπένθητον</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ge%2Fnos&la=greek&can=ge%2Fnos0&prior=a)pe/nqhton" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γένος</a>.</div>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toiau%3Dta&la=greek&can=toiau%3Dta0&prior=ge/nos" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοιαῦτα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sou%29%2Fsti&la=greek&can=sou%29%2Fsti0&prior=toiau=ta" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σοὔστι</a>. <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn3&prior=sou)/sti" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29reifa%2Ftwn&la=greek&can=a%29reifa%2Ftwn0&prior=tw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀρειφάτων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%272&prior=a)reifa/twn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29gw%5C&la=greek&can=e%29gw%5C0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐγὼ</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=preptw%3Dn&la=greek&can=preptw%3Dn0&prior=e)gw\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρεπτῶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29gw%2Fnwn&la=greek&can=a%29gw%2Fnwn0&prior=preptw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀγώνων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29k&la=greek&can=ou%29k0&prior=a)gw/nwn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐκ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ne%2Fcomai&la=greek&can=a%29ne%2Fcomai0&prior=ou)k" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀνέξομαι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&can=to%5C2&prior=a)ne/comai" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C5&prior=to\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29&la=greek&can=ou%290&prior=mh\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐ</a><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">915</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%2Fnd%27&la=greek&can=th%2Fnd%270&prior=ou)" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τήνδ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29stu%2Fnikon&la=greek&can=a%29stu%2Fnikon0&prior=th/nd%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀστύνικον</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n0&prior=a)stu/nikon" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotoi%3Ds&la=greek&can=brotoi%3Ds0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτοῖς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tima%3Dn&la=greek&can=tima%3Dn0&prior=brotoi=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τιμᾶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Flin&la=greek&can=po%2Flin0&prior=tima=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πόλιν</a>.</div>
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<i><b>Athena </b><br />Blessings that aim at a victory not evil; blessings from the earth and from the waters of the sea and from the heavens: that the breathing gales of wind may approach the land in radiant sunshine, and that the fruit of the earth and offspring of grazing beasts, flourishing in overflow, may not fail my citizens in the course of time, and that the seed of mortals will be kept safe. May you make more prosperous the offspring of godly men; for I, like a gardener (φιτυποίμενος), cherish the race of these just men, free of sorrow. (Eum. 903-12)</i></blockquote>
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As noted in the <a href="http://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/2020/05/prosaic-peripeteia-how-could-aeschylus.html" target="_blank">last post</a>, the word translated here as "blessings" is more commonly understood to mean songs or chants. No blood-soaked births, but an intertwined earth, sea, and sky whose breathing gales seem inseparable from human song. At least one scholar has noted that thanks to a curious agrammaticality, the winds in the passage run off with the sentence.*<br />
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One further parallel:<br />
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When Clytemnestra discloses her private act to the men of Argos, she tells them to rejoice if they feel like it (they don't): <i><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Froit%27&la=greek&can=xai%2Froit%270&prior=to/de" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" target="morph">χαίροιτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fn&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fn0&prior=xai/roit%27" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" target="morph">ἄν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29&la=greek&can=ei%290&prior=a)/n" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" target="morph">εἰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Froit%27&la=greek&can=xai%2Froit%271&prior=ei)" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" target="morph">χαίροιτ᾽</a><b> </b>(Ag. 1394)<b>.</b></i><br />
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To Athena's resonant words<br />
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<i>Are they minded to find the path<br />of fair speech?<br />From these fearsome faces<br />I see great benefit coming to these citizens; (Eum. 988-92)</i></blockquote>
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comes the spontaneous response:<br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Frete&la=greek&can=xai%2Frete0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χαίρετε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Fret%27&la=greek&can=xai%2Fret%270&prior=xai/rete" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χαίρετ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n0&prior=xai/ret%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29simi%2Faisi&la=greek&can=ai%29simi%2Faisi0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἰσιμίαισι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=plou%2Ftou&la=greek&can=plou%2Ftou0&prior=ai)simi/aisi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πλούτου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Fret%27&la=greek&can=xai%2Fret%271&prior=plou/tou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χαίρετ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29stiko%5Cs&la=greek&can=a%29stiko%5Cs0&prior=xai/ret%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀστικὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=lew%2Fs&la=greek&can=lew%2Fs0&prior=a)stiko\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λεώς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%29%2Fktar&la=greek&can=i%29%2Fktar0&prior=lew/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἴκταρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%28%2Fmenoi&la=greek&can=h%28%2Fmenoi0&prior=i)/ktar" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἥμενοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*dio%2Fs&la=greek&can=*dio%2Fs0&prior=h(/menoi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Διός</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=parqe%2Fnou&la=greek&can=parqe%2Fnou0&prior=*dio/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παρθένου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fi%2Flas&la=greek&can=fi%2Flas0&prior=parqe/nou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φίλας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fi%2Floi&la=greek&can=fi%2Floi0&prior=fi/las" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φίλοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">1000</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=swfronou%3Dntes&la=greek&can=swfronou%3Dntes0&prior=fi/loi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σωφρονοῦντες</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n1&prior=swfronou=ntes" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xro%2Fnw%7C&la=greek&can=xro%2Fnw%7C0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χρόνῳ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<i><b>Chorus</b><br />Rejoice rejoice, in the wealth you fitly deserve. Rejoice, people of the city, seated close to the virgin daughter of Zeus, loving and loved, wise in due season!</i> (Sommerstein)</blockquote>
To which Athena crowns the kairotic moment:<br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Frete&la=greek&can=xai%2Frete0&prior=*)aqhna=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χαίρετε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xu%29mei%3Ds&la=greek&can=xu%29mei%3Ds0&prior=xai/rete" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χὐμεῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><i>-- you too, rejoice!</i></blockquote>
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One last post will bring this to a close, <i>si spera</i>.<br />
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*Aeschylus <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/WOM9AAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP5&dq=eumenides" target="_blank">Eumenides Introduction and Notes</a>, A. Sidgewick says of this passage:</blockquote>
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Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-16161904268937607682020-05-31T18:03:00.001-04:002020-06-01T10:22:42.627-04:00Prosaic Peripeteia: How could Aeschylus be so undramatic?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One would expect a work as potent as the <i>Oresteia</i> to build to an intense reversal -- a climax of peripatetic power yielding a satisfying denouement. But when the trilogy is taken as a whole, the powerfully energized scenes, some of the most memorable in all drama, involve the murder of the king in <i>Agamemnon,</i> and early scenes of the Furies in <i>Eumenides.</i><br />
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Curiously, the moment late in <i>Eumenides</i> that turns Dike from automatonic vengeance to a mode of human Justice is not highly dramatized. I will explore this below and then address why I believe Aeschylus did it this way.<br />
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One way to summarize the story Aeschylus tells is this:<br />
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<li>Long ago, Athens needed to put in place a new, civil kind of Dike to replace primal, unreflective vengeance.</li>
<li>To that end, Apollo and Athena devise a form providing for a jury of citizen peers to decide guilt or innocence after hearing testimony from accuser and defendant.</li>
<li>This proves unacceptable to the Furies -- powers older than the Gods who react immediately to familial violence without deliberative procedures.</li>
<li>Apollo would banish the Furies -- set them outside of Athenian Justice. Athena doesn't agree, and achieves a different resolution.</li>
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<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29aqhna%3D&la=greek&can=*%29aqhna%3D0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἀθηνᾶ</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fd%27&la=greek&can=ta%2Fd%270&prior=*)aqhna=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29gw%5C&la=greek&can=e%29gw%5C0&prior=ta/d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐγὼ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=profro%2Fnws&la=greek&can=profro%2Fnws0&prior=e)gw\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">προφρόνως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toi%3Dsde&la=greek&can=toi%3Dsde0&prior=profro/nws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοῖσδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=poli%2Ftais&la=greek&can=poli%2Ftais0&prior=toi=sde" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πολίταις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pra%2Fssw&la=greek&can=pra%2Fssw0&prior=poli/tais" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πράσσω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mega%2Flas&la=greek&can=mega%2Flas0&prior=pra/ssw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μεγάλας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=mega/las" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dusare%2Fstous&la=greek&can=dusare%2Fstous0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δυσαρέστους</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dai%2Fmonas&la=greek&can=dai%2Fmonas0&prior=dusare/stous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δαίμονας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=au%29tou%3D&la=greek&can=au%29tou%3D0&prior=dai/monas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αὐτοῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=katanassame%2Fnh&la=greek&can=katanassame%2Fnh0&prior=au)tou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κατανασσαμένη</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">930</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Fnta&la=greek&can=pa%2Fnta0&prior=katanassame/nh" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάντα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr0&prior=pa/nta" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=au%28%3Dtai&la=greek&can=au%28%3Dtai0&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αὗται</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%5C&la=greek&can=ta%5C0&prior=au(=tai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kat%27&la=greek&can=kat%270&prior=ta\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κατ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29nqrw%2Fpous&la=greek&can=a%29nqrw%2Fpous0&prior=kat%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀνθρώπους</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Flaxon&la=greek&can=e%29%2Flaxon0&prior=a)nqrw/pous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔλαχον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=die%2Fpein&la=greek&can=die%2Fpein0&prior=e)/laxon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">διέπειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28&la=greek&can=o%280&prior=die/pein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C0&prior=o(" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C0&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ku%2Frsas&la=greek&can=ku%2Frsas0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κύρσας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=barew%3Dn&la=greek&can=barew%3Dn0&prior=ku/rsas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βαρεῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%2Ftwn&la=greek&can=tou%2Ftwn0&prior=barew=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τούτων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29k&la=greek&can=ou%29k0&prior=tou/twn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐκ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=oi%29%3Dden&la=greek&can=oi%29%3Dden0&prior=ou)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οἶδεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28%2Fqen&la=greek&can=o%28%2Fqen0&prior=oi)=den" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὅθεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=plhgai%5C&la=greek&can=plhgai%5C0&prior=o(/qen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πληγαὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bio%2Ftou&la=greek&can=bio%2Ftou0&prior=plhgai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βιότου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%5C&la=greek&can=ta%5C1&prior=bio/tou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr1&prior=ta\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29k&la=greek&can=e%29k0&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=prote%2Frwn&la=greek&can=prote%2Frwn0&prior=e)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">προτέρων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29plakh%2Fmata%2F&la=greek&can=a%29plakh%2Fmata%2F0&prior=prote/rwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπλακήματά</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=nin&la=greek&can=nin0&prior=a)plakh/mata/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">935</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs0&prior=nin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fsd%27&la=greek&can=ta%2Fsd%270&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάσδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29pa%2Fgei&la=greek&can=a%29pa%2Fgei0&prior=ta/sd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπάγει</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sigw%3Dn&la=greek&can=sigw%3Dn0&prior=a)pa/gei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σιγῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=sigw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Fleqros&la=greek&can=o%29%2Fleqros0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὄλεθρος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C1&prior=o)/leqros" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fga&la=greek&can=me%2Fga0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μέγα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fwnou%3Dnt%27&la=greek&can=fwnou%3Dnt%270&prior=me/ga" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φωνοῦντ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29xqrai%3Ds&la=greek&can=e%29xqrai%3Ds0&prior=fwnou=nt%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐχθραῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29rgai%3Ds&la=greek&can=o%29rgai%3Ds0&prior=e)xqrai=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὀργαῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29maqu%2Fnei&la=greek&can=a%29maqu%2Fnei0&prior=o)rgai=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀμαθύνει</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<i><br /><b>Athena</b><br />I act zealously for these citizens in this way, settling here among them divinities great and hard to please. For they have been appointed to arrange everything among mortals. Yet the one who meets their oppression does not know where the blows of life come from. For the sins of his fathers drag him before them; destruction, in silence and hateful wrath, levels him to the dust, for all his loud boasting.</i> </blockquote>
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<i>[<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0005%3Acard%3D927" target="_blank">Eum. 928-35</a>] </i>(Smyth adapted using Sommerstein's reading)</blockquote>
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Note her emphasis on action (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pra%2Fssw&la=greek&can=pra%2Fssw0&prior=poli/tais" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πράσσω</a>). She is working to persuade the Furies to dwell in Athens, which calls for Athenians to accept that Dike itself is not separate from, but somehow is intertwined with, the powers of blood vengeance.<br />
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In agreeing on this, Athena, the Furies and the citizens remake the basis of Justice for the <i>polis</i>. Dike can no longer be realized through unmitigated brute vengeance, as in the isolate autocratic <i>oikos.</i> Yet while Dike of the <i>polis</i> seeks to use reason, it can not be formalized in a ratiocinative courtroom procedure hygienically unconscious of the horror of crime and the commensurate rage of Justice itself.<br />
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Vengeance and the rational verdict of truth enter into a negotiated "truce" that requires a Dike more complex than either of these modes on its own.<br />
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But how does one persuade ancient Erinyes to accept this strange new condition? For that matter, given that this new thing carries a potentially intractable opposition within it, how does one get mortal men to accept the presence of Furies within the <i>polis? </i><br />
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Let's remember how Furies like their humans:<br />
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<b>Χορός</b><br />
<b><br /></b><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29smh%5C&la=greek&can=o%29smh%5C0&prior=kataptakw/n">ὀσμὴ</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotei%2Fwn&la=greek&can=brotei%2Fwn0&prior=o)smh%5C">βροτείων</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%28ma%2Ftwn&la=greek&can=ai%28ma%2Ftwn0&prior=brotei/wn">αἱμάτων</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me&la=greek&can=me0&prior=ai(ma/twn">με</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=prosgela%3D%7C&la=greek&can=prosgela%3D%7C0&prior=me">προσγελᾷ</a>.<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>The smell of human blood is smiling at me. (Eum. 253)</i></blockquote>
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The moment of Persuasion is brief, a 34-line prose dialogue (lines 881-915) between two strong <i>kommos </i>segments<i>.</i> The exchange seems emotionally and rhetorically unremarkable compared with the vehement poetry preceding and the jubilant <i>kommos</i> that follows. Shorn of song, dance and poetic power, it presents the kind of negotiation found every day whether in the world of business, or politics, or familial relations -- two parties working out the terms of an agreement. No superpowers, no magical talismans, no oracles, presbyters or heraldic messengers need apply.<br />
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With all the Grand Guignol of Clytemnestra and the Erinyes that has come before, it might escape our notice that this exchange produces the peripeteia of the trilogy. What is special, when you consider it, is precisely the absence of any showy portrayal of the numinous. Power is spoken of in contractual terms, where we hear the Furies sound almost like teenagers talking to their mom:<br />
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<i><b>Chorus</b><br />Lady Athena, what place do you say I will have?<br /><br /><b>Athena</b><br />One free from all pain and distress; please accept it.<br /><br /><b>Chorus</b><br />Say that I have accepted it, what honor awaits me?<br /><br /><b>Athena</b><br />That no house will flourish without you.<br /><br /><b>Chorus</b><br />Will you gain for me the possession of such power?<br /><br /><b>Athena</b><br />Yes, for we will raise up the fortunes of those who honor you.</i></blockquote>
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<i><b>Chorus</b><br />And will you give me a pledge for all time? </i></blockquote>
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<i><b>Athena</b><br />It can be done; I need not say what I will not accomplish.</i> </blockquote>
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<i><b>Chorus</b><br />It seems your spells </i>(<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qe%2Flcein&la=greek&can=qe%2Flcein0&prior=*xoro/s">θέλξειν</a>) <i>enchant; we're letting go our anger. </i> </blockquote>
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<i><b>Athena</b><br />Then stay in the land and you will gain other friends.</i> </blockquote>
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<i><b>Chorus</b><br />What blessings then do you advise me to invoke on this land? (Eum. 892-902)</i></blockquote>
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The "spells" or "enchantments" (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qe%2Flcein&la=greek&can=qe%2Flcein0&prior=*xoro/s">θέλξειν</a>) the Furies speak of here do not resemble typical magic spells. Such enchantments here have more to do with the character of an exchange in which these primeval beings are addressed in a modern respectful tone and promised a dignified role within an altered <i>polis</i>. </div>
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<i>Letting go our anger</i> is adapted from Smyth. Sommerstein has <i>I am moving away from my anger.</i><br />
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The words are <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=meqi%2Fstamai&la=greek&can=meqi%2Fstamai0&prior=kai\">μεθίσταμαι</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ko%2Ftou&la=greek&can=ko%2Ftou0&prior=meqi/stamai">κότου</a>; <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ko%2Ftou&la=greek&can=ko%2Ftou0&prior=meqi/stamai">κότου</a> can mean ill will, rancor, fury. The verb <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=meqi%2Fstamai&la=greek&can=meqi%2Fstamai0&prior=kai\" target="_blank">μεθίσταμαι</a> derives from <i><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/U78sAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA387&dq=%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%B8%CE%AF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B9+translate+english" target="_blank">meta + </a></i><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=meqi%2Fstamai&la=greek&can=meqi%2Fstamai0&prior=kai\" target="_blank">ίσταμαι</a><i>: </i>a setting over; substituting one thing for another; changing or putting this for that.</div>
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With this mitigation the Furies are no longer quite so enraged, and their power of the curse can be turned. They now ask:<br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2F&la=greek&can=ti%2F0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%3Dn&la=greek&can=ou%29%3Dn1&prior=ti/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὖν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=m%27&la=greek&can=m%271&prior=ou)=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fnwgas&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fnwgas0&prior=m%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄνωγας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3D%7Cd%27&la=greek&can=th%3D%7Cd%271&prior=a)/nwgas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῇδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29fumnh%3Dsai&la=greek&can=e%29fumnh%3Dsai0&prior=th=|d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐφυμνῆσαι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqoni%2F&la=greek&can=xqoni%2F0&prior=e)fumnh=sai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθονί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">; 902</span><br />
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This question receives different treatments:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Smyth: <i>What blessings then do you advise me to invoke on this land?</i><br />
Sommerstein:<i> So what blessings do you bid me invoke upon this land?</i><br />
Lattimore: <i>I will put a spell upon the land. What shall it be?</i></blockquote>
The verb -- <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29fumnh%3Dsai&la=greek&can=e%29fumnh%3Dsai0&prior=th=|d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐφυμνῆσαι</a> -- seems unusual. Liddell and Scott and other dictionaries I've consulted agree that it means sing, or chant. This would allow:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>What then would you have us chant for the land?</i></blockquote>
The emphasis is placed on voice, the act of chanting or singing.<br />
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All of which might underscore the unprecocious, plain style of this prose scene. A major change is occurring here, but is not dramatized -- it takes place in a manner that is virtually tacit, unmarked.<br />
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What of it? For one thing, the modality of Athena's persuasion here relies as little upon seductive rhetorical power as it does upon logical argument. What persuades the Furies is the promise of a complex substitution -- of a home for no home, a new use for old rancor, a new status within the <i>polis.</i><br />
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Athena describes this new interrelation of unchanged elements earlier in the courtroom scene, right before the jurors vote.<br />
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<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29aqhna%3D&la=greek&can=*%29aqhna%3D2&prior=ce/noi" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἀθηνᾶ</a></b><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&can=to%5C2&prior=poto/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%2Ft%27&la=greek&can=mh%2Ft%270&prior=to\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μήτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fnarxon&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fnarxon0&prior=mh/t%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄναρχον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%2Fte&la=greek&can=mh%2Fte0&prior=a)/narxon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μήτε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=despotou%2Fmenon&la=greek&can=despotou%2Fmenon0&prior=mh/te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δεσποτούμενον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29stoi%3Ds&la=greek&can=a%29stoi%3Ds0&prior=despotou/menon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀστοῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=periste%2Fllousi&la=greek&can=periste%2Fllousi0&prior=a)stoi=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">περιστέλλουσι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bouleu%2Fw&la=greek&can=bouleu%2Fw0&prior=periste/llousi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βουλεύω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=se%2Fbein&la=greek&can=se%2Fbein0&prior=bouleu/w" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σέβειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C3&prior=se/bein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C2&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&can=to%5C3&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=deino%5Cn&la=greek&can=deino%5Cn0&prior=to\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δεινὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%3Dn&la=greek&can=pa%3Dn1&prior=deino\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πᾶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Flews&la=greek&can=po%2Flews0&prior=pa=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πόλεως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fcw&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fcw0&prior=po/lews" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔξω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=balei%3Dn&la=greek&can=balei%3Dn0&prior=e)/cw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βαλεῖν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2Fs&la=greek&can=ti%2Fs0&prior=balei=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τίς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr0&prior=ti/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dedoikw%5Cs&la=greek&can=dedoikw%5Cs0&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δεδοικὼς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mhde%5Cn&la=greek&can=mhde%5Cn0&prior=dedoikw\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μηδὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fndikos&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fndikos0&prior=mhde\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔνδικος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotw%3Dn&la=greek&can=brotw%3Dn0&prior=e)/ndikos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">;</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><b>Athena</b></i> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>Neither anarchy nor tyranny—this I counsel my citizens to defend and respect, and not to drive strange terror (</i><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=deino%5Cn&la=greek&can=deino%5Cn0&prior=to\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δεινὸν</a>) <i>wholly out of the city. For who among mortals, if he fears nothing, is righteous? (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0005%3Acard%3D674" target="_blank">Eum. 696-99</a>)</i></blockquote>
Interiorizing the Furies within the <i>polis</i> is not possible without the assent of both the citizens and the Furies to a fundamental change in their relations with one another. They each are themselves unchanged; the way they interrelate is new.<br />
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Smyth translates <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=deino%5Cn&la=greek&can=deino%5Cn0&prior=to\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δεινὸν</a> as "fear," but the word bears a richer sense of wondrous awe-inspiring terror and strangeness. Sophocles uses it to speak of man in <i>Antigone</i>. Athena is counseling the citizens to defend and respect <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=deino%5Cn&la=greek&can=deino%5Cn0&prior=to\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δεινὸν</a>. She yokes Dike to <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=deino%5Cn&la=greek&can=deino%5Cn0&prior=to\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δεινὸν</a> and to anger, ending these words of counsel with:<br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kerdw%3Dn&la=greek&can=kerdw%3Dn0&prior=to/pois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κερδῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fqikton&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fqikton0&prior=kerdw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄθικτον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%3Dto&la=greek&can=tou%3Dto1&prior=a)/qikton" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοῦτο</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bouleuth%2Frion&la=greek&can=bouleuth%2Frion1&prior=tou=to" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βουλευτήριον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">705</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29doi%3Don&la=greek&can=ai%29doi%3Don0&prior=bouleuth/rion" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἰδοῖον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29cu%2Fqumon&la=greek&can=o%29cu%2Fqumon0&prior=ai)doi=on" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὀξύθυμον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%28do%2Fntwn&la=greek&can=eu%28do%2Fntwn0&prior=o)cu/qumon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὑδόντων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28%2Fper&la=greek&can=u%28%2Fper0&prior=eu(do/ntwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὕπερ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29grhgoro%5Cs&la=greek&can=e%29grhgoro%5Cs0&prior=u(/per" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐγρηγορὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=frou%2Frhma&la=greek&can=frou%2Frhma0&prior=e)grhgoro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φρούρημα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gh%3Ds&la=greek&can=gh%3Ds0&prior=frou/rhma" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γῆς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kaqi%2Fstamai&la=greek&can=kaqi%2Fstamai0&prior=gh=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καθίσταμαι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>I establish this tribunal, untouched by greed, worthy of reverence, quick to anger, awake on behalf of those who sleep, a guardian of the land. (Eum. 704-06)</i></blockquote>
But what kind of new relation is this? How can we come to terms with this curious yoking of old and new?<br />
<br />
I'll take a stab at one way of looking at it.<br />
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This coming into being is a kind of creation, but not a birth -- instead of a natural product of organic generation, something new is brought about through a substitution (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=meqi%2Fstamai&la=greek&can=meqi%2Fstamai0&prior=kai\">μεθίσταμαι</a>). The Furies' form of vengeance was bound up with blood ties -- familial bonds. What happens here brings the shock of a non-generative act of conception.<br />
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Athena is like a midwife enabling the citizens and Furies to put something new into the world, instantly -- not unlike the birth of Athena from the cranium of Zeus. Except that instead of the new reality of an unmothered goddess, there's a contractual fiat. Citizens and furies remain who they are, but agree to henceforth mean something new by Dike. Athena is bringing them to make a new meaning for an old word.<br />
<br />
What's dramatized here is the power, not of gods, but of human language to slip something new into the world -- something that hitherto was nameless -- by taking and using an old word. What was called "Justice" now names something quite different from what it used to mean, both for the Furies and the citizens.<br />
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This yoking of old and new seems not unlike an act of language act known to and analyzed by the ancient grammarians. The imposition of a new meaning upon an existing word describes what they knew as catachresis. When a word is torn from its proper meaning in the system of signs to assume a new signification, catachresis occurs.<br />
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The root sense of catachresis is "abuse" or "error," as when a word is perceived to be used improperly because everybody knows its proper meaning is something else. The traditional example that always comes up offers something of the violence of this abuse: When a word for the structural support of a table was needed, the word "leg" was torn from its organic connection to our body and given a new, completely inorganic meaning.<br />
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Due to the slipperiness of language, its openness to err, be abused or misused, the legs we stand on can run off to mean the structures that a table or chair "stands" on. While Apollo would vociferously disapprove of such license taken with the proper names for things, <a href="http://perseus.uchicago.edu/perseus-cgi/citequery3.pl?dbname=LatinAugust2012&getid=1&query=Quint.%208.6.34" target="_blank">others</a> defend certain acts of catachresis as <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/Jxck64HV3nMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA254&dq=%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%87%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%82" target="_blank">necessary</a>, enabling the unutterable to achieve speech.<br />
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Improper meanings soon lose their newness and become the new proper. We don't usually flinch when touching the arm of a chair. Athena promises the Furies will "have a share in the land" -- <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gamo%2Frw%7C&la=greek&can=gamo%2Frw%7C0&prior=th=sde">γαμόρῳ</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqono%5Cs&la=greek&can=xqono%5Cs0&prior=gamo/rw|">χθονὸς</a> (890) -- i.e., dwelling on property they properly hold.<br />
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Persuaded by Athena, the Furies and the citizens accept a new complex sense for Dike. If "polis" had been defined as what is NOT the Furies, now those creatures live under it, as a newly installed proper meaning lives "under" an old word.<br />
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So the peripeteia of the<i> Oresteia</i> can be said to turn on catachresis -- speaking a Dike that hitherto would have been mute. This doesn't happen through the agency of some numinous mythological power represented in the scene. It arrives via a contractual agreement between humans and gods through the power of speech, in prose.<br />
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No discussion of this brief scene is complete without the magnificent speech Athena offers in answer to the question of the Erinyes:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><b>Chorus</b></i> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>What blessings then do you advise me to invoke on this land?</i></blockquote>
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<b><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29aqhna%3D&la=greek&can=*%29aqhna%3D6&prior=xqoni/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἀθηνᾶ</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28poi%3Da&la=greek&can=o%28poi%3Da0&prior=*)aqhna=" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁποῖα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ni%2Fkhs&la=greek&can=ni%2Fkhs0&prior=o(poi=a" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νίκης</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C3&prior=ni/khs" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kakh%3Ds&la=greek&can=kakh%3Ds0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κακῆς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pi%2Fskopa&la=greek&can=e%29pi%2Fskopa0&prior=kakh=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπίσκοπα</a>,<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C4&prior=e)pi/skopa" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tau%3Dta&la=greek&can=tau%3Dta0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ταῦτα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gh%3Dqen&la=greek&can=gh%3Dqen0&prior=tau=ta" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γῆθεν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fk&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fk0&prior=gh=qen" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔκ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=e)/k" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ponti%2Fas&la=greek&can=ponti%2Fas0&prior=te" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ποντίας</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dro%2Fsou&la=greek&can=dro%2Fsou0&prior=ponti/as" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δρόσου</a><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">905</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29c&la=greek&can=e%29c0&prior=dro/sou" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐξ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29ranou%3D&la=greek&can=ou%29ranou%3D0&prior=e)c" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐρανοῦ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te1&prior=ou)ranou=" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a>: <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%29ne%2Fmwn&la=greek&can=ka%29ne%2Fmwn0&prior=te" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κἀνέμων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29h%2Fmata&la=greek&can=a%29h%2Fmata0&prior=ka)ne/mwn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀήματα</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29hli%2Fws&la=greek&can=eu%29hli%2Fws0&prior=a)h/mata" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὐηλίως</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pne%2Font%27&la=greek&can=pne%2Font%270&prior=eu)hli/ws" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πνέοντ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pistei%2Fxein&la=greek&can=e%29pistei%2Fxein0&prior=pne/ont%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπιστείχειν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqo%2Fna&la=greek&can=xqo%2Fna0&prior=e)pistei/xein" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθόνα</a>:<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=karpo%2Fn&la=greek&can=karpo%2Fn0&prior=xqo/na" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καρπόν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te2&prior=karpo/n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gai%2Fas&la=greek&can=gai%2Fas0&prior=te" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γαίας</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C5&prior=gai/as" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=botw%3Dn&la=greek&can=botw%3Dn0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βοτῶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pi%2Frruton&la=greek&can=e%29pi%2Frruton0&prior=botw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπίρρυτον</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29stoi%3Dsin&la=greek&can=a%29stoi%3Dsin0&prior=e)pi/rruton" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀστοῖσιν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29qenou%3Dnta&la=greek&can=eu%29qenou%3Dnta0&prior=a)stoi=sin" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὐθενοῦντα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C4&prior=eu)qenou=nta" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%2Fmnein&la=greek&can=ka%2Fmnein0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κάμνειν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xro%2Fnw%7C&la=greek&can=xro%2Fnw%7C0&prior=ka/mnein" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χρόνῳ</a>,<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C6&prior=xro/nw|" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotei%2Fwn&la=greek&can=brotei%2Fwn0&prior=tw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτείων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sperma%2Ftwn&la=greek&can=sperma%2Ftwn0&prior=brotei/wn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σπερμάτων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=swthri%2Fan&la=greek&can=swthri%2Fan0&prior=sperma/twn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σωτηρίαν</a>.<br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">910</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn1&prior=swthri/an" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29sebou%2Fntwn&la=greek&can=eu%29sebou%2Fntwn0&prior=tw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὐσεβούντων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%271&prior=eu)sebou/ntwn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29kforwte%2Fra&la=greek&can=e%29kforwte%2Fra0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκφορωτέρα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pe%2Flois&la=greek&can=pe%2Flois0&prior=e)kforwte/ra" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πέλοις</a>.<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ste%2Frgw&la=greek&can=ste%2Frgw0&prior=pe/lois" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">στέργω</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%2Fr&la=greek&can=ga%2Fr2&prior=ste/rgw" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γάρ</a>, <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ndro%5Cs&la=greek&can=a%29ndro%5Cs0&prior=ga/r" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀνδρὸς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fitupoi%2Fmenos&la=greek&can=fitupoi%2Fmenos0&prior=a)ndro\s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φιτυποίμενος</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=di%2Fkhn&la=greek&can=di%2Fkhn0&prior=fitupoi/menos" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δίκην</a>,<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&can=to%5C1&prior=di/khn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn2&prior=to\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dikai%2Fwn&la=greek&can=dikai%2Fwn0&prior=tw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δικαίων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dnd%27&la=greek&can=tw%3Dnd%270&prior=dikai/wn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶνδ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29pe%2Fnqhton&la=greek&can=a%29pe%2Fnqhton0&prior=tw=nd%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπένθητον</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ge%2Fnos&la=greek&can=ge%2Fnos0&prior=a)pe/nqhton" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γένος</a>.</div>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toiau%3Dta&la=greek&can=toiau%3Dta0&prior=ge/nos" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοιαῦτα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sou%29%2Fsti&la=greek&can=sou%29%2Fsti0&prior=toiau=ta" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σοὔστι</a>. <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn3&prior=sou)/sti" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29reifa%2Ftwn&la=greek&can=a%29reifa%2Ftwn0&prior=tw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀρειφάτων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%272&prior=a)reifa/twn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29gw%5C&la=greek&can=e%29gw%5C0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐγὼ</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=preptw%3Dn&la=greek&can=preptw%3Dn0&prior=e)gw\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρεπτῶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29gw%2Fnwn&la=greek&can=a%29gw%2Fnwn0&prior=preptw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀγώνων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29k&la=greek&can=ou%29k0&prior=a)gw/nwn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐκ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ne%2Fcomai&la=greek&can=a%29ne%2Fcomai0&prior=ou)k" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀνέξομαι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&can=to%5C2&prior=a)ne/comai" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C5&prior=to\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29&la=greek&can=ou%290&prior=mh\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐ</a><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">915</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%2Fnd%27&la=greek&can=th%2Fnd%270&prior=ou)" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τήνδ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29stu%2Fnikon&la=greek&can=a%29stu%2Fnikon0&prior=th/nd%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀστύνικον</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n0&prior=a)stu/nikon" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotoi%3Ds&la=greek&can=brotoi%3Ds0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτοῖς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tima%3Dn&la=greek&can=tima%3Dn0&prior=brotoi=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τιμᾶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Flin&la=greek&can=po%2Flin0&prior=tima=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πόλιν</a>.</div>
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<i><b>Athena</b></i> </blockquote>
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<i>Blessings that aim at a victory not evil; blessings from the earth and from the waters of the sea and from the heavens: that the breathing gales of wind may approach the land in radiant sunshine, and that the fruit of the earth and offspring of grazing beasts, flourishing in overflow, may not fail my citizens in the course of time, and that the seed of mortals will be kept safe. May you make more prosperous the offspring of godly men; for I, like a gardener (</i><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fitupoi%2Fmenos&la=greek&can=fitupoi%2Fmenos0&prior=a)ndro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φιτυποίμενος</a>)<i>, cherish the race of these just men, free of sorrow. (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0005%3Acard%3D881" target="_blank">Eum. 903-12</a>)</i></blockquote>
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That's Smyth without alteration. There is no noun that means "blessings" in the passage. Athena simply assumes whatever the Furies meant by <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29fumnh%3Dsai&la=greek&can=e%29fumnh%3Dsai0&prior=th=|d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐφυμνῆσαι</a> is understood. So the passage could read<br />
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<i>Songs (or chants) that aim at a victory not evil; songs from the earth and from the waters of the sea and from the heavens: </i></blockquote>
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Song or chant sets tone and inspire, but there is no magic spell. The onus of Dike is on the people.<br />
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What's true is that what we all see here, what Athena shares with all in common, is the face of Nature undistorted by dreams or passions. After all the vivid images of houses haunted by the cries of eaten children, of murdered tyrants, of the Furies' pursuit of human blood, this countenance of the world present to the eye in simple, everyday words comes with the shock of an awakening. We are not seeing through the eyes of Furies or murderers or captives or haunted children, but through the eyes of Athens. Yes, Athena is the speaker -- but if an Athenian described the earth and sea and sky like this, we wouldn't bat an eye.<br />
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Except for one part.<br />
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<i> I, like a gardener </i>(<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fitupoi%2Fmenos&la=greek&can=fitupoi%2Fmenos0&prior=a)ndro\s">φιτυποίμενος</a>),<i> cherish the race of these just men, free of sorrow. (911)</i></blockquote>
One would be remiss not to note this wonderful word <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fitupoi%2Fmenos&la=greek&can=fitupoi%2Fmenos0&prior=a)ndro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φιτυποίμενος</a>, which may have been underserved by Smyth.<br />
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Lattimore:<i> as the gardener works in love. so love I best of all the unblighted generation of these upright men.</i> </blockquote>
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Sommerstein: <i>like a shepherd of plants, I cherish the race to which these righteous men belong.</i></blockquote>
Where Smyth and Lattimore settle for "gardener," Sommerstein discovers the remarkable strangeness of <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fitupoi%2Fmenos&la=greek&can=fitupoi%2Fmenos0&prior=a)ndro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φιτυποίμενος</a>, which yokes two distinct modes of agrarian work: herding and planting. His fine "shepherd of plants" fuses the dynamics of herding with the sowing of seeds.<br />
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The result is an absurd image of one who does not simply put things into the earth, but cares for them, gathers them in flocks and leads them (along the path of good speech) to green pastures. The fusion of gardening and herding marries the idealism of culture with the praxis of political action.* It could be considered a new word, or a "blend," but as a synthesis of two old words making something new, we might also think of it as a double catachresis of its own playful invention.<br />
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I'll wrap this up soon -- promise.<br />
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*I belatedly find that Gilles Deleuze had pondered this very catachresis (apparently without reference to Aeschyus) in his <a href="https://deleuze.cla.purdue.edu/seminars/foucault/lecture-21" target="_blank">Seminar on Foucault 1985-86</a>, part II.</blockquote>
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Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-20539884186729157322020-05-27T14:07:00.000-04:002020-05-28T12:09:03.426-04:00Voiceless informers: A contrast of entrances in the Oresteia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>[Edited to clean up some minor infelicities - the major ones remain...]</i><br />
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<b>Chorus of Erinyes</b><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29%3Den&la=greek&can=ei%29%3Den0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἶεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">: </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%2Fd%27&la=greek&can=to%2Fd%270&prior=ei)=en" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τόδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29sti%5C&la=greek&can=e%29sti%5C0&prior=to/d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐστὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%29ndro%5Cs&la=greek&can=ta%29ndro%5Cs0&prior=e)sti\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τἀνδρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29kfane%5Cs&la=greek&can=e%29kfane%5Cs0&prior=ta)ndro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκφανὲς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te%2Fkmar&la=greek&can=te%2Fkmar0&prior=e)kfane\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τέκμαρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">245</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28%2Fpou&la=greek&can=e%28%2Fpou0&prior=te/kmar" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἕπου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C2&prior=e(/pou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mhnuth%3Dros&la=greek&can=mhnuth%3Dros0&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μηνυτῆρος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29fqe%2Fgktou&la=greek&can=a%29fqe%2Fgktou0&prior=mhnuth=ros" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀφθέγκτου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fradai%3Ds&la=greek&can=fradai%3Ds0&prior=a)fqe/gktou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φραδαῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tetraumatisme%2Fnon&la=greek&can=tetraumatisme%2Fnon0&prior=fradai=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τετραυματισμένον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr5&prior=tetraumatisme/non" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28s&la=greek&can=w%28s0&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὡς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ku%2Fwn&la=greek&can=ku%2Fwn0&prior=w(s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κύων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=nebro%5Cn&la=greek&can=nebro%5Cn0&prior=ku/wn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νεβρὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs1&prior=nebro\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%28%3Dma&la=greek&can=ai%28%3Dma1&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἷμα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C7&prior=ai(=ma" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=stalagmo%5Cn&la=greek&can=stalagmo%5Cn0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σταλαγμὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29kmateu%2Fomen&la=greek&can=e%29kmateu%2Fomen0&prior=stalagmo\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκματεύομεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<i>Aha! This is a clear sign of the man. Follow the hints of a voiceless informer. For as a hound tracks a wounded fawn, so we track him by the drops of blood. (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0005%3Acard%3D213" target="_blank">Eum. 244-47</a>)</i></blockquote>
If Charles Sanders Peirce were here he might make note that whatever else is going on here, the Furies are reading the track of Orestes as a set of indices. The scent of blood neither resembles Orestes nor is a conventional signifier.<br />
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Aeschylus's Fury interestingly notes that these signs they've been following are clear even as they are <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mhnuth%3Dros&la=greek&can=mhnuth%3Dros0&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μηνυτῆρος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29fqe%2Fgktou&la=greek&can=a%29fqe%2Fgktou0&prior=mhnuth=ros" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀφθέγκτου</a>, "voiceless informers." This characterization of the path of signs suggests both something that can be read unambiguously -- they speak clearly -- at the same time they are unable to speak. Blood here is a natural trace the Furies can read thanks to the materiality of the signifier.<br />
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Indexical signs often are proximate to the thing they refer to, just as water on the ground would indicate that it has rained.<br />
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When the Erinyes arrive at the Temple, what they see is Orestes clutching the famed wooden statue of Athena -- an icon of the goddess whose help he seeks. The contrast of the two kinds of sign is a feature of the scene.<br />
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It's remarkable how Aeschylus's theatrical imagination can offer what seems a barely disguised ideogram of semiotics writ large. Take Clytemnestra's speech, her first important one in <i>Agamemnon</i> that describes each station of her blazing relay. It's a Big Concatenated Sign from Ida that flashed news of the fall of Ilium to her rooftop Watchman.<br />
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Here's just the beginning:<br />
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<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*klutaimh%2Fstra&la=greek&can=*klutaimh%2Fstra0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Κλυταιμήστρα</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%28%2Fhfaistos&la=greek&can=*%28%2Fhfaistos0&prior=*klutaimh/stra" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἥφαιστος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29%2Fidhs&la=greek&can=*%29%2Fidhs0&prior=*(/hfaistos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἴδης</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=lampro%5Cn&la=greek&can=lampro%5Cn0&prior=*)/idhs" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λαμπρὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29kpe%2Fmpwn&la=greek&can=e%29kpe%2Fmpwn0&prior=lampro\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκπέμπων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=se%2Flas&la=greek&can=se%2Flas0&prior=e)kpe/mpwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σέλας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=frukto%5Cs&la=greek&can=frukto%5Cs0&prior=se/las" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φρυκτὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C0&prior=frukto\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=frukto%5Cn&la=greek&can=frukto%5Cn0&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φρυκτὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=deu%3Dr%27&la=greek&can=deu%3Dr%270&prior=frukto\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δεῦρ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29p%27&la=greek&can=a%29p%270&prior=deu=r%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29gga%2Frou&la=greek&can=a%29gga%2Frou0&prior=a)p%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀγγάρου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=puro%5Cs&la=greek&can=puro%5Cs0&prior=a)gga/rou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πυρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fpempen&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fpempen0&prior=puro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔπεμπεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">: </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29%2Fidh&la=greek&can=*%29%2Fidh0&prior=e)/pempen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἴδη</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%5Cn&la=greek&can=me%5Cn0&prior=*)/idh" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs0&prior=me\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%28ermai%3Don&la=greek&can=*%28ermai%3Don0&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἑρμαῖον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=le%2Fpas&la=greek&can=le%2Fpas0&prior=*(ermai=on" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λέπας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*lh%2Fmnou&la=greek&can=*lh%2Fmnou0&prior=le/pas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Λήμνου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">: </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fgan&la=greek&can=me%2Fgan0&prior=*lh/mnou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μέγαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C1&prior=me/gan" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pano%5Cn&la=greek&can=pano%5Cn0&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πανὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29k&la=greek&can=e%29k0&prior=pano\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=nh%2Fsou&la=greek&can=nh%2Fsou0&prior=e)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νήσου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tri%2Fton&la=greek&can=tri%2Fton0&prior=nh/sou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τρίτον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">285</span></span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29aqw%3D%7Con&la=greek&can=*%29aqw%3D%7Con0&prior=tri/ton" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἀθῷον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29%3Dpos&la=greek&can=ai%29%3Dpos0&prior=*)aqw=|on" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἶπος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*zhno%5Cs&la=greek&can=*zhno%5Cs0&prior=ai)=pos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ζηνὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29cede%2Fcato&la=greek&can=e%29cede%2Fcato0&prior=*zhno\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐξεδέξατο</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28pertelh%2Fs&la=greek&can=u%28pertelh%2Fs0&prior=e)cede/cato" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑπερτελής</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=u(pertelh/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Fnton&la=greek&can=po%2Fnton0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πόντον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28%2Fste&la=greek&can=w%28%2Fste0&prior=po/nton" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὥστε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=nwti%2Fsai&la=greek&can=nwti%2Fsai0&prior=w(/ste" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νωτίσαι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%29sxu%5Cs&la=greek&can=i%29sxu%5Cs0&prior=nwti/sai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἰσχὺς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=poreutou%3D&la=greek&can=poreutou%3D0&prior=i)sxu\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πορευτοῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=lampa%2Fdos&la=greek&can=lampa%2Fdos0&prior=poreutou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λαμπάδος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs1&prior=lampa/dos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%28donh%5Cn&la=greek&can=h%28donh%5Cn0&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἡδονὴν</a><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*&la=greek&can=*0&prior=h(donh\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">*</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=peu%2Fkh&la=greek&can=peu%2Fkh0&prior=*" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πεύκη</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&can=to%5C0&prior=peu/kh" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xrusofegge%2Fs&la=greek&can=xrusofegge%2Fs0&prior=to\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χρυσοφεγγές</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28%2Fs&la=greek&can=w%28%2Fs0&prior=xrusofegge/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὥς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tis&la=greek&can=tis0&prior=w(/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%28%2Flios&la=greek&can=h%28%2Flios0&prior=tis" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἥλιος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=se%2Flas&la=greek&can=se%2Flas1&prior=h(/lios" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σέλας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=paraggei%2Flasa&la=greek&can=paraggei%2Flasa0&prior=se/las" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παραγγείλασα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*maki%2Fstou&la=greek&can=*maki%2Fstou0&prior=paraggei/lasa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Μακίστου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=skopai%3Ds&la=greek&can=skopai%3Ds0&prior=*maki/stou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σκοπαῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">290</span></span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28&la=greek&can=o%280&prior=skopai=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=o(" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2Fti&la=greek&can=ou%29%2Fti0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὔτι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fllwn&la=greek&can=me%2Fllwn0&prior=ou)/ti" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μέλλων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29d%27&la=greek&can=ou%29d%270&prior=me/llwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29frasmo%2Fnws&la=greek&can=a%29frasmo%2Fnws0&prior=ou)d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀφρασμόνως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28%2Fpnw%7C&la=greek&can=u%28%2Fpnw%7C0&prior=a)frasmo/nws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὕπνῳ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=nikw%2Fmenos&la=greek&can=nikw%2Fmenos0&prior=u(/pnw|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νικώμενος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=parh%3Dken&la=greek&can=parh%3Dken0&prior=nikw/menos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παρῆκεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29gge%2Flou&la=greek&can=a%29gge%2Flou0&prior=parh=ken" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀγγέλου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fros&la=greek&can=me%2Fros0&prior=a)gge/lou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μέρος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
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<b>Clytaemestra</b><br />
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<i>Hephaestus, from Ida speeding forth his brilliant blaze. Beacon passed beacon on to us by courier-flame: Ida, to the Hermaean crag in Lemnos; to the mighty blaze upon the island succeeded, third, [285] the summit of Athos sacred to Zeus; and, soaring high aloft so as to leap across the sea, the flame, travelling joyously onward in its strength, </i><lacuna><i> the pinewood torch, its golden-beamed light, as another sun, passing the message on to the watchtowers of Macistus. [290] He, delaying not nor carelessly overcome by sleep, did not neglect his part as messenger.. . . </i></lacuna></blockquote>
The entire speech is stupendous -- revealing on the level of story that this relay of fires was set up by Clytemnestra to have the earliest news of the downfall of Troy. It moves through distances with the dexterity of a winged goddess, and her description blurs from that of the architect of this system of signals to an omniscience that sees the warders at every site quickly kindling this blazing message.<br />
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We could spend time on the significance of these fires as images of both Troy and an impending event in Hellas, etc. But staying with Peirce we'll note that they've become conventional symbols thanks to the pre-arranged sign system set up by the Queen. The iconic has become a symbol with a meaning that it does not resemble.<br />
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What's more, the rich descriptive details of the watchmen along the way vividly enact precisely how messages move from sender to receiver, each in his own context, working with his own materials. A semiotician might observe that all relayed messages depend on contingent means that are supposed to faithfully replicate the message. Describing her chain of messengers, Clytemnestra notes that the warder at Macistus could have fallen asleep and missed the signal.<br />
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Her telling itself of this barreling relay of fires itself catches fire. Flame seen from a mountain where goats roam stimulate flames that don't simply "answer," but grow with ungovernable autonomous energy. As the flames swoop, leap, are stoked to be larger than ordered, inevitable contingency at play around each link of the chain inserts itself. Anyone who has played telephone knows how messages can go astray, or get out of hand.<br />
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In foregrounding both the import of the message and the contingencies along its path, Clytemnestra, like many messengers in Greek plays, gives us insight into who she is. Her role as her husband's surrogate has assumed new energy, a life of its own. Exulting in the alacrity of those tending her voiceless informers, she paints an epic picture and demonstrates with a field marshal's grasp of the Great World -- all its moving parts, and what can go wrong. We know her better after she's done.<br />
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Athena's first speech comes as she enters the temple of Athena Polias, where she finds Orestes clinging to her image, and the Furies ready to drain him.<br />
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<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29aqhna%3D&la=greek&can=*%29aqhna%3D0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἀθηνᾶ</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%2Fswqen&la=greek&can=pro%2Fswqen0&prior=*)aqhna=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρόσωθεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29ch%2Fkousa&la=greek&can=e%29ch%2Fkousa0&prior=pro/swqen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐξήκουσα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=klhdo%2Fnos&la=greek&can=klhdo%2Fnos0&prior=e)ch/kousa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κληδόνος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=boh%5Cn&la=greek&can=boh%5Cn0&prior=klhdo/nos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βοὴν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29po%5C&la=greek&can=a%29po%5C0&prior=boh\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπὸ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*skama%2Fndrou&la=greek&can=*skama%2Fndrou0&prior=a)po\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Σκαμάνδρου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gh%3Dn&la=greek&can=gh%3Dn0&prior=*skama/ndrou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γῆν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=katafqatoume%2Fnh&la=greek&can=katafqatoume%2Fnh0&prior=gh=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καταφθατουμένη</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%28%5Cn&la=greek&can=h%28%5Cn0&prior=katafqatoume/nh" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἣν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dh%3Dt%27&la=greek&can=dh%3Dt%270&prior=h(\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δῆτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29axaiw%3Dn&la=greek&can=*%29axaiw%3Dn0&prior=dh=t%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἀχαιῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fktore%2Fs&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fktore%2Fs0&prior=*)axaiw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄκτορές</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=a)/ktore/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%2Fmoi&la=greek&can=pro%2Fmoi0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρόμοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">400</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn0&prior=pro/moi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29xmalw%2Ftwn&la=greek&can=ai%29xmalw%2Ftwn0&prior=tw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἰχμαλώτων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xrhma%2Ftwn&la=greek&can=xrhma%2Ftwn0&prior=ai)xmalw/twn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χρημάτων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=la%2Fxos&la=greek&can=la%2Fxos0&prior=xrhma/twn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λάχος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fga&la=greek&can=me%2Fga0&prior=la/xos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μέγα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fneiman&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fneiman0&prior=me/ga" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔνειμαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=au%29to%2Fpremnon&la=greek&can=au%29to%2Fpremnon0&prior=e)/neiman" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αὐτόπρεμνον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29s&la=greek&can=ei%29s0&prior=au)to/premnon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἰς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&can=to%5C0&prior=ei)s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%3Dn&la=greek&can=pa%3Dn0&prior=to\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πᾶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29moi%2F&la=greek&can=e%29moi%2F0&prior=pa=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμοί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29cai%2Freton&la=greek&can=e%29cai%2Freton0&prior=e)moi/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐξαίρετον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dw%2Frhma&la=greek&can=dw%2Frhma0&prior=e)cai/reton" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δώρημα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*qhse%2Fws&la=greek&can=*qhse%2Fws0&prior=dw/rhma" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Θησέως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%2Fkois&la=greek&can=to%2Fkois0&prior=*qhse/ws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τόκοις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fnqen&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fnqen0&prior=to/kois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔνθεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=diw%2Fkous%27&la=greek&can=diw%2Fkous%270&prior=e)/nqen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">διώκουσ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%3Dlqon&la=greek&can=h%29%3Dlqon0&prior=diw/kous%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἦλθον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Ftruton&la=greek&can=a%29%2Ftruton0&prior=h)=lqon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄτρυτον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Fda&la=greek&can=po%2Fda0&prior=a)/truton" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πόδα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pterw%3Dn&la=greek&can=pterw%3Dn0&prior=po/da" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πτερῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fter&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fter0&prior=pterw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄτερ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=r%28oibdou%3Dsa&la=greek&can=r%28oibdou%3Dsa0&prior=a)/ter" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ῥοιβδοῦσα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ko%2Flpon&la=greek&can=ko%2Flpon0&prior=r(oibdou=sa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κόλπον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29gi%2Fdos&la=greek&can=ai%29gi%2Fdos0&prior=ko/lpon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἰγίδος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">405</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pw%2Flois&la=greek&can=pw%2Flois0&prior=ai)gi/dos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πώλοις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29kmai%2Fois&la=greek&can=a%29kmai%2Fois0&prior=pw/lois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀκμαίοις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%2Fnd%27&la=greek&can=to%2Fnd%270&prior=a)kmai/ois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τόνδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pizeu%2Fcas%27&la=greek&can=e%29pizeu%2Fcas%270&prior=to/nd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπιζεύξασ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Fxon&la=greek&can=o%29%2Fxon0&prior=e)pizeu/cas%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὄχον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kainh%5Cn&la=greek&can=kainh%5Cn0&prior=o)/xon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καινὴν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=kainh\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28rw%3Dsa&la=greek&can=o%28rw%3Dsa0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁρῶσα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%2Fnd%27&la=greek&can=th%2Fnd%270&prior=o(rw=sa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τήνδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28mili%2Fan&la=greek&can=o%28mili%2Fan0&prior=th/nd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁμιλίαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqono%5Cs&la=greek&can=xqono%5Cs0&prior=o(mili/an" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθονὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tarbw%3D&la=greek&can=tarbw%3D0&prior=xqono\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ταρβῶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%5Cn&la=greek&can=me%5Cn0&prior=tarbw=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29de%2Fn&la=greek&can=ou%29de%2Fn0&prior=me\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐδέν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qau%3Dma&la=greek&can=qau%3Dma0&prior=ou)de/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θαῦμα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%271&prior=qau=ma" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Fmmasin&la=greek&can=o%29%2Fmmasin0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὄμμασιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Fra&la=greek&can=pa%2Fra0&prior=o)/mmasin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάρα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2Fnes&la=greek&can=ti%2Fnes0&prior=pa/ra" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τίνες</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pot%27&la=greek&can=pot%270&prior=ti/nes" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ποτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29ste%2F&la=greek&can=e%29ste%2F0&prior=pot%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐστέ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">; </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%3Dsi&la=greek&can=pa%3Dsi0&prior=e)ste/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πᾶσι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%272&prior=pa=si" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29s&la=greek&can=e%29s0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=koino%5Cn&la=greek&can=koino%5Cn0&prior=e)s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κοινὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=le%2Fgw&la=greek&can=le%2Fgw0&prior=koino\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λέγω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bre%2Ftas&la=greek&can=bre%2Ftas0&prior=le/gw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βρέτας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te1&prior=bre/tas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%29mo%5Cn&la=greek&can=tou%29mo%5Cn0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοὐμὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3D%7Cd%27&la=greek&can=tw%3D%7Cd%270&prior=tou)mo\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῷδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29fhme%2Fnw%7C&la=greek&can=e%29fhme%2Fnw%7C0&prior=tw=|d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐφημένῳ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ce%2Fnw%7C&la=greek&can=ce%2Fnw%7C0&prior=e)fhme/nw|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ξένῳ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">410</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28ma%3Ds&la=greek&can=u%28ma%3Ds0&prior=ce/nw|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑμᾶς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=q%27&la=greek&can=q%270&prior=u(ma=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28moi%2Fas&la=greek&can=o%28moi%2Fas0&prior=q%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁμοίας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29deni%5C&la=greek&can=ou%29deni%5C0&prior=o(moi/as" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐδενὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=spartw%3Dn&la=greek&can=spartw%3Dn0&prior=ou)deni\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σπαρτῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ge%2Fnei&la=greek&can=ge%2Fnei0&prior=spartw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γένει</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2Ft%27&la=greek&can=ou%29%2Ft%270&prior=ge/nei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὔτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n0&prior=ou)/t%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeai%3Dsi&la=greek&can=qeai%3Dsi0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεαῖσι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs0&prior=qeai=si" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qew%3Dn&la=greek&can=qew%3Dn0&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28rwme%2Fnas&la=greek&can=o%28rwme%2Fnas0&prior=qew=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁρωμένας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2Ft%27&la=greek&can=ou%29%2Ft%271&prior=o(rwme/nas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὔτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%3Dn&la=greek&can=ou%29%3Dn0&prior=ou)/t%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὖν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotei%2Fois&la=greek&can=brotei%2Fois0&prior=ou)=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτείοις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mferei%3Ds&la=greek&can=e%29mferei%3Ds0&prior=brotei/ois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμφερεῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=morfw%2Fmasin&la=greek&can=morfw%2Fmasin0&prior=e)mferei=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μορφώμασιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=le%2Fgein&la=greek&can=le%2Fgein0&prior=morfw/masin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λέγειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%273&prior=le/gein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fmomfon&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fmomfon0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄμομφον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Fnta&la=greek&can=o%29%2Fnta0&prior=a)/momfon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὄντα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%5Cs&la=greek&can=tou%5Cs0&prior=o)/nta" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοὺς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pe%2Flas&la=greek&can=pe%2Flas0&prior=tou\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πέλας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kakw%3Ds&la=greek&can=kakw%3Ds0&prior=pe/las" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κακῶς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%2Fsw&la=greek&can=pro%2Fsw0&prior=kakw=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρόσω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dikai%2Fwn&la=greek&can=dikai%2Fwn0&prior=pro/sw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δικαίων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29d%27&la=greek&can=h%29d%270&prior=dikai/wn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἠδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29postatei%3D&la=greek&can=a%29postatei%3D0&prior=h)d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀποστατεῖ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qe%2Fmis&la=greek&can=qe%2Fmis0&prior=a)postatei=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θέμις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>Athena</b> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>From afar I heard the call of a summons, from the Scamander, while I was taking possession of the land, which the leaders and chiefs of the Achaeans assigned to me, a great portion of the spoil their spears had won, [400] to be wholly mine forever, a choice gift to Theseus' sons. From there I have come, urging on my tireless foot, without wings rustling the folds of my aegis. As I see this strange company of visitors to my land, I am not afraid, but it is a wonder to my eyes. Who in the world are you? I address you all in common—this stranger sitting at my image, and you, who are like no race of creatures ever born, [410] neither seen by gods among goddesses nor resembling mortal forms. But it is far from just to speak ill of one's neighbor who is blameless, and Right stands aloof.</i></blockquote>
<br />
Her speech offers many telling details that contrast with both Clytemnestra and the Furies. Busily engaged in public affairs, she hears a call from afar that arrives without need of fire warders. Her reference to her mode of travel has a blithe tone:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>From there I have come, urging on my tireless foot, without wings rustling the folds of my aegis </i></blockquote>
The impression is that she moves effortlessly, in strong contrast to the exhausted Furies at their first entrance. Her reference to the aegis has an unaffected, offhand quality. She seems approachable, down to earth.<br />
<br />
Her entrance offers interesting theatrical possibilities. If we consider the audience might have been terrified just moments before by the Furies' magniloquence:<br />
<br />
<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Χορός</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2Fs&la=greek&can=ti%2Fs0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τίς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%3Dn&la=greek&can=ou%29%3Dn0&prior=ti/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὖν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fd%27&la=greek&can=ta%2Fd%270&prior=ou)=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29x&la=greek&can=ou%29x0&prior=ta/d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐχ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28%2Fzetai%2F&la=greek&can=a%28%2Fzetai%2F0&prior=ou)x" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἅζεταί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">390</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=a(/zetai/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%2Fdoiken&la=greek&can=de%2Fdoiken0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δέδοικεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotw%3Dn&la=greek&can=brotw%3Dn0&prior=de/doiken" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mou%3D&la=greek&can=e%29mou%3D0&prior=brotw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμοῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=klu%2Fwn&la=greek&can=klu%2Fwn0&prior=e)mou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κλύων</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5Cn&la=greek&can=to%5Cn0&prior=qesmo\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=moiro%2Fkranton&la=greek&can=moiro%2Fkranton0&prior=to\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μοιρόκραντον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29k&la=greek&can=e%29k0&prior=moiro/kranton" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qew%3Dn&la=greek&can=qew%3Dn0&prior=e)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=doqe%2Fnta&la=greek&can=doqe%2Fnta0&prior=qew=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δοθέντα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te%2Fleon&la=greek&can=te%2Fleon0&prior=doqe/nta" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τέλεον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">;</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><b>Chorus</b><br />What mortal, then, does not stand in awe and dread when he hears from me the law ordained by Fate and accepted by the gods? </i></blockquote>
Athena's chatty absence of dread can be played to conjure a gentle comic contrast. The mention of her foot recalls that the dread chorus had just moments before sung of -- and presumably danced with vehemence -- their power to trip up even speedy mortals:<br />
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<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Χορός</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ma%2Fla&la=greek&can=ma%2Fla0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μάλα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr0&prior=ma/la" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%3Dn&la=greek&can=ou%29%3Dn0&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὖν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28lome%2Fna&la=greek&can=a%28lome%2Fna0&prior=ou)=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἁλομένα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ne%2Fkaqen&la=greek&can=a%29ne%2Fkaqen0&prior=a(lome/na" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀνέκαθεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=barupesh%3D&la=greek&can=barupesh%3D0&prior=a)ne/kaqen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βαρυπεσῆ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=katafe%2Frw&la=greek&can=katafe%2Frw0&prior=barupesh=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καταφέρω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=podo%5Cs&la=greek&can=podo%5Cs0&prior=katafe/rw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ποδὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29kma%2Fn&la=greek&can=a%29kma%2Fn0&prior=podo\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀκμάν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">375</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sfalera%5C&la=greek&can=sfalera%5C0&prior=a)kma/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σφαλερὰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=sfalera\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tanudro%2Fmois&la=greek&can=tanudro%2Fmois0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τανυδρόμοις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kw%3Dla&la=greek&can=kw%3Dla0&prior=tanudro/mois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κῶλα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=du%2Fsforon&la=greek&can=du%2Fsforon0&prior=kw=la" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δύσφορον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Ftan&la=greek&can=a%29%2Ftan0&prior=du/sforon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄταν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><b>Chorus</b><br />For surely with a great leap from above I bring down the heavily falling edge of my foot, my limbs that trip even swift runners —unendurable ruin.</i></blockquote>
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Their showy awfulness is instantly defused as Athena exhibits wonder and curiosity, but no dread:<br />
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<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29aqhna%3D&la=greek&can=*%29aqhna%3D0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἀθηνᾶ</a></b><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kainh%5Cn&la=greek&can=kainh%5Cn0&prior=o)/xon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καινὴν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=kainh\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28rw%3Dsa&la=greek&can=o%28rw%3Dsa0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁρῶσα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%2Fnd%27&la=greek&can=th%2Fnd%270&prior=o(rw=sa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τήνδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28mili%2Fan&la=greek&can=o%28mili%2Fan0&prior=th/nd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁμιλίαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqono%5Cs&la=greek&can=xqono%5Cs0&prior=o(mili/an" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθονὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tarbw%3D&la=greek&can=tarbw%3D0&prior=xqono\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ταρβῶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%5Cn&la=greek&can=me%5Cn0&prior=tarbw=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29de%2Fn&la=greek&can=ou%29de%2Fn0&prior=me\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐδέν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qau%3Dma&la=greek&can=qau%3Dma0&prior=ou)de/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θαῦμα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%271&prior=qau=ma" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Fmmasin&la=greek&can=o%29%2Fmmasin0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὄμμασιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Fra&la=greek&can=pa%2Fra0&prior=o)/mmasin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάρα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2Fnes&la=greek&can=ti%2Fnes0&prior=pa/ra" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τίνες</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pot%27&la=greek&can=pot%270&prior=ti/nes" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ποτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29ste%2F&la=greek&can=e%29ste%2F0&prior=pot%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐστέ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">; </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%3Dsi&la=greek&can=pa%3Dsi0&prior=e)ste/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πᾶσι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%272&prior=pa=si" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29s&la=greek&can=e%29s0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=koino%5Cn&la=greek&can=koino%5Cn0&prior=e)s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κοινὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=le%2Fgw&la=greek&can=le%2Fgw0&prior=koino\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λέγω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
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<i><b>Athena</b><br />As I see this strange company of visitors to my land, I am not afraid, but it is a wonder to my eyes. Who may you be? I speak to all alike . . . (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0005%3Acard%3D397" target="_blank">Eum. 405-7</a> </i>Sommerstein's translation adapted here.)</blockquote>
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After the thrilling dance of the Erinyes, (reputed to have caused infants to expire and women to miscarry) Athena's entrance is clothed in the language of daily life -- she speaks in prose.<br />
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The Athenians would notice. Here's their goddess, the embodiment and protectress of their city, yet instead of some stagy entrance replete with flashy signifiers and an entourage of devotees and hangers on, she appears as one speaking "to all alike."<br />
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This seems the very pith of what Aeschylus is getting at. Athena is wonderful, and fresh and beautiful and powerful and fearless -- and she's also sublimely natural, simple, and open. What the Furies will eventually come to see, but what we might already sense, is that Athenian democracy doesn't sound like Homer, possess wings, or look like darkly haunted demons. This goddess who came when called isn't simply wise -- she's good humored, unpretentious, and, in this her city, wonderfully one of us.<br />
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I really thought I'd get to the finish line with this -- almost there. A few final remarks will follow.<br />
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Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-6514322950014202522020-05-23T14:21:00.001-04:002020-05-26T11:35:00.290-04:00Dancing with Furies: The Persuasion of the Erinyes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ll%27&la=greek&can=a%29ll%270&prior=pe/dou" style="color: black;" target="morph">ἀλλ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29&la=greek&can=ei%290&prior=a)ll%27" style="color: black;" target="morph">εἰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%5Cn&la=greek&can=me%5Cn0&prior=ei)" style="color: black;" target="morph">μὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28gno%2Fn&la=greek&can=a%28gno%2Fn0&prior=me\n" style="color: black;" target="morph">ἁγνόν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29sti%2F&la=greek&can=e%29sti%2F0&prior=a(gno/n" style="color: black;" target="morph">ἐστί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=soi&la=greek&can=soi1&prior=e)sti/" style="color: black;" target="morph">σοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*peiqou%3Ds&la=greek&can=*peiqou%3Ds0&prior=soi" style="color: black;" target="morph">Πειθοῦς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=se%2Fbas&la=greek&can=se%2Fbas0&prior=*peiqou=s" style="color: black;" target="morph">σέβας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">;</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glw%2Fsshs&la=greek&can=glw%2Fsshs0&prior=se/bas" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γλώσσης</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mh%3Ds&la=greek&can=e%29mh%3Ds0&prior=glw/sshs" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμῆς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mei%2Fligma&la=greek&can=mei%2Fligma0&prior=e)mh=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μείλιγμα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C1&prior=mei/ligma" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qelkth%2Frion&la=greek&can=qelkth%2Frion0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θελκτήριον</a>,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=su%5C&la=greek&can=su%5C0&prior=qelkth/rion" style="color: black;" target="morph"></a><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=su%5C&la=greek&can=su%5C0&prior=qelkth/rion" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σὺ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=su\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%3Dn&la=greek&can=ou%29%3Dn0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὖν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fnois&la=greek&can=me%2Fnois0&prior=ou)=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μένοις</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fn&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fn0&prior=me/nois" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄν</a>: </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>But if you give holy reverence to Persuasion, </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>the sweetness and charm of my tongue, </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>then you might remain</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0005%3Acard%3D881" target="_blank">Eum</a>. 885-88)</i></span></div>
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With the <i>Eumenides'</i> scene of Persuasion, the story that began with the Watchman atop Agamemnon's roof reaches a point of resolve, if not total resolution.<br />
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The opening lines of <i>Agamemnon</i> speak of the desire for deliverance from the toil of a year-long watch:<br />
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<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*fu%2Flac&la=greek&can=*fu%2Flac0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Φύλαξ</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeou%5Cs&la=greek&can=qeou%5Cs0&prior=*fu/lac" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεοὺς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%5Cn&la=greek&can=me%5Cn0&prior=qeou\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29tw%3D&la=greek&can=ai%29tw%3D0&prior=me\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἰτῶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dnd%27&la=greek&can=tw%3Dnd%270&prior=ai)tw=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶνδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29pallagh%5Cn&la=greek&can=a%29pallagh%5Cn0&prior=tw=nd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπαλλαγὴν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Fnwn&la=greek&can=po%2Fnwn0&prior=a)pallagh\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πόνων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=froura%3Ds&la=greek&can=froura%3Ds0&prior=po/nwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φρουρᾶς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29tei%2Fas&la=greek&can=e%29tei%2Fas0&prior=froura=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐτείας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%3Dkos&la=greek&can=mh%3Dkos0&prior=e)tei/as" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μῆκος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Release from this weary task of mine has been my plea to the gods </i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>throughout this long year's watch . . . </i></span></blockquote>
The Watchman will see the cascading relay of fire that announces not just the end of Troy, but the beginning of the fall of Agamemnon. <span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a roiling roller-coaster of a tale from that rooftop in Argos to the final dance of the company escorting the Erinyes to their cavernous new dwelling beneath the Areopagus.</span><br />
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These escorts are charged by Athena:<br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=foinikoba%2Fptois&la=greek&can=foinikoba%2Fptois0&prior=presbuti/dwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φοινικοβάπτοις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29ndutoi%3Ds&la=greek&can=e%29ndutoi%3Ds0&prior=foinikoba/ptois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐνδυτοῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29sqh%2Fmasi&la=greek&can=e%29sqh%2Fmasi0&prior=e)ndutoi=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐσθήμασι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tima%3Dte&la=greek&can=tima%3Dte0&prior=e)sqh/masi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τιμᾶτε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C2&prior=tima=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&can=to%5C0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fe%2Fggos&la=greek&can=fe%2Fggos0&prior=to\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φέγγος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28rma%2Fsqw&la=greek&can=o%28rma%2Fsqw0&prior=fe/ggos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁρμάσθω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=puro%2Fs&la=greek&can=puro%2Fs0&prior=o(rma/sqw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πυρός</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">1030</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28%2Fpws&la=greek&can=o%28%2Fpws0&prior=puro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὅπως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%5Cn&la=greek&can=a%29%5Cn1&prior=o(/pws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἂν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29%2Ffrwn&la=greek&can=eu%29%2Ffrwn0&prior=a)\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὔφρων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%28%2Fd%27&la=greek&can=h%28%2Fd%270&prior=eu)/frwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἥδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28mili%2Fa&la=greek&can=o%28mili%2Fa0&prior=h(/d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁμιλία</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqono%5Cs&la=greek&can=xqono%5Cs2&prior=o(mili/a" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθονὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&can=to%5C1&prior=xqono\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=loipo%5Cn&la=greek&can=loipo%5Cn0&prior=to\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λοιπὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29a%2Fndroisi&la=greek&can=eu%29a%2Fndroisi0&prior=loipo\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὐάνδροισι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sumforai%3Ds&la=greek&can=sumforai%3Ds0&prior=eu)a/ndroisi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">συμφοραῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pre%2Fph%7C&la=greek&can=pre%2Fph%7C0&prior=sumforai=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρέπῃ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">There d</span>ress them honorably in robes dyed scarlet, and let the torches' light move on, so that this kindly company of visitors to our land [1030] may show itself clearly </i>(<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pre%2Fph%7C&la=greek&can=pre%2Fph%7C0&prior=sumforai=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρέπῃ</a>) <i>afterwards in blessings that bring prosperity to men.</i></blockquote>
Appearing as a sign heralding victory, the light from Troy bears information that helps Clytemnestra set up the overthrow of the king. This cryptic light is balanced by the procession of the Furies that brings torchlight beneath the earth. In a hoped for future, the dreaded Daughters of Night will be seen "clearly" (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pre%2Fph%7C&la=greek&can=pre%2Fph%7C0&prior=sumforai=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρέπῃ</a>) -- not directly, but through the good things that happen to the Athenians through their beneficence.<br />
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The symmetry underscores one aspect of what has taken place: Beguiling, deceptive illumination gives way to a relation involving not signs, but something more interior, reliant on human will.<br />
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To grasp this turn in its several dimensions, a few questions need to be addressed:<br />
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<li>How does Athena's wisdom differ from the brilliant knowing and foreknowing of Apollo and Cassandra?</li>
<li>What has to happen for the story to move from Oikos to Polis?</li>
<li>How characterize the "success" of the Athenian interiorization of the Erinyes?</li>
<li>What does the <i>Oresteia</i> mean by "Persuasion" (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*peiqou%3Ds&la=greek&can=*peiqou%3Ds0&prior=soi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Πειθοῦς</a>)</li>
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A sensible answer to these questions would require at least a book. To make some manageable headway here, let's begin with what the story tells us wisdom is not. It is not merely logic, or science, or even rhetorical skill -- all of which are possessed by Apollo.<br />
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Consider how helpful is Apollo's testimony regarding human conception. He provides a theory insusceptible to evidence, and fails to persuade even a sampling of good Athenians, let alone the Furies, of what he knows.</div>
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Cassandra provides another foil for Athena. Possessing the godlike ability to apprehend what is coming, she knows that she is to be slaughtered alongside Agamemnon -- but this knowledge is useless.<br />
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Cursed that she can never persuade anyone that what she says is true, Cassandra is no match for the strong personal and political might of Clytemnestra. As Simon Goldhill put it, “Clytemnestra’s persuasive force, then, is set against Cassandra’s unpersuasive truth.” (Goldhill, <i>Aeschylus</i> p. 53).</div>
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The awful predicament is probed even further -- the moment she received her "gift," she knew her horrible death, and moreover, knew that Apollo knew it too. Apollo can be a loyal protector as with Orestes -- but don't cross him.</div>
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The Apollonian world of brilliant sight, clear boundaries, the hard and fast quiddity of things, has a kind of fixity and finality resistant to conceiving change. Confronted by the hideous Furies, Apollo sees grotesque unreason and will not deal with it. The moment the trial ends, Apollo bolts -- no sticking around to help Athena with these seething Erinyes.</div>
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The <i>Oresteia's</i> challenge is not to the truth claims of knowledge, but of its utility in the public space of the polis. Put another way, Apollo's serene cognitive realm of language as ordering truth is under pressure -- something is working against its mastery, undermining its constructs, messing with its clear distinctions.</div>
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Because this is the case, the good things we make -- our human constructs -- require defending. That defense might come in varied forms, e.g.:<br />
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-- a man keeping watch (<a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=froura%3Ds&la=greek&can=froura%3Ds0&prior=po/nwn">φρουρᾶς</a>, Ag. 2) on a roof:<br />
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-- a citizens' court of Justice, here described by Athena: </div>
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κερδῶν ἄθικτον τοῦτο βουλευτήριον,<br />
αἰδοῖον, ὀξύθυμον, εὑδόντων ὕπερ<br />
ἐγρηγορὸς <b>φρούρημα</b> γῆς καθίσταμαι.</blockquote>
I establish this tribunal, untouched by greed, worthy of reverence, quick to anger, awake on behalf of those who sleep, a guardian (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=frou%2Frhma&la=greek&can=frou%2Frhma0&prior=e)grhgoro%5Cs">φρούρημα</a>) of the land. [<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0005%3Acard%3D674" target="_blank"><i>Eum.</i> 704-6</a>]</blockquote>
-- a reverence for wisdom that makes a city a "fortress of the gods": <b>φρούριον</b> θεῶν (<i>Eum.</i> 919). This reverence derives from an awareness that all Apollonian structures can be penetrated, subverted, belied.<br />
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The Apollonian is far-seeing, in space and time. But Apollo does not see the work of the Furies, and <a href="https://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-whole-fashion-of-your-form.html" target="_blank">as we've seen</a>, has no stomach for what they do -- it's all "beneath" him.<br />
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We might tentatively say of wisdom that it is, in part, <i>a vigilance owing to the anticipated undoing of all that is known.</i><br />
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Aeschylus's trajectory from <i>oikos</i> to<i> polis</i> has at least two moments:<br />
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First, moving away from the private familial domain of the <i>oikonomos</i>, there's the introduction of a Apollonian space where rational judgments and truth finding are used to enable judgments based on law, but based as well on the vagaries of a jury's perceptions and prejudgments.<br />
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But this illuminated space is fragile, susceptible to forces and influences that have nothing to do with reasoned judgment. A second moment is necessary -- an intervention reckoning with powers that lie outside of that Apollonian light -- something that no amount of truth, logic, or rhetorical skill will bring under control.<br />
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Aeschylus underscores the bi-polar peripeteia of persuasive power: He first gives the Furies their vehement dance of opposition to Athena's words (<i>kommos, </i>778-880) then a prose patch of dialog<i> </i>(881-1019)<i> </i>followed by the increasingly jubilant choral dance once the Furies have given their assent (<i>kommos 916-1020).</i><br />
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The dialog opens with Athena:<br />
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<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29aqhna%3D&la=greek&can=*%29aqhna%3D0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἀθηνᾶ</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2Ftoi&la=greek&can=ou%29%2Ftoi0&prior=*)aqhna=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὔτοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kamou%3Dmai%2F&la=greek&can=kamou%3Dmai%2F0&prior=ou)/toi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καμοῦμαί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=soi&la=greek&can=soi0&prior=kamou=mai/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=le%2Fgousa&la=greek&can=le%2Fgousa0&prior=soi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λέγουσα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%29gaqa%2F&la=greek&can=ta%29gaqa%2F0&prior=le/gousa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τἀγαθά</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28s&la=greek&can=w%28s0&prior=ta)gaqa/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὡς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%2Fpot%27&la=greek&can=mh%2Fpot%270&prior=w(s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μήποτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29%2Fph%7Cs&la=greek&can=ei%29%2Fph%7Cs0&prior=mh/pot%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἴπῃς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs0&prior=ei)/ph|s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=newte%2Fras&la=greek&can=newte%2Fras0&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νεωτέρας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mou%3D&la=greek&can=e%29mou%3D0&prior=newte/ras" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμοῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeo%5Cs&la=greek&can=qeo%5Cs0&prior=e)mou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=palaia%5C&la=greek&can=palaia%5C0&prior=qeo\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παλαιὰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=palaia\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=polissou%2Fxwn&la=greek&can=polissou%2Fxwn0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πολισσούχων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotw%3Dn&la=greek&can=brotw%3Dn0&prior=polissou/xwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Ftimos&la=greek&can=a%29%2Ftimos0&prior=brotw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄτιμος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Frrein&la=greek&can=e%29%2Frrein0&prior=a)/timos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔρρειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%3Dd%27&la=greek&can=tou%3Dd%270&prior=e)/rrein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοῦδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29po%2Fcenos&la=greek&can=a%29po%2Fcenos0&prior=tou=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπόξενος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pe%2Fdou&la=greek&can=pe%2Fdou0&prior=a)po/cenos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πέδου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">885</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ll%27&la=greek&can=a%29ll%270&prior=pe/dou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀλλ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29&la=greek&can=ei%290&prior=a)ll%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%5Cn&la=greek&can=me%5Cn0&prior=ei)" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28gno%2Fn&la=greek&can=a%28gno%2Fn0&prior=me\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἁγνόν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29sti%2F&la=greek&can=e%29sti%2F0&prior=a(gno/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐστί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=soi&la=greek&can=soi1&prior=e)sti/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*peiqou%3Ds&la=greek&can=*peiqou%3Ds0&prior=soi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Πειθοῦς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=se%2Fbas&la=greek&can=se%2Fbas0&prior=*peiqou=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σέβας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">;</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glw%2Fsshs&la=greek&can=glw%2Fsshs0&prior=se/bas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γλώσσης</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mh%3Ds&la=greek&can=e%29mh%3Ds0&prior=glw/sshs" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμῆς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mei%2Fligma&la=greek&can=mei%2Fligma0&prior=e)mh=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μείλιγμα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C1&prior=mei/ligma" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qelkth%2Frion&la=greek&can=qelkth%2Frion0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θελκτήριον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=su%5C&la=greek&can=su%5C0&prior=qelkth/rion" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σὺ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=su\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%3Dn&la=greek&can=ou%29%3Dn0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὖν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fnois&la=greek&can=me%2Fnois0&prior=ou)=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μένοις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fn&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fn0&prior=me/nois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">: </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29&la=greek&can=ei%291&prior=a)/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C0&prior=ei)" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C0&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qe%2Fleis&la=greek&can=qe%2Fleis0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θέλεις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fnein&la=greek&can=me%2Fnein0&prior=qe/leis" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μένειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2F&la=greek&can=ou%29%2F0&prior=me/nein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὔ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%29%5Cn&la=greek&can=ta%29%5Cn0&prior=ou)/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τἂν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dikai%2Fws&la=greek&can=dikai%2Fws0&prior=ta)\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δικαίως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3D%7Cd%27&la=greek&can=th%3D%7Cd%270&prior=dikai/ws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῇδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pirre%2Fpois&la=greek&can=e%29pirre%2Fpois0&prior=th=|d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπιρρέποις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Flei&la=greek&can=po%2Flei0&prior=e)pirre/pois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πόλει</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%3Dni%2Fn&la=greek&can=mh%3Dni%2Fn0&prior=po/lei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μῆνίν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tin%27&la=greek&can=tin%270&prior=mh=ni/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τιν᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%5C&la=greek&can=h%29%5C0&prior=tin%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἢ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ko%2Fton&la=greek&can=ko%2Fton0&prior=h)\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κότον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tin%27&la=greek&can=tin%271&prior=ko/ton" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τιν᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%5C&la=greek&can=h%29%5C1&prior=tin%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἢ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bla%2Fbhn&la=greek&can=bla%2Fbhn0&prior=h)\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βλάβην</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=stratw%3D%7C&la=greek&can=stratw%3D%7C0&prior=bla/bhn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">στρατῷ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">890</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fcesti&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fcesti0&prior=stratw=|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔξεστι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%2Fr&la=greek&can=ga%2Fr0&prior=e)/cesti" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γάρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=soi&la=greek&can=soi2&prior=ga/r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3Dsde&la=greek&can=th%3Dsde0&prior=soi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῆσδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gamo%2Frw%7C&la=greek&can=gamo%2Frw%7C0&prior=th=sde" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γαμόρῳ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqono%5Cs&la=greek&can=xqono%5Cs0&prior=gamo/rw|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθονὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29%3Dnai&la=greek&can=ei%29%3Dnai0&prior=xqono\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἶναι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dikai%2Fws&la=greek&can=dikai%2Fws1&prior=ei)=nai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δικαίως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29s&la=greek&can=e%29s0&prior=dikai/ws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&can=to%5C0&prior=e)s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%3Dn&la=greek&can=pa%3Dn0&prior=to\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πᾶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=timwme%2Fnh%7C&la=greek&can=timwme%2Fnh%7C0&prior=pa=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τιμωμένῃ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<i><b>Athena</b><b><br /></b>No, I will not grow tired of telling you about these good things, so you will never be able to say that you, an ancient goddess, were cast out, dishonored and banished, from this land by me, a younger goddess, and by the mortal guardians of my city. But if you give holy reverence to Persuasion, [885] the sweetness and charm of my tongue, then you might remain. But if you are not willing to stay, then surely it would be unjust for you to inflict on this city any wrath or rage or harm to the people. For it is possible for you to have a share of the land justly, with full honors. [890]</i></blockquote>
<br />
Athena says this in response to the Furies' angry charge, repeated verbatim, that they are being deceived and humiliated by younger gods who do not possess their wisdom.<br />
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Instead of seeking to dispute their claims, she simply offers them a choice: join us, or leave us in peace.<br />
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What is it that causes the Furies to then say:<br />
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<b>Chorus</b><br />
Lady Athena, what place do you say I will have?</div>
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<b>Athena</b><br />
One free from all pain and distress; accept it.</div>
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<b>Chorus</b><br />
Say that I have accepted it, what honor awaits me?</div>
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<b>Athena</b><br />
That no house will flourish without you. [895]</div>
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<b>Chorus</b><br />
Will you gain for me the possession of such power?</div>
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<b>Athena</b><br />
Yes, for we will set straight the fortunes of those who worship.</div>
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It seems you will win me by your spells; I am letting go my anger. [900]</div>
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Three facets of Athenaic wisdom are on display:<br />
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1. No pulling of rank. She exercises restraint and speaks to them with deference arguably due a cranky older generation.<br />
2. She offers them a choice and negotiates rather than dictates.<br />
3. The tone is one of good humor and good things promised.</blockquote>
In brief, Athena opens the door to the <i>polis</i>, which comes with a power the Furies have never known - the power to choose. These automatonic beings had a mission, but it was performed without reflection or hesitation -- the vengeance of blood.<br />
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The power of Athena's Persuasion comes not with fancy words, but with this gift of choice and voice - democratically shared power in action.<br />
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This giving is an action leading to a change in status if the Furies accept. Hearing Athena's beguiling voice, they begin to use their voice to iron out the specific terms of this change. They exercise, for perhaps the first time in their archaic lives, the power to shape, to change..<br />
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Trusting a god who says she has no reason to lie is itself an act. As they work out the details, they are accepting a contract not unlike that which underlies democracy itself. The <i>polis</i> promises freedom of speech, thought, and action in return for choosing to live in harmony with the preservation of the <i>polis</i>.<br />
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Wisdom is not knowledge, nor something codified. Athena models wisdom in finding a way to work with an Other she does not control. Apollo, lord of imperial scientific understanding, would never dream of bringing these creatures into his community -- his visceral aversion would banish them. Athena brings them in, in a structured way that can benefit all concerned, but only if they each give up a portion of their power.<br />
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The operative word is "can" -- the action of wisdom is not a command or law, but a living contract that calls on both sides -- the Furies and the citizens of Athens -- to honor and respect the other.<br />
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And here's where I'd offer a different emphasis from the concluding comments of Nicholas Rynearson's fine study.* He fully appreciates how Athena models restraint throughout her act of persuasion, but seems unwilling to accept the radicality of open choice on hand.<br />
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"In effect," writes Rynearson, "Athena asks the Erinyes to become more like herself, a powerful goddess who deploys such power in service of the order defined by patriarchal rule. By accepting Athena's offer, the Erinyes willingly accede to this hierarchical order . . .. "<br />
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Such a fixed finality would please Apollo, but in a world as unstable, as darkly threatening as that of the <i>Oresteia</i>, stability is never something to count on. It's to be won daily, not simply by the accession of the Erinyes to a new relation with the city, but calling for a new relation of the Athenians to them.<br />
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990 ἐκ τῶν φοβερῶν τῶνδε προσώπων<br />
μέγα κέρδος ὁρῶ τοῖσδε πολίταις:<br />
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The faces of the Furies still hold terror. They exit draped in scarlet (not unlike Agamemnon) but their power to instill fear is not by any means given over.<br />
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The contract requires both parties to reciprocally and trustingly act and never stop. A wise citizenry will continually fear and honor the Furies, even as they yield good things to those wise enough to keep faith.<br />
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There is much more that could be said, but this is way too long. A last support for my argument that the <i>Oresteia </i>moves to a position of joint resolve, not unlike a truce (not unlike the truce that ends the <i>Iliad):</i><br />
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Take the final lines of the text we have, which has variants:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=spondai%5C&la=greek&can=spondai%5C0&prior=*propompoi/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">σπονδαὶ</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=spondai%5C" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">δ᾽</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29s&la=greek&can=e%29s0&prior=d%27" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ἐς</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&can=to%5C0&prior=e)s" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τὸ</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%3Dn&la=greek&can=pa%3Dn0&prior=to%5C" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">πᾶν</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29k&la=greek&can=e%29k0&prior=pa=n" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ἐκ</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=metoi%2Fkwn&la=greek&can=metoi%2Fkwn0&prior=e)k" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">μετοίκων</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*palla%2Fdos&la=greek&can=*palla%2Fdos0&prior=metoi/kwn" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Παλλάδος</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29stoi%3Ds&la=greek&can=a%29stoi%3Ds0&prior=*palla/dos" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ἀστοῖς</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*zeu%5Cs&la=greek&can=*zeu%5Cs0&prior=a)stoi=s" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ζεὺς</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28&la=greek&can=o%280&prior=*zeu%5Cs" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ὁ</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pano%2Fptas&la=greek&can=pano%2Fptas0&prior=o(" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">πανόπτας</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%28%2Ftw&la=greek&can=ou%28%2Ftw0&prior=pano/ptas" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">οὕτω</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*moi%3Dra%2F&la=greek&can=*moi%3Dra%2F0&prior=ou(/tw" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Μοῖρά</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=*moi=ra/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τε</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sugkate%2Fba&la=greek&can=sugkate%2Fba0&prior=te" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">συγκατέβα</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-02ed3198-7fff-b20c-7c01-ccedb96ced5c"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29lolu%2Fcate&la=greek&can=o%29lolu%2Fcate0&prior=sugkate/ba" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ὀλολύξατε</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=nu%3Dn&la=greek&can=nu%3Dn0&prior=o)lolu/cate" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">νῦν</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pi%5C&la=greek&can=e%29pi%5C0&prior=nu=n" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ἐπὶ</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=molpai%3Ds&la=greek&can=molpai%3Ds0&prior=e)pi%5C" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">μολπαῖς</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></span></span><i>(Eum. 1044-47)</i></div>
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<i>Peace endures for all time between Pallas' citizens and these new dwellers here. Zeus who sees all and Fate have come down to lend aid—cry aloud now in echo to our song!</i></blockquote>
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<i>Speedily enter your home; </i> </blockquote>
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<i>have come to the aid of Pallas' citizens.</i><i> </i></blockquote>
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<i>Now raise a cry of triumph to crown our song!</i></blockquote>
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According to Sommerstein, the text here is "desperately corrupt," so any translation will be something of a desperate act, but here goes: there is no word in versions of the Greek that I have seen that means "peace." The word that some translators recognize is <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=spondai%5C&la=greek&can=spondai%5C0&prior=*propompoi/">σπονδαὶ</a> - which, according to Liddell and Scott, signifies a libation, and a truce:</div>
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<b>A.<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/submitvote?type=sense&lexquery=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=spondh/&doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0005&subquery=entry=spondh/&form=spondai/&which=1&sense_id=n96042.0&lang=en" style="color: blue; font-size: small; text-decoration-line: none;"> [select] </a></b><i>drink-offering</i>, of wine poured out to the gods before drinking, “<span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=spondh%3D%7Csi&la=greek&can=spondh%3D%7Csi0&prior=spe/ndw" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σπονδῇσι</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qu%2Fessi%2F&la=greek&can=qu%2Fessi%2F0&prior=spondh=|si" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θύεσσί</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=qu/essi/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%28la%2Fskesqai&la=greek&can=i%28la%2Fskesqai0&prior=te" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἱλάσκεσθαι</a></span>” <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0020,002:338&lang=original" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_new">Hes.<u>Op.</u>338</a>; <span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29&la=greek&can=ou%290&prior=i(la/skesqai" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐ</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=spondh%3D%7C&la=greek&can=spondh%3D%7C0&prior=ou)" target="morph">σπονδῇ</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xre%2Fwntai&la=greek&can=xre%2Fwntai0&prior=spondh=|" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χρέωνται</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=%5Boi%28&la=greek&can=%5Boi%280&prior=xre/wntai" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">[οἱ</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*pe%2Frsai&la=greek&can=*pe%2Frsai0&prior=[oi(" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Πέρσαι</a></span>] <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0016,001:1:132&lang=original" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_new">Hdt.1.132</a>; “<span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%3Dn&la=greek&can=h%29%3Dn0&prior=*pe/rsai" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἦν</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C0&prior=h)=n" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%29mpe%2Flou&la=greek&can=ka%29mpe%2Flou0&prior=de\" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κἀμπέλου</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=spondh%2F&la=greek&can=spondh%2F0&prior=ka)mpe/lou" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σπονδή</a></span>” <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0011,008:398&lang=original" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_new">S.<u>Fr.</u>398</a>; <span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=spondh%5C&la=greek&can=spondh%5C0&prior=spondh/" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σπονδὴ</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeou%3D&la=greek&can=qeou%3D0&prior=spondh\" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεοῦ</a></span> a <i>drink-offering</i> to a god, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Eur.%20Cycl.%20469&lang=original" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_new">E.<u>Cyc.</u>469</a>; “<span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fgxei&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fgxei0&prior=qeou=" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔγχει</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dh%5C&la=greek&can=dh%5C0&prior=e)/gxei" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὴ</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=spondh%2Fn&la=greek&can=spondh%2Fn0&prior=dh\" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σπονδήν</a></span>” <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0019,005:1102&lang=original" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_new">Ar. <u>Pax</u> 1102</a>, cf.<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0028,001:19&lang=original" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_new">Antipho </a><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0014,019:128&lang=original" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_new">19.128</a>; <span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=peri%5C&la=greek&can=peri%5C0&prior=eu)xw=n" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">περὶ</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sponda%5Cs&la=greek&can=sponda%5Cs3&prior=peri\" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σπονδὰς</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C1&prior=sponda\s" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ku%2Flikas&la=greek&can=ku%2Flikas0&prior=kai\" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κύλικας</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29%3Dxon&la=greek&can=ei%29%3Dxon0&prior=ku/likas" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἶχον</a></span> were engaged in feasting, <i>Hdn.4.11.4</i>; of the rites of hospitality, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0014,019:189&lang=original" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_new">D.19.189</a>.</div>
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<b>II.<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/submitvote?type=sense&lexquery=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=spondh/&doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0005&subquery=entry=spondh/&form=spondai/&which=1&sense_id=n96042.1&lang=en" style="color: blue; font-size: small; text-decoration-line: none;"> [select] </a></b>pl., <span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=spondai%2F&la=greek&can=spondai%2F0&prior=ei)=xon" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σπονδαί</a></span> <i>a solemn treaty</i> or <i>truce</i> (because <i>solemn drink-offerings</i> were made on concluding them, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0060,001:3:71&lang=original" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_new">D.S.3.71</a>;) </div>
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The relation of the people of Athens to the Furies is linked to the kind of libation poured to signify a truce. The procession of the Furies would then enact that libation, pouring itself at every moment in ongoing recognition, not of peace, but of entering upon this negotiated relation.<br />
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Athenaic wisdom will act in faith, with good humor, but it will exercise a vigilance owing to the anticipated undoing of all that is known.<br />
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Finally, Lattimore gets the prize for the last word, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=molpai%3Ds&la=greek&can=molpai%3Ds0&prior=e)pi%5C">μολπαῖς</a>: it can mean song, but Liddell suggests it can also mean dance, rhythmic movement:<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=molp-h%2F&la=greek&can=molp-h%2F0">μολπ-ή</a> </b><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%28&la=greek&can=h%280&prior=molp-h/">ἡ</a>, (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Flpw&la=greek&can=me%2Flpw0&prior=h(">μέλπω</a>)<br />
A.dance or rhythmic movement with song, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0012,002:6:101&lang=original">Od. 6.101</a>, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0012,001:18:606&lang=original">Il.18.606</a>.</blockquote>
Ending the <i>Oresteia</i> with a word that combines song with motion would seem sweetly beguiling, fitting the open-ended movements of wisdom in action.<br />
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Note: I've not fully addressed one question that was asked: What does the <i>Oresteia</i> mean by "Persuasion" (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*peiqou%3Ds&la=greek&can=*peiqou%3Ds0&prior=soi">Πειθοῦς</a>)? Part can be inferred from the argument above, but I'll try to offer a more formal response in another post soon.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">RYNEARSON, NICHOLAS. “Courting the Erinyes: Persuasion, Sacrifice, and Seduction in Aeschylus's ‘Eumenides.’” </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: inherit;">Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-2014)</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, vol. 143, no. 1, 2013, pp. 1–22. </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: inherit;">JSTOR</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, www.jstor.org/stable/43830250. Accessed 23 May 2020.</span></span><br />
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Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-1145401731419245102020-05-17T11:20:00.002-04:002020-05-23T14:24:17.467-04:00"The whole fashion of your form" <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Before the preceding digression, <a href="https://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/2020/05/irresistible-athena-meets-immovable.html" target="_blank">we were exploring the <i>Eumenides'</i> "Persuasion scene.</a>" Here comes another long post.<br />
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The Furies have repeated, i.e. quoted, their second statement, which ends,<br />
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<i>for the deceptions of the gods, hard to fight, have deprived me of my ancient honors, bringing me to nothing. [880]</i></blockquote>
Athena responds:<br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2Ftoi&la=greek&can=ou%29%2Ftoi0&prior=*)aqhna=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">οὔτοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kamou%3Dmai%2F&la=greek&can=kamou%3Dmai%2F0&prior=ou)/toi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">καμοῦμαί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=soi&la=greek&can=soi0&prior=kamou=mai/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">σοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=le%2Fgousa&la=greek&can=le%2Fgousa0&prior=soi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">λέγουσα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%29gaqa%2F&la=greek&can=ta%29gaqa%2F0&prior=le/gousa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">τἀγαθά</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28s&la=greek&can=w%28s0&prior=ta)gaqa/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ὡς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%2Fpot%27&la=greek&can=mh%2Fpot%270&prior=w(s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">μήποτ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29%2Fph%7Cs&la=greek&can=ei%29%2Fph%7Cs0&prior=mh/pot%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">εἴπῃς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs0&prior=ei)/ph|s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">πρὸς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=newte%2Fras&la=greek&can=newte%2Fras0&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">νεωτέρας</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mou%3D&la=greek&can=e%29mou%3D0&prior=newte/ras" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἐμοῦ</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeo%5Cs&la=greek&can=qeo%5Cs0&prior=e)mou=" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">θεὸς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=palaia%5C&la=greek&can=palaia%5C0&prior=qeo\s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">παλαιὰ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=palaia\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">καὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=polissou%2Fxwn&la=greek&can=polissou%2Fxwn0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">πολισσούχων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotw%3Dn&la=greek&can=brotw%3Dn0&prior=polissou/xwn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">βροτῶν</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Ftimos&la=greek&can=a%29%2Ftimos0&prior=brotw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἄτιμος</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Frrein&la=greek&can=e%29%2Frrein0&prior=a)/timos" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἔρρειν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%3Dd%27&la=greek&can=tou%3Dd%270&prior=e)/rrein" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">τοῦδ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29po%2Fcenos&la=greek&can=a%29po%2Fcenos0&prior=tou=d%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἀπόξενος</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pe%2Fdou&la=greek&can=pe%2Fdou0&prior=a)po/cenos" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">πέδου</a>.<br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">885</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ll%27&la=greek&can=a%29ll%270&prior=pe/dou" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἀλλ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29&la=greek&can=ei%290&prior=a)ll%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">εἰ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%5Cn&la=greek&can=me%5Cn0&prior=ei)" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">μὲν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28gno%2Fn&la=greek&can=a%28gno%2Fn0&prior=me\n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἁγνόν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29sti%2F&la=greek&can=e%29sti%2F0&prior=a(gno/n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἐστί</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=soi&la=greek&can=soi1&prior=e)sti/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">σοι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*peiqou%3Ds&la=greek&can=*peiqou%3Ds0&prior=soi" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Πειθοῦς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=se%2Fbas&la=greek&can=se%2Fbas0&prior=*peiqou=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">σέβας</a>;<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glw%2Fsshs&la=greek&can=glw%2Fsshs0&prior=se/bas" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">γλώσσης</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mh%3Ds&la=greek&can=e%29mh%3Ds0&prior=glw/sshs" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἐμῆς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mei%2Fligma&la=greek&can=mei%2Fligma0&prior=e)mh=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">μείλιγμα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C1&prior=mei/ligma" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">καὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qelkth%2Frion&la=greek&can=qelkth%2Frion0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">θελκτήριον</a>,<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=su%5C&la=greek&can=su%5C0&prior=qelkth/rion" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">σὺ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=su\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">δ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%3Dn&la=greek&can=ou%29%3Dn0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">οὖν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fnois&la=greek&can=me%2Fnois0&prior=ou)=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">μένοις</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fn&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fn0&prior=me/nois" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἄν</a>: <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29&la=greek&can=ei%291&prior=a)/n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">εἰ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C0&prior=ei)" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">δὲ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C0&prior=de\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">μὴ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qe%2Fleis&la=greek&can=qe%2Fleis0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">θέλεις</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fnein&la=greek&can=me%2Fnein0&prior=qe/leis" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">μένειν</a>,<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2F&la=greek&can=ou%29%2F0&prior=me/nein" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">οὔ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%29%5Cn&la=greek&can=ta%29%5Cn0&prior=ou)/" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">τἂν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dikai%2Fws&la=greek&can=dikai%2Fws0&prior=ta)\n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">δικαίως</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3D%7Cd%27&la=greek&can=th%3D%7Cd%270&prior=dikai/ws" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">τῇδ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pirre%2Fpois&la=greek&can=e%29pirre%2Fpois0&prior=th=|d%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἐπιρρέποις</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Flei&la=greek&can=po%2Flei0&prior=e)pirre/pois" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">πόλει</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%3Dni%2Fn&la=greek&can=mh%3Dni%2Fn0&prior=po/lei" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">μῆνίν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tin%27&la=greek&can=tin%270&prior=mh=ni/n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">τιν᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%5C&la=greek&can=h%29%5C0&prior=tin%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἢ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ko%2Fton&la=greek&can=ko%2Fton0&prior=h)\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">κότον</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tin%27&la=greek&can=tin%271&prior=ko/ton" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">τιν᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%5C&la=greek&can=h%29%5C1&prior=tin%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἢ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bla%2Fbhn&la=greek&can=bla%2Fbhn0&prior=h)\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">βλάβην</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=stratw%3D%7C&la=greek&can=stratw%3D%7C0&prior=bla/bhn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">στρατῷ</a>.<br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">890</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fcesti&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fcesti0&prior=stratw=|" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἔξεστι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%2Fr&la=greek&can=ga%2Fr0&prior=e)/cesti" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">γάρ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=soi&la=greek&can=soi2&prior=ga/r" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">σοι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3Dsde&la=greek&can=th%3Dsde0&prior=soi" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">τῆσδε</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gamo%2Frw%7C&la=greek&can=gamo%2Frw%7C0&prior=th=sde" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">γαμόρῳ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqono%5Cs&la=greek&can=xqono%5Cs0&prior=gamo/rw|" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">χθονὸς</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29%3Dnai&la=greek&can=ei%29%3Dnai0&prior=xqono\s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">εἶναι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dikai%2Fws&la=greek&can=dikai%2Fws1&prior=ei)=nai" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">δικαίως</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29s&la=greek&can=e%29s0&prior=dikai/ws" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἐς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&can=to%5C0&prior=e)s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">τὸ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%3Dn&la=greek&can=pa%3Dn0&prior=to\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">πᾶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=timwme%2Fnh%7C&la=greek&can=timwme%2Fnh%7C0&prior=pa=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">τιμωμένῃ</a>.</div>
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<b>Athena</b><br />
I will never grow tired of telling you about these good things, so you will never be able to say that you, an ancient goddess, were cast out, dishonored and banished, from this land by me, a younger goddess, and by the mortal guardians of my city. But if you give holy reverence to Persuasion (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*peiqou%3Ds&la=greek&can=*peiqou%3Ds0&prior=soi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Πειθοῦς</a>), [885] the satisfaction and charm (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mei%2Fligma&la=greek&can=mei%2Fligma0&prior=e)mh=s" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;">μείλιγμα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C1&prior=mei/ligma" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qelkth%2Frion&la=greek&can=qelkth%2Frion0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;">θελκτήριον</a>) of my tongue, then you might remain. But if you are not willing (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C0&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;">μὴ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qe%2Fleis&la=greek&can=qe%2Fleis0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;">θέλεις</a>)<span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>to stay, then surely it would be unjust (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2F&la=greek&can=ou%29%2F0&prior=me/nein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">οὔ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%29%5Cn&la=greek&can=ta%29%5Cn0&prior=ou)/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">τἂν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dikai%2Fws&la=greek&can=dikai%2Fws0&prior=ta)\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">δικαίως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">) </span>for you to inflict on this city any wrath or rage or harm to the people. For it is possible (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fcesti&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fcesti0&prior=stratw=|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἔξεστι</a>)<span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>for you to have a share of the land (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gamo%2Frw%7C&la=greek&can=gamo%2Frw%7C0&prior=th=sde" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">γαμόρῳ</a>) justly (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dikai%2Fws&la=greek&can=dikai%2Fws1&prior=ei)=nai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">δικαίως</a>), with full honors. 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<b><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0&prior=timwme/nh|" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Χορός</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fnass%27&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fnass%270&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἄνασσ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29aqa%2Fna&la=greek&can=*%29aqa%2Fna0&prior=a)/nass%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Ἀθάνα</a>, <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2Fna&la=greek&can=ti%2Fna0&prior=*)aqa/na" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">τίνα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me&la=greek&can=me0&prior=ti/na" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">με</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fh%5Cs&la=greek&can=fh%5Cs0&prior=me" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">φὴς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fxein&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fxein0&prior=fh\s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἔχειν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28%2Fdran&la=greek&can=e%28%2Fdran0&prior=e)/xein" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἕδραν</a>;</div>
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<b>Chorus</b><br />
Lady Athena, what place do you say I will have?</blockquote>
With this question about the <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28%2Fdran&la=greek&can=e%28%2Fdran0&prior=e)/xein">ἕδραν</a> - their promised seat or place, things begin to move in an entirely new direction. A couple of things to note:<br />
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Athena here frames the question in terms of speaking - <i>I will never grow tired of <b>telling you</b></i> - <i>you will never be able<b> to say</b></i> - <i>if you give pure reverence to Persuasion, the satisfaction and charm </i>(<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mei%2Fligma&la=greek&can=mei%2Fligma0&prior=e)mh=s" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;">μείλιγμα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C1&prior=mei/ligma" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qelkth%2Frion&la=greek&can=qelkth%2Frion0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;">θελκτήριον</a>) <i><b>of my tongue</b> . . .</i><br />
<i><br /></i>For <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mei%2Fligma&la=greek&can=mei%2Fligma0&prior=e)mh=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">μείλιγμα</a>, </span>I have modified Smyth's "sweetness" to "satisfaction" <span style="font-family: inherit;">-- according to Liddell and Scott, the word suggests a kind of agreeableness, a giving satisfaction (whether through compensation or pleasure) with a secondary sense, curiously, involving tidbits that appease angry dogs. (Sommerstein: "the charm and enchantment of my tongue"; Lattimore: "the sweet beguilement of my voice")</span><br />
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<b><span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mei%2Fligma&la=greek&can=mei%2Fligma0" style="text-decoration-line: none;">μείλιγμα</a></span></b> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mei%2Fligma&la=greek&can=mei%2Fligma0&prior=e)mh=s#note1" id="note-link1" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><sup>1</sup></a> <span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=meili%2Fssw&la=greek&can=meili%2Fssw0&prior=mei/ligma" style="text-decoration-line: none;">μειλίσσω</a></span><br />
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<b>I.</b><i>anything that serves to soothe</i>, <span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=meili%2Fgmata&la=greek&can=meili%2Fgmata0&prior=meili/ssw" style="text-decoration-line: none;">μειλίγματα</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qumou%3D&la=greek&can=qumou%3D0&prior=meili/gmata" style="text-decoration-line: none;">θυμοῦ</a></span> <i>scraps to appease</i> the hunger of dogs, <b>Od.</b>:—metaph., <span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glw%2Fsshs&la=greek&can=glw%2Fsshs0&prior=qumou=" style="text-decoration-line: none;">γλώσσης</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mei%2Fligma&la=greek&can=mei%2Fligma1&prior=glw/sshs" style="text-decoration-line: none;">μείλιγμα</a></span> <b>Aesch.</b><b>2.</b>in pl. <i>propitiations, atonements</i> made to the dead, Lat. <span class="la"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=inferiae&la=la&can=inferiae0&prior=mei/ligma" style="text-decoration-line: none;">inferiae</a></span>, <b>id=Aesch.</b><b>3.</b>of a person, <i>a fondling, darling</i>, <b>id=Aesch.</b><b>II.</b><i>a soothing song</i>, <b>Theocr.</b></blockquote>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qelkth%2Frion&la=greek&can=qelkth%2Frion0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;">θελκτήριον</a> often appears to involves speech -- words that charm:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: georgia, times, serif; margin: 10px auto;">
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<b style="font-family: georgia, times, serif;"><span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qelk-th%2Frios&la=greek&can=qelk-th%2Frios0" style="text-decoration-line: none;">θελκ-τήριος</a></span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif;"> , </span><span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=on&la=greek&can=on0&prior=qelk-th/rios" style="text-decoration-line: none;">ον</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif;">,</span></blockquote>
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<b>A.</b><i>enchanting,soothing</i>, <span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mu%3Dqoi&la=greek&can=mu%3Dqoi0&prior=on" style="text-decoration-line: none;">μῦθοι</a>, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=lo%2Fgoi&la=greek&can=lo%2Fgoi0&prior=mu=qoi" style="text-decoration-line: none;">λόγοι</a></span>, <b><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0085,007:81&lang=original" style="text-decoration-line: none;">A.<u>Eu.</u>81</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Eur.%20Hipp.%20478&lang=original" style="text-decoration-line: none;">E. <u>Hipp.</u>478</a></b>; <span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Fmmatos&la=greek&can=o%29%2Fmmatos0&prior=lo/goi" style="text-decoration-line: none;">ὄμματος</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=q&la=greek&can=q0&prior=o)/mmatos" style="text-decoration-line: none;">θ</a>. <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%2Fceuma&la=greek&can=to%2Fceuma0&prior=q" style="text-decoration-line: none;">τόξευμα</a></span> the eye's <i>magic</i> shaft, <b><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0085,001:1004&lang=original" style="text-decoration-line: none;">A.<u>Supp.</u>1004</a></b>: c. gen., “<span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fi%2Fltra&la=greek&can=fi%2Fltra0&prior=to/ceuma" style="text-decoration-line: none;">φίλτρα</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=q&la=greek&can=q1&prior=fi/ltra" style="text-decoration-line: none;">θ</a>. <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Frwtos&la=greek&can=e%29%2Frwtos0&prior=q" style="text-decoration-line: none;">ἔρωτος</a></span>” <b><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Eur.%20Hipp.%20509&lang=original" style="text-decoration-line: none;">E.<u>Hipp.</u>509</a></b>; <span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mu%2Fqou&la=greek&can=mu%2Fqou0&prior=e)/rwtos" style="text-decoration-line: none;">μύθου</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mu%3Dqos&la=greek&can=mu%3Dqos0&prior=mu/qou" style="text-decoration-line: none;">μῦθος</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=q&la=greek&can=q2&prior=mu=qos" style="text-decoration-line: none;">θ</a></span>. speech <i>that heals</i> speech, <b><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0085,001:447&lang=original" style="text-decoration-line: none;">A.<u>Supp.</u>447</a></b>: in late Prose, <span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=q&la=greek&can=q3&prior=q" style="text-decoration-line: none;">θ</a>. <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29gwni%2Fsmata&la=greek&can=a%29gwni%2Fsmata0&prior=q" style="text-decoration-line: none;">ἀγωνίσματα</a></span>, of poems, <i><span class="en">Agath. <u>Praef.</u></span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">In an excellent article* covering some of the same ground as this reading, Nicolas Rynearson notes that <i>meiligma</i> and<i> thelkterion </i>were associated with offerings used in hopes of softening or assuaging the anger of chthonic powers, adding that <i>thelkterion </i>includes the factor of charm. He suggests that the terms mark a new practice of propitiative offerings for the Athenians to use in their new relationship with the Furies. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Athena will return to speak of Persuasion and her own absence of reaction at 970, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">but without speaking of offerings. She is speaking metalinguistically of Persuasion's keeping her eyes on her mouth and tongue:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29aqhna%3D&la=greek&can=*%29aqhna%3D0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Ἀθηνᾶ</a></b><br style="font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ste%2Frgw&la=greek&can=ste%2Frgw0&prior=ga/numai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">στέργω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=ste/rgw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Fmmata&la=greek&can=o%29%2Fmmata0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ὄμματα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*peiqou%3Ds&la=greek&can=*peiqou%3Ds0&prior=o)/mmata" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Πειθοῦς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br style="font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28%2Fti&la=greek&can=o%28%2Fti0&prior=*peiqou=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ὅτι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=moi&la=greek&can=moi0&prior=o(/ti" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">μοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glw%3Dssan&la=greek&can=glw%3Dssan0&prior=moi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">γλῶσσαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=glw=ssan" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sto%2Fm%27&la=greek&can=sto%2Fm%270&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">στόμ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pwpa%3D%7C&la=greek&can=e%29pwpa%3D%7C0&prior=sto/m%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἐπωπᾷ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs0&prior=e)pwpa=|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">πρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fsd%27&la=greek&can=ta%2Fsd%270&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">τάσδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29gri%2Fws&la=greek&can=a%29gri%2Fws0&prior=ta/sd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἀγρίως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29panhname%2Fnas&la=greek&can=a%29panhname%2Fnas0&prior=a)gri/ws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἀπανηναμένας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span></span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>Athena</b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I am grateful to Persuasion, [970] that her glance kept watch over my tongue and mouth, when I encountered their fierce refusal. </span></blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: georgia, times, serif; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 50px; margin-top: 3px;">
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And it is from the plane of speaking about speaking that Athena presents them with, on one hand, an option:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>But if you are not willing (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C0&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;">μὴ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qe%2Fleis&la=greek&can=qe%2Fleis0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;">θέλεις</a>)<span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>to stay</i>, </blockquote>
and on the other, an ultimatum, imposed by Dike:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>then surely it would be unjust (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2F&la=greek&can=ou%29%2F0&prior=me/nein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">οὔ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%29%5Cn&la=greek&can=ta%29%5Cn0&prior=ou)/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">τἂν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dikai%2Fws&la=greek&can=dikai%2Fws0&prior=ta)\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">δικαίως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">) </span>for you to inflict on this city any wrath or rage or harm to the people.</i></blockquote>
<br />
With their question, <i>Lady Athena, what place do you say I will have? </i>the Furies enter into a negotiation that entails the possibility of choice -- an exercise of will. If Clytemnestra scolded them for sleeping, Athena promises a place to rest.<br />
<br />
Athena's action stands in even starker contrast to that of Apollo, who, bursting with moral repugnance castigates them as incorrigible monsters that he wishes to banish from his sight:<br />
<br />
Let's listen to Loxias here:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>Out, I order you! Go away from this house at once, leave my prophetic sanctuary . . . </i><i>It is not right for you to approach this house; no, your place is where the punishments are beheading, gouging out of eyes, cutting of throats, and where young men's virility is ruined by destruction of seed; where there is mutilation and stoning, and where those who are impaled beneath their spine moan long and piteously. [190] Do you hear what sort of feast is your delight? You are detested by the gods for it. The whole fashion of your form sets it forth (</i><i><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%3Ds&la=greek&can=pa%3Ds0&prior=e)/xousai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">πᾶς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=pa=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28fhgei%3Dtai&la=greek&can=u%28fhgei%3Dtai0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ὑφηγεῖται</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tro%2Fpos&la=greek&can=tro%2Fpos0&prior=u(fhgei=tai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">τρόπος</a> </i><i><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=morfh%3Ds&la=greek&can=morfh%3Ds0&prior=tro/pos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">μορφῆς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">)</span></i><i>. Creatures like you should live in the den of a blood-drinking lion, and not inflict pollution on all near you in this oracular shrine. [195] Be gone, you goats without a herdsman! No god loves such a flock.</i></blockquote>
<br />
Apollo condemns their gory modes of vengeance, and in particular the "feasting" or "festival" repugnant to the gods, and then connects his sense of who and what they are with their appearance:<br />
<br />
Compare Smyth's rendering of these lines:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Do you hear what sort of feast </i>(<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28orth%3Ds&la=greek&can=e%28orth%3Ds0&prior=oi(/as" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">ἑορτῆς</a>) <i>is your delight? You are detested by the gods for it. The whole fashion </i><i><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tro%2Fpos&la=greek&can=tro%2Fpos0&prior=u(fhgei=tai" style="color: black;">τρόπος</a> </i><i>of your form </i><i><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=morfh%3Ds&la=greek&can=morfh%3Ds0&prior=tro/pos" style="color: black;">μορφῆς</a> </i><i>sets it forth (</i><i><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28fhgei%3Dtai&la=greek&can=u%28fhgei%3Dtai0&prior=d%27" style="color: black;">ὑφηγεῖται</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">).</span></i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">with Sommerstein:</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Do you not hear what kind of festivity, detestable to the gods, you have a fondness for? The whole nature of your appearance indicates as much.</i></span></blockquote>
Both grapple with the relation of manner, fashion, or style, to appearance. How one comprehends the relation of these two things encompasses a great deal. For Apollo, this relation is straightforward -- there is only appearance, and the Furies' terrible faces properly express their nature.<br />
<br />
But the speaker of oracles should know that in the study of signs, the relation of fashion to form opens significant questions about signification: about proper meaning and trope, logic and rhetoric, naming and figuration. How one understands the relation of form, <i><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=morfh%3Ds&la=greek&can=morfh%3Ds0&prior=tro/pos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">μορφῆς</a>,<span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: inherit;">to </span>fashion, <i><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tro%2Fpos&la=greek&can=tro%2Fpos0&prior=u(fhgei=tai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">τρόπος</a></i>, the power of language to say one thing and mean something else -- the turn of trope -- introduces questions of interpretation that bear on the <i>Eumenides' </i>peripeteia of Persuasion.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Apollo, linked to light and form, is looking at the Furies and sees their whole being and destiny in how they appear. </span>Curiously he asks the Furies if they "hear" about their own feasts -- as if their relation to their own actions is mediated by the speech of others.<br />
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In fact he's spot on: the Furies will soon make clear that such mediation is an inescapable part of their "nature." Apollo cannot know them firsthand, because the Fates have structured things such that the work of the Furies is unseen:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Χορός</a></b><br style="font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gignome%2Fnaisi&la=greek&can=gignome%2Fnaisi0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">γιγνομέναισι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=la%2Fxh&la=greek&can=la%2Fxh0&prior=gignome/naisi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">λάχη</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fd%27&la=greek&can=ta%2Fd%270&prior=la/xh" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">τάδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29f%27&la=greek&can=e%29f%270&prior=ta/d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἐφ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28mi%5Cn&la=greek&can=a%28mi%5Cn0&prior=e)f%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἁμὶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29kra%2Fnqh&la=greek&can=e%29kra%2Fnqh0&prior=a(mi\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἐκράνθη</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br style="font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" /><span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">350</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29qana%2Ftwn&la=greek&can=a%29qana%2Ftwn0&prior=e)kra/nqh" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἀθανάτων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=a)qana/twn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29pe%2Fxein&la=greek&can=a%29pe%2Fxein0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἀπέχειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xe%2Fras&la=greek&can=xe%2Fras0&prior=a)pe/xein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">χέρας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29de%2F&la=greek&can=ou%29de%2F0&prior=xe/ras" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">οὐδέ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tis&la=greek&can=tis0&prior=ou)de/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">τις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29sti%2F&la=greek&can=e%29sti%2F0&prior=tis" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἐστί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sundai%2Ftwr&la=greek&can=sundai%2Ftwr0&prior=e)sti/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">συνδαίτωρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=meta%2Fkoinos&la=greek&can=meta%2Fkoinos0&prior=sundai/twr" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">μετάκοινος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br style="font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" /><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=palleu%2Fkwn&la=greek&can=palleu%2Fkwn0&prior=meta/koinos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">παλλεύκων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C0&prior=palleu/kwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">δὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pe%2Fplwn&la=greek&can=pe%2Fplwn0&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">πέπλων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29po%2Fmoiros&la=greek&can=a%29po%2Fmoiros0&prior=pe/plwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἀπόμοιρος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fklhros&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fklhros0&prior=a)po/moiros" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἄκληρος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29tu%2Fxqhn&la=greek&can=e%29tu%2Fxqhn0&prior=a)/klhros" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἐτύχθην</a></span><br />
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<i><b>Chorus</b><br />This office was ordained for us at birth; but the immortal gods must hold back their hands from us; <b>there is not even anyone who feasts both with them and with us;</b> [350] and I have neither lot nor portion of pure white ceremonial robes . . .</i></blockquote>
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The bolded text is Sommerstein's translation. Not only do the gods not feast with the Furies, but Apollo has never feasted with anyone who has dined at their table.<br />
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This is the lot handed them by death-dealing Destiny, and they do it eagerly:<br />
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<b style="font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;">Χορός</a></b><br />
<br style="font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">360</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=speu%2Fdomen&la=greek&can=speu%2Fdomen0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">σπεύδομεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%28%2Fd%27&la=greek&can=ai%28%2Fd%270&prior=speu/domen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">αἵδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29felei%3Dn&la=greek&can=a%29felei%3Dn0&prior=ai(/d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἀφελεῖν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tina%5C&la=greek&can=tina%5C0&prior=a)felei=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">τινὰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fsde&la=greek&can=ta%2Fsde0&prior=tina\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">τάσδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=meri%2Fmnas&la=greek&can=meri%2Fmnas0&prior=ta/sde" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">μερίμνας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qew%3Dn&la=greek&can=qew%3Dn0&prior=meri/mnas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">θεῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=qew=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29te%2Fleian&la=greek&can=a%29te%2Fleian0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἀτέλειαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mai%3Ds&la=greek&can=e%29mai%3Ds0&prior=a)te/leian" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἐμαῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mele%2Ftais&la=greek&can=mele%2Ftais0&prior=e)mai=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">μελέταις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pikrai%2Fnein&la=greek&can=e%29pikrai%2Fnein0&prior=mele/tais" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἐπικραίνειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mhd%27&la=greek&can=mhd%270&prior=e)pikrai/nein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">μηδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29s&la=greek&can=ei%29s0&prior=mhd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">εἰς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fgkrisin&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fgkrisin0&prior=ei)s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἄγκρισιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29lqei%3Dn&la=greek&can=e%29lqei%3Dn0&prior=a)/gkrisin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἐλθεῖν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">365</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*zeu%5Cs&la=greek&can=*zeu%5Cs0&prior=e)lqei=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Ζεὺς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%271&prior=*zeu\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%28mostage%5Cs&la=greek&can=ai%28mostage%5Cs0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">αἱμοσταγὲς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29cio%2Fmison&la=greek&can=a%29cio%2Fmison0&prior=ai(mostage\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἀξιόμισον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fqnos&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fqnos0&prior=a)cio/mison" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἔθνος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%2Fde&la=greek&can=to%2Fde0&prior=e)/qnos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">τόδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=le%2Fsxas&la=greek&can=le%2Fsxas0&prior=to/de" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">λέσχας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28%3Ds&la=greek&can=a%28%3Ds0&prior=le/sxas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἇς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29phciw%2Fsato&la=greek&can=a%29phciw%2Fsato0&prior=a(=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἀπηξιώσατο</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<i><b>Chorus</b><br />We are eager to take these cares away from another, [360] and to establish for the gods exemption from my concerns, so that it will not come to trial (</i><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fgkrisin&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fgkrisin0&prior=ei)s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἄγκρισιν</a>)<i>; for Zeus has considered us, a blood-dripping, hateful band, unworthy of his council. [365] </i><br />
(Note: <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fgkrisin&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fgkrisin0&prior=ei)s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἄγκρισιν</a> seems to relate to general inquiry or even dispute, rather than a legal process.)</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The daughters of Night have a job -- they alleviate the anxious mind by removing cares (</span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=meri%2Fmnas&la=greek&can=meri%2Fmnas0&prior=ta/sde" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">μερίμνας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">) </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">that the gods prefer not to deal with. </span>They pursue, drain, and drive to Hades those who kill kin. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Because they do this job they are unworthy to be seen by, let alone dine with, the gods. Their work is necessary -- functioning in a shrouded zone beneath daylight's intercourse and consciousness. Apollo finds them intolerable, yet in this light, neither their actions nor their "nature" is quite as plain as he thinks. And his tranquility owes itself in part to their exertions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Athena has a goal, a strategy of moving from a world beset by reactive ravening avengers to something far other. When the Furies are persuaded by her to live with the Athenian people, she has reached her goal:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> . . . <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Flin&la=greek&can=po%2Flin0&prior=a)tima/sw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">πόλιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%5Cn&la=greek&can=ta%5Cn0&prior=po/lin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">τὰν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=ta\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*zeu%5Cs&la=greek&can=*zeu%5Cs0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Ζεὺς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28&la=greek&can=o%280&prior=*zeu\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ὁ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pagkrath%5Cs&la=greek&can=pagkrath%5Cs0&prior=o(" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">παγκρατὴς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29%2Farhs&la=greek&can=*%29%2Farhs0&prior=pagkrath\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Ἄρης</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=*)/arhs" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">τε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=frou%2Frion&la=greek&can=frou%2Frion0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">φρούριον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qew%3Dn&la=greek&can=qew%3Dn0&prior=frou/rion" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">θεῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ne%2Fmei&la=greek&can=ne%2Fmei0&prior=qew=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">νέμει</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">920</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=r%28usi%2Fbwmon&la=greek&can=r%28usi%2Fbwmon0&prior=ne/mei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ῥυσίβωμον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%28ella%2Fnwn&la=greek&can=*%28ella%2Fnwn0&prior=r(usi/bwmon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Ἑλλάνων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fgalma&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fgalma0&prior=*(ella/nwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">ἄγαλμα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=daimo%2Fnwn&la=greek&can=daimo%2Fnwn0&prior=a)/galma" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">δαιμόνων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
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<i>a city which she [Athena], with Zeus the omnipotent and Ares, holds as a fortress </i>(<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=frou%2Frion&la=greek&can=frou%2Frion0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">φρούριον</a>) <i>of the gods, the bright ornament that guards the altars of the gods of Hellas. </i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> </i> </span></blockquote>
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Of course this lovely description is not spoken by Athena. Aeschylus surehandedly gives these words to the Erinyes.<br />
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By way of the fashioning of speech, Persuasion for Athena names the power of language to act in the world. To fashion from an existing thing something that retains the form, but bears new significance.<br />
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As we saw, Apollo would have <a href="https://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-manner-of-apollonian-justice-brief.html" target="_blank">Justice be the cliche, the very quotation of the crime it punishes</a>: <i>“For a word of hate let a word of hate be said.”</i><br />
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Beyond presumptive finality of form and the mechanical stutter of repeated speech, Athena gives voice to a <i>Dike</i>, a Justice, whose comprehensive scope of past and future opens the present to beneficent changes and turns <i><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tro%2Fpos&la=greek&can=tro%2Fpos0&prior=u(fhgei=tai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">τρόπος</a></i>:<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">990 </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29k&la=greek&can=e%29k0&prior=eu(ri/skein" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ἐκ</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn0&prior=e)k" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τῶν</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=foberw%3Dn&la=greek&can=foberw%3Dn0&prior=tw=n" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">φοβερῶν</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dnde&la=greek&can=tw%3Dnde0&prior=foberw=n" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τῶνδε</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=prosw%2Fpwn&la=greek&can=prosw%2Fpwn0&prior=tw=nde" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">προσώπων</span></a></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-bbb10a20-7fff-d5dc-3d7a-04eeff0cab0a"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fga&la=greek&can=me%2Fga0&prior=prosw/pwn" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">μέγα</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ke%2Frdos&la=greek&can=ke%2Frdos0&prior=me/ga" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">κέρδος</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28rw%3D&la=greek&can=o%28rw%3D0&prior=ke/rdos" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ὁρῶ</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toi%3Dsde&la=greek&can=toi%3Dsde0&prior=o(rw=" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τοῖσδε</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=poli%2Ftais&la=greek&can=poli%2Ftais0&prior=toi=sde" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">πολίταις</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><br />
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<i>From these terrible faces [990] I see great profit for these citizens;</i></blockquote>
Athena invites the Erinyes, now <i>Semnai Theai</i>, to dwell beneath the Areopagus in Athens. And for the citizens to live there, they must adjust their ways of acting to the new fashion of the Furies. (Change in <i>la parole</i> ripples through <i>la langue.)</i><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-705fabba-7fff-8b68-96fa-7ca0e9f05b42"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fsde&la=greek&can=ta%2Fsde0&prior=poli/tais" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τάσδε</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr0&prior=ta/sde" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">γὰρ</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29%2Ffronas&la=greek&can=eu%29%2Ffronas0&prior=ga%5Cr" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">εὔφρονας</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29%2Ffrones&la=greek&can=eu%29%2Ffrones0&prior=eu)/fronas" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">εὔφρονες</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29ei%5C&la=greek&can=ai%29ei%5C0&prior=eu)/frones" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">αἰεὶ</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><br />
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<i>always greatly honor with kindness the kindly ones.</i></blockquote>
The powers of Athens to guard (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=frou%2Frion&la=greek&can=frou%2Frion0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;">φρούριον</a>) the altars of the gods resides in this active mutual regard between the "kindly ones" and her citizens (<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=poli%2Ftais&la=greek&can=poli%2Ftais0&prior=toi=sde" style="text-decoration-line: none;">πολίταις</a>) </span>who, seeing those terrible faces, are minded to find the path of good speech.<br />
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Then can say, "Athens can be anywhere that acts like Athena"?<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Athena</span> </blockquote>
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<i><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%3Dra&la=greek&can=a%29%3Dra0&prior=*)aqhna=" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ἆρα</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fronou%3Dsin&la=greek&can=fronou%3Dsin0&prior=a)=ra" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">φρονοῦσιν</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glw%2Fsshs&la=greek&can=glw%2Fsshs0&prior=fronou=sin" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">γλώσσης</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29gaqh%3Ds&la=greek&can=a%29gaqh%3Ds0&prior=glw/sshs" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ἀγαθῆς</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></i><br />
<i><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28do%5Cn&la=greek&can=o%28do%5Cn0&prior=a)gaqh=s" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ὁδὸν</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%28ri%2Fskein&la=greek&can=eu%28ri%2Fskein0&prior=o(do%5Cn" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">εὑρίσκειν</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">;</span></i><br />
<i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">990 </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29k&la=greek&can=e%29k0&prior=eu(ri/skein" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ἐκ</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn0&prior=e)k" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τῶν</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=foberw%3Dn&la=greek&can=foberw%3Dn0&prior=tw=n" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">φοβερῶν</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dnde&la=greek&can=tw%3Dnde0&prior=foberw=n" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τῶνδε</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=prosw%2Fpwn&la=greek&can=prosw%2Fpwn0&prior=tw=nde" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">προσώπων</span></a></i><br />
<i><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fga&la=greek&can=me%2Fga0&prior=prosw/pwn" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">μέγα</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ke%2Frdos&la=greek&can=ke%2Frdos0&prior=me/ga" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">κέρδος</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28rw%3D&la=greek&can=o%28rw%3D0&prior=ke/rdos" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ὁρῶ</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toi%3Dsde&la=greek&can=toi%3Dsde0&prior=o(rw=" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τοῖσδε</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=poli%2Ftais&la=greek&can=poli%2Ftais0&prior=toi=sde" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">πολίταις</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span></i><br />
<i><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fsde&la=greek&can=ta%2Fsde0&prior=poli/tais" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τάσδε</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr0&prior=ta/sde" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">γὰρ</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29%2Ffronas&la=greek&can=eu%29%2Ffronas0&prior=ga%5Cr" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">εὔφρονας</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29%2Ffrones&la=greek&can=eu%29%2Ffrones0&prior=eu)/fronas" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">εὔφρονες</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29ei%5C&la=greek&can=ai%29ei%5C0&prior=eu)/frones" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">αἰεὶ</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></i><br />
<i><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fga&la=greek&can=me%2Fga1&prior=ai)ei%5C" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">μέγα</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=timw%3Dntes&la=greek&can=timw%3Dntes0&prior=me/ga" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τιμῶντες</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=timw=ntes" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">καὶ</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gh%3Dn&la=greek&can=gh%3Dn0&prior=kai%5C" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">γῆν</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C1&prior=gh=n" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">καὶ</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Flin&la=greek&can=po%2Flin0&prior=kai%5C" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">πόλιν</span></a></i><br />
<i><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29rqodi%2Fkaion&la=greek&can=o%29rqodi%2Fkaion0&prior=po/lin" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ὀρθοδίκαιον</span></a></i><br />
<i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">995 </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pre%2Fyete&la=greek&can=pre%2Fyete0&prior=o)rqodi/kaion" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">πρέψετε</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Fntws&la=greek&can=pa%2Fntws0&prior=pre/yete" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">πάντως</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dia%2Fgontes&la=greek&can=dia%2Fgontes0&prior=pa/ntws" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">διάγοντες</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></i> </blockquote>
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<i>Do they not then intend to find the path of good speech? From these terrible faces [990] I see great profit for these citizens; for, if you always greatly honor with kindness the kindly ones, you will surely be pre-eminent, keeping your land and city in the straight path of justice. [995]</i></blockquote>
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*<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">RYNEARSON, NICHOLAS. “Courting the Erinyes: Persuasion, Sacrifice, and Seduction in Aeschylus's ‘Eumenides.’” </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: inherit;">Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-2014)</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, vol. 143, no. 1, 2013, pp. 1–22. </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: inherit;">JSTOR</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, www.jstor.org/stable/43830250. Accessed 23 May 2020.</span><br />
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The contrasts between Athena and Clytemnestra and between Apollo and Athena are significant in the <i>Oresteia.</i> Before continuing with the <i>Eumenides'</i> scene of Persuasion involving the Furies and Athena, a minor digression is necessary. I hope its relevance will become clear shortly.<br />
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The <i>kommos</i> of the <i>Libation Bearers</i> begins:</div>
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<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Χορός</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ll%27&la=greek&can=a%29ll%270&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀλλ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%29%3D&la=greek&can=w%29%3D0&prior=a)ll%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mega%2Flai&la=greek&can=mega%2Flai0&prior=w)=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μεγάλαι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*moi%3Drai&la=greek&can=*moi%3Drai0&prior=mega/lai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Μοῖραι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*dio%2Fqen&la=greek&can=*dio%2Fqen0&prior=*moi=rai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Διόθεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3D%7Cde&la=greek&can=th%3D%7Cde0&prior=*dio/qen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῇδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=teleuta%3Dn&la=greek&can=teleuta%3Dn0&prior=th=|de" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τελευτᾶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5C&la=greek&can=to%5C0&prior=teleuta=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=di%2Fkaion&la=greek&can=di%2Fkaion0&prior=to\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δίκαιον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=metabai%2Fnei&la=greek&can=metabai%2Fnei0&prior=di/kaion" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μεταβαίνει</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29nti%5C&la=greek&can=a%29nti%5C0&prior=metabai/nei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀντὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%5Cn&la=greek&can=me%5Cn0&prior=a)nti\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29xqra%3Ds&la=greek&can=e%29xqra%3Ds0&prior=me\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐχθρᾶς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glw%2Fsshs&la=greek&can=glw%2Fsshs0&prior=e)xqra=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γλώσσης</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29xqra%5C&la=greek&can=e%29xqra%5C0&prior=glw/sshs" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐχθρὰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">310</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glw%3Dssa&la=greek&can=glw%3Dssa0&prior=e)xqra\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γλῶσσα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=telei%2Fsqw&la=greek&can=telei%2Fsqw0&prior=glw=ssa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τελείσθω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">: </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%29feilo%2Fmenon&la=greek&can=tou%29feilo%2Fmenon0&prior=telei/sqw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοὐφειλόμενον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pra%2Fssousa&la=greek&can=pra%2Fssousa0&prior=tou)feilo/menon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πράσσουσα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*di%2Fkh&la=greek&can=*di%2Fkh0&prior=pra/ssousa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Δίκη</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fg%27&la=greek&can=me%2Fg%270&prior=*di/kh" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μέγ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29utei%3D&la=greek&can=a%29utei%3D0&prior=me/g%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀυτεῖ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29nti%5C&la=greek&can=a%29nti%5C1&prior=a)utei=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀντὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C0&prior=a)nti\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=plhgh%3Ds&la=greek&can=plhgh%3Ds0&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πληγῆς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=foni%2Fas&la=greek&can=foni%2Fas0&prior=plhgh=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φονίας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=foni%2Fan&la=greek&can=foni%2Fan0&prior=foni/as" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φονίαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=trige%2Frwn&la=greek&can=trige%2Frwn0&prior=paqei=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τριγέρων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mu%3Dqos&la=greek&can=mu%3Dqos0&prior=trige/rwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μῦθος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fde&la=greek&can=ta%2Fde0&prior=mu=qos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fwnei%3D&la=greek&can=fwnei%3D0&prior=ta/de" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φωνεῖ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">You mighty Fates, through the power of Zeus grant fulfilment in the way to which Justice now turns. “For a word of hate let a word of hate be said,” [310] Justice cries out as she exacts the debt, “and for a murderous stroke let a murderous stroke be paid.” “Let it be done to him as he does,” says the age-old wisdom.</span></i></blockquote>
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The chorus here are the<i> dmoiai,</i> the women servants, war booty, who work in the house of Clytemnestra, but are entirely sympathetic to the plight and cause of Orestes and Electra.</div>
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The sonorous power of the <i>kommos</i> sung by the servant women is unmistakable -- they seem filled with the voices of chthonic powers. Indeed a recent study of the trilogy suggests that Aeschylus wants us to experience the frisson of an uncanny doubleness here -- the dancing women voicing these words anticipate the vocal and dancing energy of the Erinyes who only come into full view in the <i>Eumenides</i>.*<br />
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In all events it is abundantly evident where this "age-old wisdom" (neither <i>sophia</i> nor <i>phronesis</i> but <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=trige%2Frwn&la=greek&can=trige%2Frwn0&prior=paqei=n">τριγέρων</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mu%3Dqos&la=greek&can=mu%3Dqos0&prior=trige/rwn">μῦθος</a>, "thrice aged tale") comes from in the <i>Libation Bearers</i>. Immediately preceding the <i>kommos,</i> Orestes has been telling Electra and the chorus what he had learned from Apollo. The chorus tries to silence him:</div>
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<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Χορός</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%29%3D&la=greek&can=w%29%3D0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pai%3Ddes&la=greek&can=pai%3Ddes0&prior=w)=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παῖδες</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%29%3D&la=greek&can=w%29%3D1&prior=pai=des" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=swth%3Dres&la=greek&can=swth%3Dres0&prior=w)=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σωτῆρες</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28sti%2Fas&la=greek&can=e%28sti%2Fas0&prior=swth=res" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἑστίας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=patro%2Fs&la=greek&can=patro%2Fs0&prior=e(sti/as" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πατρός</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">265</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=siga%3Dq%27&la=greek&can=siga%3Dq%270&prior=patro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σιγᾶθ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28%2Fpws&la=greek&can=o%28%2Fpws0&prior=siga=q%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὅπως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C0&prior=o(/pws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=peu%2Fsetai%2F&la=greek&can=peu%2Fsetai%2F0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πεύσεταί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tis&la=greek&can=tis0&prior=peu/setai/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%29%3D&la=greek&can=w%29%3D2&prior=tis" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te%2Fkna&la=greek&can=te%2Fkna0&prior=w)=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τέκνα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glw%2Fsshs&la=greek&can=glw%2Fsshs0&prior=te/kna" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γλώσσης</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xa%2Frin&la=greek&can=xa%2Frin0&prior=glw/sshs" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χάριν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C0&prior=xa/rin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Fnt%27&la=greek&can=pa%2Fnt%270&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάντ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29paggei%2Flh%7C&la=greek&can=a%29paggei%2Flh%7C0&prior=pa/nt%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπαγγείλῃ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fde&la=greek&can=ta%2Fde0&prior=a)paggei/lh|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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O children, O saviors of your father's hearth, speak not so loud, dear children, in case someone should overhear [265] and report all this to our masters merely for the sake of rumor (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glw%2Fsshs&la=greek&can=glw%2Fsshs0&prior=te/kna" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γλώσσης</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">)</span>. May I some day see them dead in the ooze of flaming pitch!</blockquote>
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He must not speak so loud, lest someone <i>for the sake of talking</i> (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glw%2Fsshs&la=greek&can=glw%2Fsshs0&prior=te/kna" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γλώσσης</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xa%2Frin&la=greek&can=xa%2Frin0&prior=glw/sshs" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χάριν</a>) spill the beans to Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.</div>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2Ftoi&la=greek&can=ou%29%2Ftoi0&prior=*)ore/sths" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὔτοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=prodw%2Fsei&la=greek&can=prodw%2Fsei0&prior=ou)/toi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">προδώσει</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*loci%2Fou&la=greek&can=*loci%2Fou0&prior=prodw/sei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Λοξίου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=megasqenh%5Cs&la=greek&can=megasqenh%5Cs0&prior=*loci/ou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μεγασθενὴς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">270</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xrhsmo%5Cs&la=greek&can=xrhsmo%5Cs0&prior=megasqenh\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χρησμὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=keleu%2Fwn&la=greek&can=keleu%2Fwn0&prior=xrhsmo\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κελεύων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%2Fnde&la=greek&can=to%2Fnde0&prior=keleu/wn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τόνδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ki%2Fndunon&la=greek&can=ki%2Fndunon0&prior=to/nde" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κίνδυνον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pera%3Dn&la=greek&can=pera%3Dn0&prior=ki/ndunon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">περᾶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%29corqia%2Fzwn&la=greek&can=ka%29corqia%2Fzwn0&prior=pera=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κἀξορθιάζων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=polla%5C&la=greek&can=polla%5C0&prior=ka)corqia/zwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πολλὰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=polla\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dusxeime%2Frous&la=greek&can=dusxeime%2Frous0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δυσχειμέρους</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Ftas&la=greek&can=a%29%2Ftas0&prior=dusxeime/rous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄτας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28f%27&la=greek&can=u%28f%270&prior=a)/tas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑφ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%28%3Dpar&la=greek&can=h%28%3Dpar0&prior=u(f%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἧπαρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qermo%5Cn&la=greek&can=qermo%5Cn0&prior=h(=par" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θερμὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29caudw%2Fmenos&la=greek&can=e%29caudw%2Fmenos0&prior=qermo\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐξαυδώμενος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29&la=greek&can=ei%290&prior=e)caudw/menos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C1&prior=ei)" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fteimi&la=greek&can=me%2Fteimi0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μέτειμι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%3D&la=greek&can=tou%3D0&prior=me/teimi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=patro%5Cs&la=greek&can=patro%5Cs0&prior=tou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πατρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%5Cs&la=greek&can=tou%5Cs1&prior=patro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοὺς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29ti%2Fous&la=greek&can=ai%29ti%2Fous0&prior=tou\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἰτίους</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tro%2Fpon&la=greek&can=tro%2Fpon0&prior=ai)ti/ous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τρόπον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5Cn&la=greek&can=to%5Cn0&prior=tro/pon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=au%29to%5Cn&la=greek&can=au%29to%5Cn0&prior=to\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αὐτὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ntapoktei%3Dnai&la=greek&can=a%29ntapoktei%3Dnai0&prior=au)to\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀνταποκτεῖναι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=le%2Fgwn&la=greek&can=le%2Fgwn0&prior=a)ntapoktei=nai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λέγων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">275</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29poxrhma%2Ftoisi&la=greek&can=a%29poxrhma%2Ftoisi0&prior=le/gwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀποχρημάτοισι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=zhmi%2Fais&la=greek&can=zhmi%2Fais0&prior=a)poxrhma/toisi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ζημίαις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=taurou%2Fmenon&la=greek&can=taurou%2Fmenon0&prior=zhmi/ais" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ταυρούμενον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=au%29to%5Cn&la=greek&can=au%29to%5Cn1&prior=taurou/menon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αὐτὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=au)to\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Ffaske&la=greek&can=e%29%2Ffaske0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔφασκε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3D%7C&la=greek&can=th%3D%7C0&prior=e)/faske" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῇ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fi%2Flh%7C&la=greek&can=fi%2Flh%7C0&prior=th=|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φίλῃ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=yuxh%3D%7C&la=greek&can=yuxh%3D%7C0&prior=fi/lh|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ψυχῇ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fde&la=greek&can=ta%2Fde1&prior=yuxh=|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tei%2Fsein&la=greek&can=tei%2Fsein0&prior=ta/de" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τείσειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=m%27&la=greek&can=m%270&prior=tei/sein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fxonta&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fxonta0&prior=m%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔχοντα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=polla%5C&la=greek&can=polla%5C1&prior=e)/xonta" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πολλὰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dusterph%3D&la=greek&can=dusterph%3D0&prior=polla\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δυστερπῆ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kaka%2F&la=greek&can=kaka%2F0&prior=dusterph=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κακά</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%5C&la=greek&can=ta%5C0&prior=kaka/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%5Cn&la=greek&can=me%5Cn0&prior=ta\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr0&prior=me\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29k&la=greek&can=e%29k0&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gh%3Ds&la=greek&can=gh%3Ds0&prior=e)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γῆς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dusfro%2Fnwn&la=greek&can=dusfro%2Fnwn0&prior=gh=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δυσφρόνων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mhni%2Fmata&la=greek&can=mhni%2Fmata0&prior=dusfro/nwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μηνίματα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotoi%3Ds&la=greek&can=brotoi%3Ds0&prior=mhni/mata" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτοῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pifau%2Fskwn&la=greek&can=pifau%2Fskwn0&prior=brotoi=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πιφαύσκων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29%3Dpe&la=greek&can=ei%29%3Dpe0&prior=pifau/skwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἶπε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%5Cs&la=greek&can=ta%5Cs0&prior=ei)=pe" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὰς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%271&prior=ta\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29nw%3Dn&la=greek&can=ai%29nw%3Dn0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἰνῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=no%2Fsous&la=greek&can=no%2Fsous0&prior=ai)nw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νόσους</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">280</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sarkw%3Dn&la=greek&can=sarkw%3Dn0&prior=no/sous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σαρκῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pambath%3Dras&la=greek&can=e%29pambath%3Dras0&prior=sarkw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπαμβατῆρας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29gri%2Fais&la=greek&can=a%29gri%2Fais0&prior=e)pambath=ras" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀγρίαις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gna%2Fqois&la=greek&can=gna%2Fqois0&prior=a)gri/ais" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γνάθοις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=leixh%3Dnas&la=greek&can=leixh%3Dnas0&prior=gna/qois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λειχῆνας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29ce%2Fsqontas&la=greek&can=e%29ce%2Fsqontas0&prior=leixh=nas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐξέσθοντας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29rxai%2Fan&la=greek&can=a%29rxai%2Fan0&prior=e)ce/sqontas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀρχαίαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fu%2Fsin&la=greek&can=fu%2Fsin0&prior=a)rxai/an" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φύσιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span></div>
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<b>Orestes</b> </blockquote>
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<b></b><i>Surely he will not abandon me, the mighty oracle of Loxias, who urged me to brave this peril to the end [270] and loudly proclaims calamities that chill the warmth of my heart, if I do not take vengeance on my father's murderers. He said that, enraged by the loss of my possessions, I should kill them in requital just as they killed. And he declared that otherwise [275] I should pay the debt myself with my own life, after many grievous sufferings. For he spoke revealing to mortals the wrath of malignant powers from underneath the earth, and telling of plagues: leprous ulcers that mount with fierce fangs on the flesh . . . </i>[goes on for a while]</blockquote>
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According to Smyth, the oracle told him: <i>I should kill them in requital just as they killed.</i></div>
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Alan H. Sommerstein has a most interesting rendering:<br />
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<i>. . . it (the oracle) spoke openly of catastrophes that will bring dire chill into my hot heart if I do not pursue those guilty of my father's death "in the same manner" -- meaning, kill them in revenge.</i></blockquote>
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Given that Aeschylus was not equipped with quotation marks, the Greek words, <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tro%2Fpon&la=greek&can=tro%2Fpon0&prior=ai)ti/ous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τρόπον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%5Cn&la=greek&can=to%5Cn0&prior=tro/pon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=au%29to%5Cn&la=greek&can=au%29to%5Cn0&prior=to\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αὐτὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ntapoktei%3Dnai&la=greek&can=a%29ntapoktei%3Dnai0&prior=au)to\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀνταποκτεῖναι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=le%2Fgwn&la=greek&can=le%2Fgwn0&prior=a)ntapoktei=nai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λέγων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span> appear to allow both possibilities. </div>
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It is at least plausible to think that Orestes is in fact repeating the very words shouted to him by the god: "in the same manner" goes to the core of the act of vengeance Apollo has assigned the son of Agamemnon. That his oracle used those very words might seem more significant after the next post here, which is nearly ready.</div>
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The main point is that the code articulated by Apollo is the very one which drives the Furies, and is identical to what the <i>dmoiai</i> are about to sing in the <i>kommos. </i></div>
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To compare with Smyth's version above, here are the opening lines of the <i>kommos</i> per Sommerstein:</div>
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<i><b>Chorus</b></i></blockquote>
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<i>Now you mighty Fates, by the will of Zeus </i></blockquote>
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<i>let things end in the way</i></blockquote>
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<i> </i><i>in which Justice is now in pursuit!</i></blockquote>
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<i>"For hostile words let hostile words</i></blockquote>
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<i> </i><i>be paid" -- so Justice </i></blockquote>
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<i>cries out aloud, demanding what she is owed --</i></blockquote>
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<i>"and for a bloody stroke let the payment be </i></blockquote>
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<i>a bloody stroke." For him who does, suffering -- </i></blockquote>
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<i>that is what the old, old saying states. (306-314)</i></blockquote>
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Both Smyth and Sommerstein render as quotations the words of <i>Dike</i> in the song of these servant women (Lattimore does not). Fascinating to consider Bakola's thought that the palace of Agamemnon is now under the "care" of the Furies themselves.</div>
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*"Seeing the invisible: Interior Spaces and Uncanny Erinyes in Aeschylus' Oresteia" in Kampakoglou, A. and Novokhatko, A. (eds.) (2017) Gaze, Vision and Visuality in Greek Literature, Berlin, 163-186, by Emanuella Bakola. </blockquote>
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[Note: While this possibility does not make a difference to my point here about Apollo, Bakola's wonderful argument should be required reading for anyone planning a stage production of the <i>Oresteia</i>.]</blockquote>
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Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-86252442879641008202020-05-12T15:06:00.007-04:002020-05-15T12:49:04.999-04:00Irresistible Athena meets Immovable Furies <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Having so far suggested some reasons why Athena's scene with the Erinyes can be seen as the climactic <i>peripeteia</i> of the trilogy as a whole, let's take a closer look. What exactly is it that Athena does to bring about a change -- whether in the nature of the Furies, or in their position within the greater<i> oikos</i> of the Cosmos? What are the implications of this turnaround for the future of the democratic <i>polis</i>?<br />
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A full fledged analysis of the scene's structure, rhetorical style, and theatrical features exceeds the limits of a blog post. I'll note a few moments that might clarify what Athena means by Persuasion by looking at how she models it in her approach to the Furies.<br />
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The goddess's main mode of persuasion doesn't depend on the skills of argument or rhetoric. With these ancient beings, what works for Athena isn't going to be the toolbox of tropes and tricks, nor the logic of the philosophers, nor the threats and menace of the autocratic bully, but something else. Something that we'll need to address after analyzing this<i> peripeteia</i>.<br />
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First, what is Athena's goal here? Apollo and she have created a framework that has restored Orestes to honor and his kingdom, as well as forging an alliance between Argos and Athens. Yet all remains tentative, suspended, so long as the daughters of Night refuse to accept the acquittal, the arguments, the court that handed it down, the civic power of the new judicial process, their own superfluousness with regard to this mother-killing man -- basically the negation of the sole reason they've ever known for their dark and lonely existence.<br />
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As Orestes takes his leave, they let Athena (and Apollo, who's already ducked out) have it:<br />
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<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Χορός</a></b><br />
<br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%29w%5C&la=greek&can=i%29w%5C0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἰὼ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeoi%5C&la=greek&can=qeoi%5C0&prior=i)w\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεοὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=new%2Fteroi&la=greek&can=new%2Fteroi0&prior=qeoi\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νεώτεροι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=palaiou%5Cs&la=greek&can=palaiou%5Cs0&prior=new/teroi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παλαιοὺς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=no%2Fmous&la=greek&can=no%2Fmous0&prior=palaiou\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νόμους</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kaqippa%2Fsasqe&la=greek&can=kaqippa%2Fsasqe0&prior=no/mous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καθιππάσασθε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%29k&la=greek&can=ka%29k0&prior=kaqippa/sasqe" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κἀκ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xerw%3Dn&la=greek&can=xerw%3Dn0&prior=ka)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χερῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%28%2Flesqe%2F&la=greek&can=ei%28%2Flesqe%2F0&prior=xerw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἵλεσθέ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mou&la=greek&can=mou0&prior=ei(/lesqe/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">780</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29gw%5C&la=greek&can=e%29gw%5C0&prior=mou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐγὼ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=e)gw\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Ftimos&la=greek&can=a%29%2Ftimos0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄτιμος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28&la=greek&can=a%280&prior=a)/timos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἁ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Flaina&la=greek&can=ta%2Flaina0&prior=a(" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάλαινα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=baru%2Fkotos&la=greek&can=baru%2Fkotos0&prior=ta/laina" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βαρύκοτος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n0&prior=baru/kotos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%3D%7C&la=greek&can=ga%3D%7C0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γᾷ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%3D%7Cde&la=greek&can=ta%3D%7Cde0&prior=ga=|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τᾷδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=feu%3D&la=greek&can=feu%3D0&prior=ta=|de" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φεῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%29o%5Cn&la=greek&can=i%29o%5Cn0&prior=feu=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἰὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%29o%5Cn&la=greek&can=i%29o%5Cn1&prior=i)o\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἰὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ntipenqh%3D&la=greek&can=a%29ntipenqh%3D0&prior=i)o\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀντιπενθῆ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=meqei%3Dsa&la=greek&can=meqei%3Dsa0&prior=a)ntipenqh=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μεθεῖσα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kardi%2Fas&la=greek&can=kardi%2Fas0&prior=meqei=sa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καρδίας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=stalagmo%5Cn&la=greek&can=stalagmo%5Cn0&prior=kardi/as" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σταλαγμὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqoni%5C&la=greek&can=xqoni%5C0&prior=stalagmo\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθονὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fforon&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fforon0&prior=xqoni\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄφορον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">: </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29k&la=greek&can=e%29k0&prior=a)/foron" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C0&prior=e)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%3D&la=greek&can=tou%3D0&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">785</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=leixh%5Cn&la=greek&can=leixh%5Cn0&prior=tou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λειχὴν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Ffullos&la=greek&can=a%29%2Ffullos0&prior=leixh\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄφυλλος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fteknos&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fteknos0&prior=a)/fullos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄτεκνος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%29w%5C&la=greek&can=i%29w%5C1&prior=a)/teknos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἰὼ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=di%2Fka&la=greek&can=di%2Fka0&prior=i)w\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δίκα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pe%2Fdon&la=greek&can=pe%2Fdon0&prior=di/ka" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πέδον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pisu%2Fmenos&la=greek&can=e%29pisu%2Fmenos0&prior=pe/don" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπισύμενος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotofqo%2Frous&la=greek&can=brotofqo%2Frous0&prior=e)pisu/menos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτοφθόρους</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=khli%3Ddas&la=greek&can=khli%3Ddas0&prior=brotofqo/rous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κηλῖδας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n1&prior=khli=das" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xw%2Fra%7C&la=greek&can=xw%2Fra%7C0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χώρᾳ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=balei%3D&la=greek&can=balei%3D0&prior=xw/ra|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βαλεῖ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=stena%2Fzw&la=greek&can=stena%2Fzw0&prior=balei=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">στενάζω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">: </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2F&la=greek&can=ti%2F0&prior=stena/zw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=r%28e%2Fcw&la=greek&can=r%28e%2Fcw0&prior=ti/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ῥέξω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">;</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gelw%3Dmai&la=greek&can=gelw%3Dmai0&prior=r(e/cw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γελῶμαι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=poli%2Ftais&la=greek&can=poli%2Ftais0&prior=gelw=mai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πολίταις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">790</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=du%2Fsoisq%27&la=greek&can=du%2Fsoisq%270&prior=poli/tais" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δύσοισθ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28%2Fpaqon&la=greek&can=a%28%2Fpaqon0&prior=du/soisq%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἅπαθον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%29w%5C&la=greek&can=i%29w%5C2&prior=a(/paqon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἰὼ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mega%2Fla&la=greek&can=mega%2Fla0&prior=i)w\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μεγάλα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toi%5C&la=greek&can=toi%5C0&prior=mega/la" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ko%2Frai&la=greek&can=ko%2Frai0&prior=toi\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κόραι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dustuxei%3Ds&la=greek&can=dustuxei%3Ds0&prior=ko/rai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δυστυχεῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*nukto%5Cs&la=greek&can=*nukto%5Cs0&prior=dustuxei=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Νυκτὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29timopenqei%3Ds&la=greek&can=a%29timopenqei%3Ds0&prior=*nukto\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀτιμοπενθεῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>Chorus</b> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Younger gods, you have ridden down the ancient laws and have taken them from my hands! And I—dishonored, unhappy, deeply angry— [780] on this land, alas, I will release venom from my heart, venom in return for my grief, drops that the land cannot endure. From it, a blight that destroys leaves, destroys children—a just return— [785] speeding over the plain, will cast infection on the land to ruin mortals. I groan aloud. What shall I do? I am mocked by the people. I have suffered unbearable treatment from the citizens. [790] Ah, cruel indeed are the wrongs of the daughters of Night, grieving and dishonored!</blockquote>
<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29aqhna%3D&la=greek&can=*%29aqhna%3D0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἀθηνᾶ</a></b><br />
<br style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29moi%5C&la=greek&can=e%29moi%5C0&prior=*)aqhna=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμοὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pi%2Fqesqe&la=greek&can=pi%2Fqesqe0&prior=e)moi\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πίθεσθε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C0&prior=pi/qesqe" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=barusto%2Fnws&la=greek&can=barusto%2Fnws0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βαρυστόνως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fe%2Frein&la=greek&can=fe%2Frein0&prior=barusto/nws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φέρειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">795</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29&la=greek&can=ou%290&prior=fe/rein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr0&prior=ou)" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=neni%2Fkhsq%27&la=greek&can=neni%2Fkhsq%270&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νενίκησθ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ll%27&la=greek&can=a%29ll%270&prior=neni/khsq%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀλλ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%29so%2Fyhfos&la=greek&can=i%29so%2Fyhfos0&prior=a)ll%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἰσόψηφος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=di%2Fkh&la=greek&can=di%2Fkh0&prior=i)so/yhfos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δίκη</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29ch%3Dlq%27&la=greek&can=e%29ch%3Dlq%270&prior=di/kh" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐξῆλθ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29lhqw%3Ds&la=greek&can=a%29lhqw%3Ds0&prior=e)ch=lq%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀληθῶς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29k&la=greek&can=ou%29k0&prior=a)lhqw=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐκ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29timi%2Fa%7C&la=greek&can=a%29timi%2Fa%7C0&prior=ou)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀτιμίᾳ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=se%2Fqen&la=greek&can=se%2Fqen0&prior=a)timi/a|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σέθεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ll%27&la=greek&can=a%29ll%271&prior=se/qen" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀλλ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29k&la=greek&can=e%29k0&prior=a)ll%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*dio%5Cs&la=greek&can=*dio%5Cs0&prior=e)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Διὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr1&prior=*dio\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=lampra%5C&la=greek&can=lampra%5C0&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λαμπρὰ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=martu%2Fria&la=greek&can=martu%2Fria0&prior=lampra\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μαρτύρια</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=parh%3Dn&la=greek&can=parh%3Dn0&prior=martu/ria" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παρῆν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=au%29to%2Fs&la=greek&can=au%29to%2Fs0&prior=parh=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αὐτός</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=q%27&la=greek&can=q%270&prior=au)to/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28&la=greek&can=o%280&prior=q%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xrh%2Fsas&la=greek&can=xrh%2Fsas0&prior=o(" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χρήσας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=au%29to%5Cs&la=greek&can=au%29to%5Cs0&prior=xrh/sas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αὐτὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%3Dn&la=greek&can=h%29%3Dn0&prior=au)to\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἦν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28&la=greek&can=o%281&prior=h)=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=marturw%3Dn&la=greek&can=marturw%3Dn0&prior=o(" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μαρτυρῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28s&la=greek&can=w%28s0&prior=marturw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὡς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tau%3Dt%27&la=greek&can=tau%3Dt%270&prior=w(s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ταῦτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29ore%2Fsthn&la=greek&can=*%29ore%2Fsthn0&prior=tau=t%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ὀρέστην</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=drw%3Dnta&la=greek&can=drw%3Dnta0&prior=*)ore/sthn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δρῶντα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C1&prior=drw=nta" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bla%2Fbas&la=greek&can=bla%2Fbas0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βλάβας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fxein&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fxein0&prior=bla/bas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔχειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">800</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28mei%3Ds&la=greek&can=u%28mei%3Ds0&prior=e)/xein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑμεῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C0&prior=u(mei=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C2&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qumou%3Dsqe&la=greek&can=qumou%3Dsqe0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θυμοῦσθε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mhde%5C&la=greek&can=mhde%5C0&prior=qumou=sqe" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μηδὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3D%7Cde&la=greek&can=th%3D%7Cde0&prior=mhde\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῇδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gh%3D%7C&la=greek&can=gh%3D%7C0&prior=th=|de" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γῇ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=baru%5Cn&la=greek&can=baru%5Cn0&prior=gh=|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βαρὺν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ko%2Fton&la=greek&can=ko%2Fton0&prior=baru\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κότον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=skh%2Fyhte&la=greek&can=skh%2Fyhte0&prior=ko/ton" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σκήψητε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mhd%27&la=greek&can=mhd%270&prior=skh/yhte" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μηδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29karpi%2Fan&la=greek&can=a%29karpi%2Fan0&prior=mhd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀκαρπίαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=teu%2Fcht%27&la=greek&can=teu%2Fcht%270&prior=a)karpi/an" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τεύξητ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29fei%3Dsai&la=greek&can=a%29fei%3Dsai0&prior=teu/cht%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀφεῖσαι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> †</span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=daimo%2Fnwn&la=greek&can=daimo%2Fnwn0&prior=a)fei=sai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δαιμόνων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=stala%2Fgmata&la=greek&can=stala%2Fgmata0&prior=daimo/nwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σταλάγματα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brwth%3Dras&la=greek&can=brwth%3Dras0&prior=stala/gmata" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βρωτῆρας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29xma%5Cs&la=greek&can=ai%29xma%5Cs0&prior=brwth=ras" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἰχμὰς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sperma%2Ftwn&la=greek&can=sperma%2Ftwn0&prior=ai)xma\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σπερμάτων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29nhme%2Frous&la=greek&can=a%29nhme%2Frous0&prior=sperma/twn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀνημέρους</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29gw%5C&la=greek&can=e%29gw%5C0&prior=a)nhme/rous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐγὼ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr2&prior=e)gw\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28mi%3Dn&la=greek&can=u%28mi%3Dn0&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑμῖν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pandi%2Fkws&la=greek&can=pandi%2Fkws0&prior=u(mi=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πανδίκως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28pi%2Fsxomai&la=greek&can=u%28pi%2Fsxomai0&prior=pandi/kws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑπίσχομαι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">805</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28%2Fdras&la=greek&can=e%28%2Fdras0&prior=u(pi/sxomai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἕδρας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=e(/dras" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=keuqmw%3Dnas&la=greek&can=keuqmw%3Dnas0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κευθμῶνας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29ndi%2Fkou&la=greek&can=e%29ndi%2Fkou0&prior=keuqmw=nas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐνδίκου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqono%5Cs&la=greek&can=xqono%5Cs0&prior=e)ndi/kou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθονὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=liparoqro%2Fnoisin&la=greek&can=liparoqro%2Fnoisin0&prior=xqono\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λιπαροθρόνοισιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%28me%2Fnas&la=greek&can=h%28me%2Fnas0&prior=liparoqro/noisin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἡμένας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29p%27&la=greek&can=e%29p%270&prior=h(me/nas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29sxa%2Frais&la=greek&can=e%29sxa%2Frais0&prior=e)p%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐσχάραις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28%2Fcein&la=greek&can=e%28%2Fcein0&prior=e)sxa/rais" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἕξειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28p%27&la=greek&can=u%28p%270&prior=e(/cein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑπ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29stw%3Dn&la=greek&can=a%29stw%3Dn0&prior=u(p%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀστῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dnde&la=greek&can=tw%3Dnde0&prior=a)stw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῶνδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=timalfoume%2Fnas&la=greek&can=timalfoume%2Fnas0&prior=tw=nde" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τιμαλφουμένας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>Athena</b> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Be persuaded by me (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29moi%5C&la=greek&can=e%29moi%5C0&prior=*)aqhna=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμοὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pi%2Fqesqe&la=greek&can=pi%2Fqesqe0&prior=e)moi\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πίθεσθε</a>)<span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>not to bear it with heavy lament. For you have not been defeated; the trial resulted fairly in an equal vote, without disgrace to you; [795] but clear testimony from Zeus was present, and he himself who spoke the oracle himself gave witness that Orestes should not suffer harm for his deed. Do not be angry, do not hurl your heavy rage on this land, [800] or cause barrenness, letting loose drops whose savage spirit will devour the seed. For I promise you most sacredly that you will have a cavernous sanctuary in a righteous land (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29ndi%2Fkou&la=greek&can=e%29ndi%2Fkou0&prior=keuqmw=nas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐνδίκου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqono%5Cs&la=greek&can=xqono%5Cs0&prior=e)ndi/kou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθονὸς</a>), [805] where you will sit on shining thrones at your hearths, worshiped with honor by my citizens here.</blockquote>
<br />
Athena's opening gambit is top notch. She first seeks to make them sensible that the court's judgment is not a disgrace; moreover the witness had the supreme ruler's authority. Instead of their shriveling up the land and the city, she can offer them an upgrade -- she gives her "all-<i>Dike</i> word" (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pandi%2Fkws&la=greek&can=pandi%2Fkws0&prior=u(mi=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πανδίκως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28pi%2Fsxomai&la=greek&can=u%28pi%2Fsxomai0&prior=pandi/kws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑπίσχομαι</a>) that they'll receive a spacious cavern with shining thrones and the honor of the citizens.<br />
<br />
Such a reasonable offer - how could they not be mollified?<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>Chorus</b> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Younger gods, you have ridden down the ancient laws and have taken them from my hands! . . .</blockquote>
The Furies repeat verbatim exactly their words of just moments before. This is not a conversation or negotiation, but rather the reflex repetition of one who has no nuance, no seeming internal powers of attention, reflection and modulation. It's the negation of communication, of the very presence of Athena.<br />
<br />
She tries again, more briefly:<br />
<br />
<b>Ἀθηνᾶ</b><br />
<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29k&la=greek&can=ou%29k0&prior=*)aqhna=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐκ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fst%27&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fst%270&prior=ou)k" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔστ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Ftimoi&la=greek&can=a%29%2Ftimoi0&prior=e)/st%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄτιμοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mhd%27&la=greek&can=mhd%270&prior=a)/timoi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μηδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28perqu%2Fmws&la=greek&can=u%28perqu%2Fmws0&prior=mhd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑπερθύμως</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fgan&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fgan0&prior=u(perqu/mws" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄγαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">825</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeai%5C&la=greek&can=qeai%5C0&prior=a)/gan" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεαὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotw%3Dn&la=greek&can=brotw%3Dn0&prior=qeai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kti%2Fshte&la=greek&can=kti%2Fshte0&prior=brotw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κτίσητε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=du%2Fskhlon&la=greek&can=du%2Fskhlon0&prior=kti/shte" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δύσκηλον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqo%2Fna&la=greek&can=xqo%2Fna0&prior=du/skhlon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθόνα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%29gw%5C&la=greek&can=ka%29gw%5C0&prior=xqo/na" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κἀγὼ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pe%2Fpoiqa&la=greek&can=pe%2Fpoiqa0&prior=ka)gw\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πέποιθα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*zhni%2F&la=greek&can=*zhni%2F0&prior=pe/poiqa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ζηνί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=*zhni/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2F&la=greek&can=ti%2F0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dei%3D&la=greek&can=dei%3D0&prior=ti/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δεῖ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=le%2Fgein&la=greek&can=le%2Fgein0&prior=dei=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λέγειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">;</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C1&prior=le/gein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=klh%3D%7Cdas&la=greek&can=klh%3D%7Cdas0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κλῇδας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=oi%29%3Dda&la=greek&can=oi%29%3Dda0&prior=klh=|das" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οἶδα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dw%2Fmatos&la=greek&can=dw%2Fmatos0&prior=oi)=da" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δώματος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mo%2Fnh&la=greek&can=mo%2Fnh0&prior=dw/matos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μόνη</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qew%3Dn&la=greek&can=qew%3Dn0&prior=mo/nh" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n0&prior=qew=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28%3D%7C&la=greek&can=w%28%3D%7C0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ᾧ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kerauno%2Fs&la=greek&can=kerauno%2Fs0&prior=w(=|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κεραυνός</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29stin&la=greek&can=e%29stin0&prior=kerauno/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐστιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29sfragisme%2Fnos&la=greek&can=e%29sfragisme%2Fnos0&prior=e)stin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐσφραγισμένος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ll%27&la=greek&can=a%29ll%270&prior=e)sfragisme/nos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀλλ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29de%5Cn&la=greek&can=ou%29de%5Cn0&prior=a)ll%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐδὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=au%29tou%3D&la=greek&can=au%29tou%3D0&prior=ou)de\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αὐτοῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dei%3D&la=greek&can=dei%3D1&prior=au)tou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δεῖ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">: </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=su%5C&la=greek&can=su%5C0&prior=dei=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σὺ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=su\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29piqh%5Cs&la=greek&can=eu%29piqh%5Cs0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὐπιθὴς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29moi%5C&la=greek&can=e%29moi%5C0&prior=eu)piqh\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμοὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">830</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glw%2Fsshs&la=greek&can=glw%2Fsshs0&prior=e)moi\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γλώσσης</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=matai%2Fas&la=greek&can=matai%2Fas0&prior=glw/sshs" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ματαίας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C0&prior=matai/as" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> '</span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kba%2Flh%7Cs&la=greek&can=kba%2Flh%7Cs0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κβάλῃς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fph&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fph0&prior=kba/lh|s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔπη</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqoni%2F&la=greek&can=xqoni%2F0&prior=e)/ph" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθονί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=karpo%5Cn&la=greek&can=karpo%5Cn0&prior=xqoni/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καρπὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fe%2Fronta&la=greek&can=fe%2Fronta0&prior=karpo\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φέροντα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Fnta&la=greek&can=pa%2Fnta0&prior=fe/ronta" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάντα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C1&prior=pa/nta" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pra%2Fssein&la=greek&can=pra%2Fssein0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πράσσειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kalw%3Ds&la=greek&can=kalw%3Ds0&prior=pra/ssein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καλῶς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=koi%2Fma&la=greek&can=koi%2Fma0&prior=kalw=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κοίμα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kelainou%3D&la=greek&can=kelainou%3D0&prior=koi/ma" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κελαινοῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ku%2Fmatos&la=greek&can=ku%2Fmatos0&prior=kelainou=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κύματος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pikro%5Cn&la=greek&can=pikro%5Cn0&prior=ku/matos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πικρὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fnos&la=greek&can=me%2Fnos0&prior=pikro\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μένος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28s&la=greek&can=w%28s0&prior=me/nos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὡς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=semno%2Ftimos&la=greek&can=semno%2Ftimos0&prior=w(s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σεμνότιμος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C2&prior=semno/timos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=cunoikh%2Ftwr&la=greek&can=cunoikh%2Ftwr0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ξυνοικήτωρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29moi%2F&la=greek&can=e%29moi%2F0&prior=cunoikh/twr" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμοί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pollh%3Ds&la=greek&can=pollh%3Ds0&prior=e)moi/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πολλῆς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C0&prior=pollh=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xw%2Fras&la=greek&can=xw%2Fras0&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χώρας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3Dsd%27&la=greek&can=th%3Dsd%270&prior=xw/ras" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῆσδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Ft%27&la=greek&can=e%29%2Ft%270&prior=th=sd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29kroqi%2Fnia&la=greek&can=a%29kroqi%2Fnia0&prior=e)/t%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀκροθίνια</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">835</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qu%2Fh&la=greek&can=qu%2Fh0&prior=a)kroqi/nia" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θύη</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5C&la=greek&can=pro%5C0&prior=qu/h" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pai%2Fdwn&la=greek&can=pai%2Fdwn0&prior=pro\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παίδων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C3&prior=pai/dwn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gamhli%2Fou&la=greek&can=gamhli%2Fou0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γαμηλίου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te%2Flous&la=greek&can=te%2Flous0&prior=gamhli/ou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τέλους</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fxous%27&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fxous%270&prior=te/lous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔχουσ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29s&la=greek&can=e%29s0&prior=e)/xous%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29ei%5C&la=greek&can=ai%29ei%5C0&prior=e)s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἰεὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%2Fnd%27&la=greek&can=to%2Fnd%270&prior=ai)ei\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τόνδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29paine%2Fseis&la=greek&can=e%29paine%2Fseis0&prior=to/nd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπαινέσεις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=lo%2Fgon&la=greek&can=lo%2Fgon0&prior=e)paine/seis" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λόγον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<b>Athena</b> </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
You are not dishonored; so, although you are goddesses, do not, in excessive rage, blight past all cure a land of mortals. [825] I also rely on <span style="font-family: inherit;">(<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pe%2Fpoiqa&la=greek&can=pe%2Fpoiqa0&prior=ka)gw\" style="color: black;" target="morph">πέποιθα</a>)</span><span style="font-family: new athena unicode, gentium, palatino linotype, lucida grande, galilee, arial unicode ms, sans-serif;"> </span>Zeus—what need is there to mention that?—and I alone of the gods know the keys to the house where his thunderbolt is sealed. But there is no need of that. So yield to my persuasion (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Deu)peiqe%2Fw" target="_blank">εὐπιθὴς ἐμοὶ</a>) and do not hurl the words of a reckless tongue against the land, [830] that all things bearing fruit will not prosper. Calm the black wave's bitter anger, since you will receive proud honors and will live with me. And when you have the first-fruits of this great land forever, offerings on behalf of children and of marriage rites, [835] you will praise my counsel.</blockquote>
<b style="font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*xoro%2Fs&la=greek&can=*xoro%2Fs0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Χορός</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29me%5C&la=greek&can=e%29me%5C0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=paqei%3Dn&la=greek&can=paqei%3Dn0&prior=e)me\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παθεῖν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fde&la=greek&can=ta%2Fde0&prior=paqei=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάδε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=feu%3D&la=greek&can=feu%3D0&prior=ta/de" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φεῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29me%5C&la=greek&can=e%29me%5C1&prior=feu=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=palaio%2Ffrona&la=greek&can=palaio%2Ffrona0&prior=e)me\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παλαιόφρονα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kata%2F&la=greek&can=kata%2F0&prior=palaio/frona" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κατά</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=kata/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%3Ds&la=greek&can=ga%3Ds0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γᾶς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=oi%29kei%3Dn&la=greek&can=oi%29kei%3Dn0&prior=ga=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οἰκεῖν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=feu%3D&la=greek&can=feu%3D1&prior=oi)kei=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φεῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ti%2Feton&la=greek&can=a%29ti%2Feton0&prior=feu=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀτίετον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mu%2Fsos&la=greek&can=mu%2Fsos0&prior=a)ti/eton" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μύσος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">840</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pne%2Fw&la=greek&can=pne%2Fw0&prior=mu/sos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πνέω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toi&la=greek&can=toi0&prior=pne/w" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fnos&la=greek&can=me%2Fnos0&prior=toi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μένος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28%2Fpanta%2F&la=greek&can=a%28%2Fpanta%2F0&prior=me/nos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἅπαντά</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te1&prior=a(/panta/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ko%2Fton&la=greek&can=ko%2Fton0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κότον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=oi%29%3D&la=greek&can=oi%29%3D0&prior=ko/ton" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οἶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=oi%29%3D&la=greek&can=oi%29%3D1&prior=oi)=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οἶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=da%3D&la=greek&can=da%3D0&prior=oi)=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δᾶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=feu%3D&la=greek&can=feu%3D2&prior=da=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φεῦ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2Fs&la=greek&can=ti%2Fs0&prior=feu=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τίς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=m%27&la=greek&can=m%270&prior=ti/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28podu%2Fetai&la=greek&can=u%28podu%2Fetai0&prior=m%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑποδύεται</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2Fs&la=greek&can=ti%2Fs1&prior=u(podu/etai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τίς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29du%2Fna&la=greek&can=o%29du%2Fna0&prior=ti/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὀδύνα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pleura%2Fs&la=greek&can=pleura%2Fs0&prior=o)du/na" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πλευράς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> ;</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qumo%5Cn&la=greek&can=qumo%5Cn0&prior=pleura/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θυμὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fie&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fie0&prior=qumo\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄιε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ma%3Dter&la=greek&can=ma%3Dter0&prior=a)/ie" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μᾶτερ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">845</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*nu%2Fc&la=greek&can=*nu%2Fc0&prior=ma=ter" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Νύξ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">: </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29po%5C&la=greek&can=a%29po%5C0&prior=*nu/c" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπὸ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%2Fr&la=greek&can=ga%2Fr0&prior=a)po\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γάρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me&la=greek&can=me0&prior=ga/r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">με</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti-&la=greek&can=ti-0&prior=me" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τι-</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ma%3Dn&la=greek&can=ma%3Dn0&prior=ti-" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μᾶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=danaia%3Dn&la=greek&can=danaia%3Dn0&prior=ma=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δαναιᾶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qew%3Dn&la=greek&can=qew%3Dn0&prior=danaia=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=duspa%2Flamoi&la=greek&can=duspa%2Flamoi0&prior=qew=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δυσπάλαμοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=par%27&la=greek&can=par%270&prior=duspa/lamoi" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παρ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29de%5Cn&la=greek&can=ou%29de%5Cn0&prior=par%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐδὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%3Dran&la=greek&can=h%29%3Dran0&prior=ou)de\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἦραν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=do%2Floi&la=greek&can=do%2Floi0&prior=h)=ran" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δόλοι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<b>Chorus </b><br />
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For me to suffer this, alas! For me, with ancient wisdom (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=palaio%2Ffrona&la=greek&can=palaio%2Ffrona0&prior=e)me\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παλαιόφρονα</a>), to live beneath the earth, alas, without honor, unclean! I am breathing fury and utter rage. [840] Oh, oh, the shame of it! What anguish steals into my breast! Hear my anger, mother Night; for the deceptions of the gods, hard to fight, have deprived me of my ancient honors, bringing me to nothing. [845]<br />
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Athena puts a bit more starch into her effort, alluding to the sensible provision of Zeus, who locks away his thunderbolts. She is intimating the fact of her access to ultimate power, but once again speaks of protecting, rather than harming the land. "Yield to me" (<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Deu)peiqe%2Fw" target="_blank">εὐπιθὴς</a>) is to "be persuaded" (<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif;"><span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pei%2Fqw&la=greek&can=pei%2Fqw0" target="morph">πείθω</a></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif;">).</span> To be persuaded is to obey, and also to trust, to rely upon. Forms of <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pei%2Fqw&la=greek&can=pei%2Fqw0" style="font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" target="morph">πείθω</a> are woven throughout.<br />
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The Furies respond by lamenting their lot, their loss of honor, shame, anguish and anger. All that they feel. They also assert their ancient wisdom, <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=palaio%2Ffrona&la=greek&can=palaio%2Ffrona0&prior=e)me\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παλαιόφρονα</a>. They're not to be toyed with.<br />
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Though some in the audience might have applauded had she done so (while others perhaps feared she would), Athena doesn't get out those keys and blast the Furies to Tartarus, Instead, she works with them.<br />
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<b><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29aqhna%3D&la=greek&can=*%29aqhna%3D0" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἀθηνᾶ</a></b><br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29rga%5Cs&la=greek&can=o%29rga%5Cs0&prior=*)aqhna=" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὀργὰς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=cunoi%2Fsw&la=greek&can=cunoi%2Fsw0&prior=o)rga\s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ξυνοίσω</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=soi&la=greek&can=soi0&prior=cunoi/sw" style="color: blue;" target="morph">σοι</a>: <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=geraite%2Fra&la=greek&can=geraite%2Fra0&prior=soi" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γεραιτέρα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr0&prior=geraite/ra" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29%3D&la=greek&can=ei%29%3D0&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἶ</a>.<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=ei)=" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3D%7C&la=greek&can=tw%3D%7C0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῷ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%5Cn&la=greek&can=me%5Cn0&prior=tw=|" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὲν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29%3D&la=greek&can=ei%29%3D1&prior=me\n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=su%5C&la=greek&can=su%5C0&prior=ei)=" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σὺ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%2Frt%27&la=greek&can=ka%2Frt%270&prior=su\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κάρτ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mou%3D&la=greek&can=e%29mou%3D0&prior=ka/rt%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμοῦ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sofwte%2Fra&la=greek&can=sofwte%2Fra0&prior=e)mou=" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σοφωτέρα</a>:<br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">850</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fronei%3Dn&la=greek&can=fronei%3Dn0&prior=sofwte/ra" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φρονεῖν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C0&prior=fronei=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%29moi%5C&la=greek&can=ka%29moi%5C0&prior=de\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κἀμοὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*zeu%5Cs&la=greek&can=*zeu%5Cs0&prior=ka)moi\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ζεὺς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fdwken&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fdwken0&prior=*zeu\s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔδωκεν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29&la=greek&can=ou%290&prior=e)/dwken" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kakw%3Ds&la=greek&can=kakw%3Ds0&prior=ou)" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κακῶς</a>.<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28mei%3Ds&la=greek&can=u%28mei%3Ds0&prior=kakw=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑμεῖς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=u(mei=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29s&la=greek&can=e%29s0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29llo%2Ffulon&la=greek&can=a%29llo%2Ffulon0&prior=e)s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀλλόφυλον</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29lqou%3Dsai&la=greek&can=e%29lqou%3Dsai0&prior=a)llo/fulon" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐλθοῦσαι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqo%2Fna&la=greek&can=xqo%2Fna0&prior=e)lqou=sai" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθόνα</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gh%3Ds&la=greek&can=gh%3Ds0&prior=xqo/na" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γῆς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3Dsd%27&la=greek&can=th%3Dsd%270&prior=gh=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῆσδ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29rasqh%2Fsesqe&la=greek&can=e%29rasqh%2Fsesqe0&prior=th=sd%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐρασθήσεσθε</a>: <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=prounne%2Fpw&la=greek&can=prounne%2Fpw0&prior=e)rasqh/sesqe" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">προυννέπω</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%2Fde&la=greek&can=ta%2Fde0&prior=prounne/pw" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τάδε</a>.<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%28pirre%2Fwn&la=greek&can=ou%28pirre%2Fwn0&prior=ta/de" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὑπιρρέων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr1&prior=ou(pirre/wn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=timiw%2Fteros&la=greek&can=timiw%2Fteros0&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τιμιώτερος</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xro%2Fnos&la=greek&can=xro%2Fnos0&prior=timiw/teros" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χρόνος</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fstai&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fstai0&prior=xro/nos" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔσται</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=poli%2Ftais&la=greek&can=poli%2Ftais0&prior=e)/stai" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πολίταις</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toi%3Dsde&la=greek&can=toi%3Dsde0&prior=poli/tais" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοῖσδε</a>. <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C1&prior=toi=sde" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=su%5C&la=greek&can=su%5C1&prior=kai\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σὺ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=timi%2Fan&la=greek&can=timi%2Fan0&prior=su\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τιμίαν</a><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">855</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28%2Fdran&la=greek&can=e%28%2Fdran0&prior=timi/an" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἕδραν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fxousa&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fxousa0&prior=e(/dran" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔχουσα</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs0&prior=e)/xousa" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=do%2Fmois&la=greek&can=do%2Fmois0&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δόμοις</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29erexqe%2Fws&la=greek&can=*%29erexqe%2Fws0&prior=do/mois" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἐρεχθέως</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=teu%2Fch%7C&la=greek&can=teu%2Fch%7C0&prior=*)erexqe/ws" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τεύξῃ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=par%27&la=greek&can=par%270&prior=teu/ch|" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παρ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29ndrw%3Dn&la=greek&can=a%29ndrw%3Dn0&prior=par%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀνδρῶν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C2&prior=a)ndrw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gunaikei%2Fwn&la=greek&can=gunaikei%2Fwn0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γυναικείων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sto%2Flwn&la=greek&can=sto%2Flwn0&prior=gunaikei/wn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">στόλων</a>,<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28%2Fswn&la=greek&can=o%28%2Fswn0&prior=sto/lwn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὅσων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=par%27&la=greek&can=par%271&prior=o(/swn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παρ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fllwn&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fllwn0&prior=par%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄλλων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2Fpot%27&la=greek&can=ou%29%2Fpot%270&prior=a)/llwn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὔποτ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%5Cn&la=greek&can=a%29%5Cn0&prior=ou)/pot%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἂν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sxe%2Fqois&la=greek&can=sxe%2Fqois0&prior=a)\n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σχέθοις</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotw%3Dn&la=greek&can=brotw%3Dn0&prior=sxe/qois" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτῶν</a>.<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=su%5C&la=greek&can=su%5C2&prior=brotw=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σὺ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%271&prior=su\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%2Fpoisi&la=greek&can=to%2Fpoisi0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τόποισι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toi%3Ds&la=greek&can=toi%3Ds0&prior=to/poisi" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοῖς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29moi%3Dsi&la=greek&can=e%29moi%3Dsi0&prior=toi=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμοῖσι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%5C&la=greek&can=mh%5C0&prior=e)moi=si" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὴ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ba%2Flh%7Cs&la=greek&can=ba%2Flh%7Cs0&prior=mh\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βάλῃς</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%2Fq%27&la=greek&can=mh%2Fq%270&prior=ba/lh|s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μήθ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%28mathra%5Cs&la=greek&can=ai%28mathra%5Cs0&prior=mh/q%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἱματηρὰς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qhga%2Fnas&la=greek&can=qhga%2Fnas0&prior=ai(mathra\s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θηγάνας</a>, <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=spla%2Fgxnwn&la=greek&can=spla%2Fgxnwn0&prior=qhga/nas" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σπλάγχνων</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bla%2Fbas&la=greek&can=bla%2Fbas0&prior=spla/gxnwn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βλάβας</a><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">860</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ne%2Fwn&la=greek&can=ne%2Fwn0&prior=bla/bas" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νέων</a>, <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29oi%2Fnois&la=greek&can=a%29oi%2Fnois0&prior=ne/wn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀοίνοις</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mmanei%3Ds&la=greek&can=e%29mmanei%3Ds0&prior=a)oi/nois" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμμανεῖς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qumw%2Fmasin&la=greek&can=qumw%2Fmasin0&prior=e)mmanei=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θυμώμασιν</a>,<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mh%2Ft%27&la=greek&can=mh%2Ft%270&prior=qumw/masin" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μήτ᾽</a>, <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29celou%3Ds%27&la=greek&can=e%29celou%3Ds%270&prior=mh/t%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐξελοῦσ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28s&la=greek&can=w%28s0&prior=e)celou=s%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὡς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kardi%2Fan&la=greek&can=kardi%2Fan0&prior=w(s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καρδίαν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29lekto%2Frwn&la=greek&can=a%29lekto%2Frwn0&prior=kardi/an" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀλεκτόρων</a>,<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n1&prior=a)lekto/rwn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toi%3Ds&la=greek&can=toi%3Ds1&prior=e)n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοῖς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29moi%3Ds&la=greek&can=e%29moi%3Ds0&prior=toi=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμοῖς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29stoi%3Dsin&la=greek&can=a%29stoi%3Dsin0&prior=e)moi=s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀστοῖσιν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%28dru%2Fsh%7Cs&la=greek&can=i%28dru%2Fsh%7Cs0&prior=a)stoi=sin" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἱδρύσῃς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%29%2Farh&la=greek&can=*%29%2Farh0&prior=i(dru/sh|s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἄρη</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mfu%2Flio%2Fn&la=greek&can=e%29mfu%2Flio%2Fn0&prior=*)/arh" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμφύλιόν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te0&prior=e)mfu/lio/n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C3&prior=te" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs1&prior=kai\" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29llh%2Flous&la=greek&can=a%29llh%2Flous0&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀλλήλους</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qrasu%2Fn&la=greek&can=qrasu%2Fn0&prior=a)llh/lous" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θρασύν</a>.<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qurai%3Dos&la=greek&can=qurai%3Dos0&prior=qrasu/n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θυραῖος</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fstw&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fstw0&prior=qurai=os" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔστω</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Flemos&la=greek&can=po%2Flemos0&prior=e)/stw" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πόλεμος</a>, <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29&la=greek&can=ou%291&prior=po/lemos" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mo%2Flis&la=greek&can=mo%2Flis0&prior=ou)" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μόλις</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=parw%2Fn&la=greek&can=parw%2Fn0&prior=mo/lis" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">παρών</a>,<br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">865</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n2&prior=parw/n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28%3D%7C&la=greek&can=w%28%3D%7C0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ᾧ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tis&la=greek&can=tis0&prior=w(=|" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τις</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fstai&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fstai1&prior=tis" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔσται</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=deino%5Cs&la=greek&can=deino%5Cs0&prior=e)/stai" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δεινὸς</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29klei%2Fas&la=greek&can=eu%29klei%2Fas0&prior=deino\s" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὐκλείας</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Frws&la=greek&can=e%29%2Frws0&prior=eu)klei/as" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔρως</a>:<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29noiki%2Fou&la=greek&can=e%29noiki%2Fou0&prior=e)/rws" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐνοικίου</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%272&prior=e)noiki/ou" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Frniqos&la=greek&can=o%29%2Frniqos0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὄρνιθος</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29&la=greek&can=ou%292&prior=o)/rniqos" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=le%2Fgw&la=greek&can=le%2Fgw0&prior=ou)" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λέγω</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ma%2Fxhn&la=greek&can=ma%2Fxhn0&prior=le/gw" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μάχην</a></div>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toiau%3Dq%27&la=greek&can=toiau%3Dq%270&prior=ma/xhn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοιαῦθ᾽</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28le%2Fsqai&la=greek&can=e%28le%2Fsqai0&prior=toiau=q%27" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἑλέσθαι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=soi&la=greek&can=soi1&prior=e(le/sqai" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σοι</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Frestin&la=greek&can=pa%2Frestin0&prior=soi" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάρεστιν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29c&la=greek&can=e%29c0&prior=pa/restin" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐξ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mou%3D&la=greek&can=e%29mou%3D1&prior=e)c" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμοῦ</a>,<br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29%3D&la=greek&can=eu%29%3D0&prior=e)mou=" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὖ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=drw%3Dsan&la=greek&can=drw%3Dsan0&prior=eu)=" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δρῶσαν</a>, <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29%3D&la=greek&can=eu%29%3D1&prior=drw=san" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὖ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Fsxousan&la=greek&can=pa%2Fsxousan0&prior=eu)=" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάσχουσαν</a>, <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29%3D&la=greek&can=eu%29%3D2&prior=pa/sxousan" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὖ</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=timwme%2Fnhn&la=greek&can=timwme%2Fnhn0&prior=eu)=" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τιμωμένην</a><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xw%2Fras&la=greek&can=xw%2Fras0&prior=timwme/nhn" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χώρας</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=metasxei%3Dn&la=greek&can=metasxei%3Dn0&prior=xw/ras" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μετασχεῖν</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3Dsde&la=greek&can=th%3Dsde0&prior=metasxei=n" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῆσδε</a> <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeofilesta%2Fths&la=greek&can=qeofilesta%2Fths0&prior=th=sde" style="color: black; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεοφιλεστάτης</a>.</div>
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<b>Athena</b><br />
I bear with your anger (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29rga%5Cs&la=greek&can=o%29rga%5Cs0&prior=*)aqhna=" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" target="morph">ὀργὰς</a>), for you are older, and in that respect you are surely wiser (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=sofwte%2Fra&la=greek&can=sofwte%2Fra0&prior=e)mou=" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" target="morph">σοφωτέρα</a>) than I; yet Zeus has given me, too, no mean understanding (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fronei%3Dn&la=greek&can=fronei%3Dn0&prior=sofwte/ra" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" target="morph">φρονεῖν</a>). [850] But as for you, if you go to a foreign land, you will come to love this land—I forewarn you. For time, flowing on, will bring greater honor to these citizens. And you, having a seat of honor at the house of Erechtheus, [855] will obtain from hosts of men and women more than you could ever win from other mortals. So do not cast on my realm keen whetstones (incentives) to bloodshed, harmful to young hearts (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=spla%2Fgxnwn&la=greek&can=spla%2Fgxnwn0&prior=qhga/nas" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" target="morph">σπλάγχνων</a><span style="font-family: new athena unicode, gentium, palatino linotype, lucida grande, galilee, arial unicode ms, sans-serif;">)</span>, maddening them with a fury not of wine; [860] and do not, as if taking the heart out of fighting cocks, plant in my people the spirit of tribal war and boldness against each other. Let their war be with foreign enemies, and without stint for one in whom there will be a terrible passion for glory; [865] but I say there will be no battling of birds within the home. It is possible for you to choose such things from me: bestowing good, receiving good, well honored in this land that is most beloved to the gods.</blockquote>
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When she says "I will endure your anger," Athena's word is <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=cunoi%2Fsw&la=greek&can=cunoi%2Fsw0&prior=o)rga\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ξυνοίσω</a>. Smythe has "endure," Alan H. Sommerstein offers "I will be indulgent." But the word can convey something other than condescension with its root sense of "with + carry" -- it can mean <i>gather together,</i> <i>bear with</i>, but also <i>to work with</i>, or <i>to agree, </i>including to agree grammatically, as an adjective might agree with a noun in gender and number.<br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;">V. [select] </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif;">Gramm., </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;">to be constructed with</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif;">, </span><span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%29tiatikh%3D%7C&la=greek&can=ai%29tiatikh%3D%7C0&prior=s" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἰτιατικῇ</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif;">, etc., </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;">A.D.<u>Synt.</u>285.1</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif;">, al.: also, </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;">agree in form with</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif;">, “</span><span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=s&la=greek&can=s23&prior=ai)tiatikh=|" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ς</a>. <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fwnh%3D%7C&la=greek&can=fwnh%3D%7C0&prior=s" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φωνῇ</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=%5Bth%3D%7C%5D&la=greek&can=%5Bth%3D%7C%5D0&prior=fwnh=|" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">[τῇ]</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs3&prior=[th=|]" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%5Cs&la=greek&can=ta%5Cs1&prior=pro\s" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τὰς</a> <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dotika%2Fs&la=greek&can=dotika%2Fs0&prior=ta\s" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δοτικάς</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif;">” </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;">Id.<u>Adv.</u>209.28</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif;">.</span></blockquote>
Athena seems to show no emotion; she's building on what they give her to work with. Then she manages something that I daresay would have tested Apollo beyond his powers:<br />
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<i>. . . you are older, and in that respect you are surely wiser (σοφωτέρα) than I; yet Zeus has given me, too, no mean understanding (φρονεῖν).</i></blockquote>
Yes, she is talking with barking dogs who appear not to understand anything and can only repeat the same barking sounds. Yes, she is the highest form of <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fronei%3Dn&la=greek&can=fronei%3Dn0&prior=sofwte/ra" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" target="morph">φρονεῖν</a> that exists, and here is granting these bloodslurping Furies pride of place as wiser than herself in their pride of time. And, she ignores their accusations of deceit.<br />
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Arresting, godlike restraint. By not (re)acting here, Athena opens a space. To creatures who only know to strike back, to chase and torment from pure, mission-sanctioned rage, this deference, this unexpected declining of the bait opens a path to fair speech -- in a manner other than sarcasm, mockery, denigration, tweetstorm, or worse.<br />
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That space opens the possibility for the Furies t<i>o see and be seen - </i>both as the fearful Curses they are, and as the Good Things it is in their power to bring.<br />
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Ending with her figure of a bird-fight, the Goddess seems to bring the matter down to a folksy level -- nothing earth-shattering here, nothing we can't come to terms on.<br />
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To all of which, the Erinyes repeat their second lament:<br />
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<b>Chorus</b> </blockquote>
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For me to suffer this, alas! For me, with ancient wisdom . . . </blockquote>
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Aeschylus is here doing something that most playwrights wish to avoid. As a piece of stagecraft, having a character repeat a speech verbatim seems bold, even risky. Doing it twice could appear heavy handed. This is theater -- its action proceeds upon words, and here words hit a wall. It would be fascinating to find out how this effect was originally staged - did the Furies, while repeating the same words, use the same gestures? Or did they act differently, perform different motions, even as they emanate the same implacability?<br />
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Were audience members reaching for pomegranates to hurl at the dark ladies? The scene underscores an apparently insuperable obstacle to Athena's powers of Persuasion. We saw how shrill Clytemenstra and contemptuous Apollo, for all his knowledge, fell short -- is Wisdom as well unable to reach beyond its own frame?<br />
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Or is grappling with unreason precisely where wisdom can be seen in action?<br />
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Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-90752617414211428122020-05-08T13:42:00.000-04:002020-05-09T07:49:09.431-04:00There will be blood: Vengeance beforehand<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Furies in hot pursuit of Orestes arrive at the temple of Athena sniffing:<br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29%3Den&la=greek&can=ei%29%3Den0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἶεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">: </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%2Fd%27&la=greek&can=to%2Fd%270&prior=ei)=en" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τόδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29sti%5C&la=greek&can=e%29sti%5C0&prior=to/d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐστὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ta%29ndro%5Cs&la=greek&can=ta%29ndro%5Cs0&prior=e)sti\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τἀνδρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29kfane%5Cs&la=greek&can=e%29kfane%5Cs0&prior=ta)ndro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκφανὲς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te%2Fkmar&la=greek&can=te%2Fkmar0&prior=e)kfane\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τέκμαρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">245</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28%2Fpou&la=greek&can=e%28%2Fpou0&prior=te/kmar" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἕπου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C2&prior=e(/pou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=mhnuth%3Dros&la=greek&can=mhnuth%3Dros0&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μηνυτῆρος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29fqe%2Fgktou&la=greek&can=a%29fqe%2Fgktou0&prior=mhnuth=ros" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀφθέγκτου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fradai%3Ds&la=greek&can=fradai%3Ds0&prior=a)fqe/gktou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φραδαῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tetraumatisme%2Fnon&la=greek&can=tetraumatisme%2Fnon0&prior=fradai=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τετραυματισμένον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr5&prior=tetraumatisme/non" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28s&la=greek&can=w%28s0&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὡς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ku%2Fwn&la=greek&can=ku%2Fwn0&prior=w(s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κύων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=nebro%5Cn&la=greek&can=nebro%5Cn0&prior=ku/wn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νεβρὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs1&prior=nebro\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ai%28%3Dma&la=greek&can=ai%28%3Dma1&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">αἷμα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C7&prior=ai(=ma" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=stalagmo%5Cn&la=greek&can=stalagmo%5Cn0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σταλαγμὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29kmateu%2Fomen&la=greek&can=e%29kmateu%2Fomen0&prior=stalagmo\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐκματεύομεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i>Aha! This is a clear sign of the man. [245] Follow the hints of a voiceless informer. For as a hound tracks a wounded fawn, so we track him by the drops of blood.</i></blockquote>
Soon they spot the young man in the temple, embracing the wooden image of Athena Polias. His pursuers speak of the spilled blood of mother, difficult to recall from the earth, and describe with appetite how they will "slurp" (<span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">ῥοφέω) </span>thick red blood from Orestes' living limbs, then<br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=duspo/tou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=zw%3Dnta%2F&la=greek&can=zw%3Dnta%2F0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ζῶντά</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=s%27&la=greek&can=s%271&prior=zw=nta/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=i%29sxna%2Fnas%27&la=greek&can=i%29sxna%2Fnas%270&prior=s%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἰσχνάνασ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29pa%2Fcomai&la=greek&can=a%29pa%2Fcomai0&prior=i)sxna/nas%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπάξομαι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ka%2Ftw&la=greek&can=ka%2Ftw0&prior=a)pa/comai" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κάτω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29nti%2Fpoin%27&la=greek&can=a%29nti%2Fpoin%270&prior=ka/tw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀντίποιν᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28s&la=greek&can=w%28s0&prior=a)nti/poin%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὡς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2Fnh%7Cs&la=greek&can=ti%2Fnh%7Cs0&prior=w(s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τίνῃς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=matrofo%2Fnou&la=greek&can=matrofo%2Fnou0&prior=ti/nh|s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ματροφόνου</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=du%2Fas&la=greek&can=du%2Fas0&prior=matrofo/nou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δύας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Fyei&la=greek&can=o%29%2Fyei0&prior=du/as" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὄψει</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C1&prior=o)/yei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kei%29%2F&la=greek&can=kei%29%2F0&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κεἴ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tis&la=greek&can=tis0&prior=kei)/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fllos&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fllos0&prior=tis" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄλλος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%2Fliten&la=greek&can=h%29%2Fliten0&prior=a)/llos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἤλιτεν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotw%3Dn&la=greek&can=brotw%3Dn0&prior=h)/liten" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">270</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%5C&la=greek&can=h%29%5C0&prior=brotw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἢ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeo%5Cn&la=greek&can=qeo%5Cn0&prior=h)\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%5C&la=greek&can=h%29%5C1&prior=qeo\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἢ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ce%2Fnon&la=greek&can=ce%2Fnon0&prior=h)\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ξένον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tin%27&la=greek&can=tin%270&prior=ce/non" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τιν᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29sebw%3Dn&la=greek&can=a%29sebw%3Dn0&prior=tin%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀσεβῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">† </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29%5C&la=greek&can=h%29%5C2&prior=a)sebw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἢ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toke%2Fas&la=greek&can=toke%2Fas0&prior=h)\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοκέας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fi%2Flous&la=greek&can=fi%2Flous0&prior=toke/as" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φίλους</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fxonq%27&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fxonq%270&prior=fi/lous" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔχονθ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%28%2Fkaston&la=greek&can=e%28%2Fkaston0&prior=e)/xonq%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἕκαστον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%3Ds&la=greek&can=th%3Ds0&prior=e(/kaston" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῆς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=di%2Fkhs&la=greek&can=di%2Fkhs0&prior=th=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δίκης</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pa%2Fcia&la=greek&can=e%29pa%2Fcia0&prior=di/khs" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπάξια</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fgas&la=greek&can=me%2Fgas0&prior=e)pa/cia" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μέγας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ga%5Cr&la=greek&can=ga%5Cr0&prior=me/gas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γὰρ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=*%28%2Faidhs&la=greek&can=*%28%2Faidhs0&prior=ga\r" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">Ἅιδης</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29sti%5Cn&la=greek&can=e%29sti%5Cn0&prior=*(/aidhs" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐστὶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%29%2Fqunos&la=greek&can=eu%29%2Fqunos0&prior=e)sti\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὔθυνος</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotw%3Dn&la=greek&can=brotw%3Dn1&prior=eu)/qunos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29%2Fnerqe&la=greek&can=e%29%2Fnerqe0&prior=brotw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἔνερθε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqono%2Fs&la=greek&can=xqono%2Fs0&prior=e)/nerqe" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθονός</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><br />
<span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">275</span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=deltogra%2Ffw%7C&la=greek&can=deltogra%2Ffw%7C0&prior=xqono/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δελτογράφῳ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=de%5C&la=greek&can=de%5C2&prior=deltogra/fw|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δὲ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Fnt%27&la=greek&can=pa%2Fnt%270&prior=de\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάντ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pwpa%3D%7C&la=greek&can=e%29pwpa%3D%7C0&prior=pa/nt%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπωπᾷ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=freni%2F&la=greek&can=freni%2F0&prior=e)pwpa=|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">φρενί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">I will wither you alive and drag you down, so that you pay atonement for your murdered mother's agony.</span> </i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">And you will see there such other mortals who have acted profanely towards a god or a stranger [270] or dear parents, each having what satisifies justice (</span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=di%2Fkhs&la=greek&can=di%2Fkhs0&prior=th=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δίκης</a>)<span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></i></blockquote>
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<i><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">For Hades is mighty in holding mortals to account beneath the earth; he watches (</span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pwpa%3D%7C&la=greek&can=e%29pwpa%3D%7C0&prior=pa/nt%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπωπᾷ</a>)<span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> all things and inscribes them on a tablet (</span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=deltogra%2Ffw%7C&la=greek&can=deltogra%2Ffw%7C0&prior=xqono/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δελτογράφῳ</a>) <span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">within his mind. [275]</span></i></blockquote>
Clearly they have in mind the most illustrious transgressors -- Tantalos the fountainhead of the House of Atreus, Sisyphus, so clever he cheated death, and Ixion, the suppliant whom Zeus pardoned only to observe him trying to replace the Father of gods and men in Hera's arms.<br />
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Orestes belongs with these famed damned louts, say the Furies, and draining his blood, withering him and dragging him to Hades will fix him forever in that god's eternal book.<br />
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In a few verses, they've captured their entire role -- for them it's a great role -- the excitement of the chase, the vampiric feast, all in the service of Justice, helping balance the ledger of the god of the underworld.<br />
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You can set up a city's legal framework alongside this bloody realm, but it will take some convincing for anyone to accept that a court of law can quench the <i>appetite for commensurate vengeance</i> seething at the heart of things.<br />
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Everything Clytemnestra's image urged upon the Erinyes reflects this desire to balance the score. Apollo is clearly not up to it. This has to be Athena's task.<br />
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Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-60420121726015047312020-05-07T14:27:00.000-04:002020-05-08T11:18:51.917-04:00Precarious Odyssey: Apollo vs. Athena in the Oresteia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The approach Athena takes toward the Furies (Erinyes) in <i>Eumenides</i> stands in sharp contrast to Apollo's reaction.<br />
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Encountering the Furies, Apollo is infuriated. He'd cast them out of the Universe if that were possible -- threatening them with discovering themselves "<i>on the receiving end of a winged flashing snake</i>" (180). His capacity for cruelty, detailed by Cassandra in <i>Agamemnon</i> -- is here seen in action. Speaking to the Furies he says,<br />
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. . . your place is where the punishments are beheading, gouging out of eyes, cutting of throats, and where young men's virility is ruined by destruction of seed; where there is mutilation and stoning, and where those who are impaled beneath their spine moan long and piteously. [190] Do you hear what sort of feast is your delight? You are detested by the gods for it. The whole fashion of your form sets it forth. Creatures like you should live in the den of a blood-drinking lion, and not inflict pollution on all near you in this oracular shrine. [195] Be gone, you goats without a herdsman! No god loves such a flock. </blockquote>
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Here is Athena's first encounter with the daughters of Night:<br />
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pw%2Flois&la=greek&can=pw%2Flois0&prior=ai)gi/dos" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πώλοις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29kmai%2Fois&la=greek&can=a%29kmai%2Fois0&prior=pw/lois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀκμαίοις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=to%2Fnd%27&la=greek&can=to%2Fnd%270&prior=a)kmai/ois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τόνδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29pizeu%2Fcas%27&la=greek&can=e%29pizeu%2Fcas%270&prior=to/nd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐπιζεύξασ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Fxon&la=greek&can=o%29%2Fxon0&prior=e)pizeu/cas%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὄχον</a> </blockquote>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kainh%5Cn&la=greek&can=kainh%5Cn0&prior=o)/xon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καινὴν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=kainh\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28rw%3Dsa&la=greek&can=o%28rw%3Dsa0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁρῶσα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=th%2Fnd%27&la=greek&can=th%2Fnd%270&prior=o(rw=sa" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τήνδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28mili%2Fan&la=greek&can=o%28mili%2Fan0&prior=th/nd%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁμιλίαν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xqono%5Cs&la=greek&can=xqono%5Cs0&prior=o(mili/an" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χθονὸς</a> </blockquote>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tarbw%3D&la=greek&can=tarbw%3D0&prior=xqono\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ταρβῶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%5Cn&la=greek&can=me%5Cn0&prior=tarbw=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μὲν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29de%2Fn&la=greek&can=ou%29de%2Fn0&prior=me\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐδέν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qau%3Dma&la=greek&can=qau%3Dma0&prior=ou)de/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θαῦμα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%271&prior=qau=ma" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Fmmasin&la=greek&can=o%29%2Fmmasin0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὄμμασιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Fra&la=greek&can=pa%2Fra0&prior=o)/mmasin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πάρα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span> </blockquote>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2Fnes&la=greek&can=ti%2Fnes0&prior=pa/ra" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τίνες</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pot%27&la=greek&can=pot%270&prior=ti/nes" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ποτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29ste%2F&la=greek&can=e%29ste%2F0&prior=pot%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐστέ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">; </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%3Dsi&la=greek&can=pa%3Dsi0&prior=e)ste/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πᾶσι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%272&prior=pa=si" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29s&la=greek&can=e%29s0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=koino%5Cn&la=greek&can=koino%5Cn0&prior=e)s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κοινὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=le%2Fgw&la=greek&can=le%2Fgw0&prior=koino\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λέγω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">:</span> </blockquote>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=bre%2Ftas&la=greek&can=bre%2Ftas0&prior=le/gw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βρέτας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=te&la=greek&can=te1&prior=bre/tas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%29mo%5Cn&la=greek&can=tou%29mo%5Cn0&prior=te" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοὐμὸν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3D%7Cd%27&la=greek&can=tw%3D%7Cd%270&prior=tou)mo\n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τῷδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29fhme%2Fnw%7C&la=greek&can=e%29fhme%2Fnw%7C0&prior=tw=|d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐφημένῳ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ce%2Fnw%7C&la=greek&can=ce%2Fnw%7C0&prior=e)fhme/nw|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ξένῳ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span><span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">410</span> </span></blockquote>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28ma%3Ds&la=greek&can=u%28ma%3Ds0&prior=ce/nw|" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑμᾶς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=q%27&la=greek&can=q%270&prior=u(ma=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28moi%2Fas&la=greek&can=o%28moi%2Fas0&prior=q%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁμοίας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29deni%5C&la=greek&can=ou%29deni%5C0&prior=o(moi/as" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὐδενὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=spartw%3Dn&la=greek&can=spartw%3Dn0&prior=ou)deni\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σπαρτῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ge%2Fnei&la=greek&can=ge%2Fnei0&prior=spartw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">γένει</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span> </blockquote>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2Ft%27&la=greek&can=ou%29%2Ft%270&prior=ge/nei" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὔτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n0&prior=ou)/t%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeai%3Dsi&la=greek&can=qeai%3Dsi0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεαῖσι</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%5Cs&la=greek&can=pro%5Cs0&prior=qeai=si" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρὸς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qew%3Dn&la=greek&can=qew%3Dn0&prior=pro\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θεῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28rwme%2Fnas&la=greek&can=o%28rwme%2Fnas0&prior=qew=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὁρωμένας</a> </blockquote>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2Ft%27&la=greek&can=ou%29%2Ft%271&prior=o(rwme/nas" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὔτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%3Dn&la=greek&can=ou%29%3Dn0&prior=ou)/t%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">οὖν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=brotei%2Fois&la=greek&can=brotei%2Fois0&prior=ou)=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">βροτείοις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29mferei%3Ds&la=greek&can=e%29mferei%3Ds0&prior=brotei/ois" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐμφερεῖς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=morfw%2Fmasin&la=greek&can=morfw%2Fmasin0&prior=e)mferei=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">μορφώμασιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span> </blockquote>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=le%2Fgein&la=greek&can=le%2Fgein0&prior=morfw/masin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">λέγειν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%273&prior=le/gein" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fmomfon&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fmomfon0&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄμομφον</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Fnta&la=greek&can=o%29%2Fnta0&prior=a)/momfon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὄντα</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tou%5Cs&la=greek&can=tou%5Cs0&prior=o)/nta" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τοὺς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pe%2Flas&la=greek&can=pe%2Flas0&prior=tou\s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πέλας</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kakw%3Ds&la=greek&can=kakw%3Ds0&prior=pe/las" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">κακῶς</a> </blockquote>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pro%2Fsw&la=greek&can=pro%2Fsw0&prior=kakw=s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">πρόσω</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dikai%2Fwn&la=greek&can=dikai%2Fwn0&prior=pro/sw" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δικαίων</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=h%29d%27&la=greek&can=h%29d%270&prior=dikai/wn" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἠδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29postatei%3D&la=greek&can=a%29postatei%3D0&prior=h)d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀποστατεῖ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qe%2Fmis&la=greek&can=qe%2Fmis0&prior=a)postatei=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θέμις</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></blockquote>
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As I see this strange company of visitors to my land, I am not afraid, but it is a wonder to my eyes. Who in the world are you? I address you all in common—this stranger sitting at my image, and you, who are like no race of creatures ever born, [410] neither seen by gods among goddesses nor resembling mortal forms. But it is far from just to speak ill of one's neighbor who is blameless, and Right (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qe%2Fmis&la=greek&can=qe%2Fmis0&prior=a)postatei=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θέμις</a>) stands aloof.</blockquote>
Her first sense is of wonder (<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qau%3Dma&la=greek&can=qau%3Dma0&prior=ou)de/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">θαῦμα</a>) -- something new, other, is here - the effect of that otherness preempts aesthetic disgust or moral revulsion.<br />
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To be sure, Apollo saved and helped purify Orestes so that he could "stand trial." But with the Furies he lacks all patience. For Athena on the other hand, what's afoot is too important to simply cut bait. As she looks into the dark faces of these unknown and possibly irrational creatures, the very possibility of Democracy is at stake.<br />
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Consider the courtroom scene, in which the trial of Orestes seems designed to make us think about the challenges inherent in the process of arriving at good judgments.<br />
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For the trial, Apollo puts into play a model of the judicial process; Athena gathers the audience of jurors -- the best men of the city.<br />
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Apollo scripts the scene. At once he's<br />
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<li>the self-admitted mover behind the killing of Clytemnestra, </li>
<li>the attorney for Clytemnestra's killer, and </li>
<li>the self-appointed expert witness testifying to the mother's role in human conception. </li>
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Yet despite his Peter Sellers-like versatility and self-assured presentational skills, neither Apollo's words -- which he claims come (unedited and unredacted) from Zeus -- nor his clever technical arguments count for much. The jurors are evenly divided; only Athena's arbitrary rule regarding tie votes saves Orestes from a guilty verdict.<br />
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Athena takes a completely different tack.<br />
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To assure the possibility of <i>Dike </i>in the all-too-human realm of the <i>polis</i>, she knows she has to go deeper -- beneath the creature called "human" to the unreflective stimuli working on that creature from below. Her dialog with the Furies pits her wits against the blood instincts of feral creatures of the hunt.<br />
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She's aware that the efficacy of the judicial process -- with its panoply of trained experts, articulate lawyers, esteemed authorities, diligent scientists and unimpeachable witnesses -- can be hobbled to the point of uselessness by the untutored emotions, peeves, shoulder chips, biases and all random progeny of ignorance that possess crowds and drive multifarious families to extreme ends.<br />
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The rational process of <i>Dike </i>that Apollo and Athena provide has no surefire method to parry the forces of unreason. Yet the journey of the <i>Oresteia</i> is about the precarity of a navigation from the sovereign <i>oikos</i> bound by human blood to another, much larger order: that of the <i>polis </i>whose very existence depends on its ability to<i> </i>administer divine justice<i>. </i><br />
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Hence the need for persuasive power, theatrical charm, negotiating chops, strategic sleight of hand, prudent foresight, and perhaps above all, good-humor and patience. It's clear that the Furies rise from somewhere that is neither the <i>oikos</i> nor the <i>polis. </i>They don't share the same language, frame of reference, or ability to reflect that humans share - somewhat - with gods.<br />
<br />
To achieve the end of shoring up a precarious order which the gods are in this kairotic moment seeking to entrust to human reason, Athena has to come to terms with unreason.<br />
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This seems a place to pause for a bit.<br />
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Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-19985475776520638952020-05-05T12:17:00.002-04:002020-05-17T17:41:57.096-04:00What are you doing? A failed scene of persuasion in Eumenides<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Why does Aeschylus put the task of persuasion at the climax of the Oresteia?<br />
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That scene between Athena and the Furies brings about the truce, (<b style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;"><span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=spond-h%2F&la=greek&can=spond-h%2F0" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">σπονδή</a></span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times" , serif;">) </span>that ends the trilogy, and offers what could be called Aeschylus's theatrical vision of wisdom in action. Certain aspects of Athena's dialog with the Furies might be put in relief if compared with the earlier, balancing scene of Clytemnestra exhorting the Furies (l. 94 ff).<br />
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An image of the dead Clytemnestra enters and finds the Furies dreaming of pursuing Orestes. An outcast from even the dead, the Queen calls on the hounds of Night to destroy her son, Orestes, who until this moment in fact stood right in front of them.<br />
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She begins with sarcastic contempt:<br />
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<b>Phantom (</b><b style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;"><span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29%2Fdwlon&la=greek&can=ei%29%2Fdwlon0" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἴδωλον</a>) </span></b><b>of Clytemnestra</b> </blockquote>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%28%2Fdoit%27&la=greek&can=eu%28%2Fdoit%270&prior=*ei)/dwlon" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εὕδοιτ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Fn&la=greek&can=a%29%2Fn0&prior=eu(/doit%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%29h%2F&la=greek&can=w%29h%2F0&prior=a)/n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὠή</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">, </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kai%5C&la=greek&can=kai%5C0&prior=w)h/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καὶ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=kaqeudousw%3Dn&la=greek&can=kaqeudousw%3Dn0&prior=kai\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">καθευδουσῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2F&la=greek&can=ti%2F0&prior=kaqeudousw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">τί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dei%3D&la=greek&can=dei%3D0&prior=ti/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δεῖ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">;</span><span class="linenumber" style="float: right; font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="english">95</span> </span></blockquote>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29gw%5C&la=greek&can=e%29gw%5C0&prior=dei=" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐγὼ</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=e)gw\" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">δ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28f%27&la=greek&can=u%28f%270&prior=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑφ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=u%28mw%3Dn&la=greek&can=u%28mw%3Dn0&prior=u(f%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὑμῶν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=w%28%3Dd%27&la=greek&can=w%28%3Dd%270&prior=u(mw=n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ὧδ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29phtimasme%2Fnh&la=greek&can=a%29phtimasme%2Fnh0&prior=w(=d%27" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἀπητιμασμένη</a> </blockquote>
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<a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%2Flloisin&la=greek&can=a%29%2Flloisin0&prior=a)phtimasme/nh" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἄλλοισιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29n&la=greek&can=e%29n0&prior=a)/lloisin" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">ἐν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=nekroi%3Dsin&la=greek&can=nekroi%3Dsin0&prior=e)n" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">νεκροῖσιν</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">,</span></blockquote>
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<i>Sleep on! Aha! Yet what need is there of sleepers? It is due to you that I am thus dishonored among the other dead;</i></blockquote>
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As they mutter in their shadowy dogdream, Clytemnestra tries to wake them to consciousness of the fact they are dreaming, and that Orestes has escaped: </div>
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<b>Phantom of Clytemnestra</b> </blockquote>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9eaf193a-7fff-6fab-a795-b1f0b146dc3f"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%29%2Fnar&la=greek&can=o%29%2Fnar0&prior=*ei)/dwlon" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ὄναρ</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=diw%2Fkeis&la=greek&can=diw%2Fkeis0&prior=o)/nar" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">διώκεις</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qh%3Dra&la=greek&can=qh%3Dra0&prior=diw/keis" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">θῆρα</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=klaggai%2Fneis&la=greek&can=klaggai%2Fneis0&prior=qh=ra" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">κλαγγαίνεις</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=d%27&la=greek&can=d%270&prior=klaggai/neis" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">δ᾽</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%28%2Fper&la=greek&can=a%28%2Fper0&prior=d%27" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ἅπερ</span></a></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-9eaf193a-7fff-6fab-a795-b1f0b146dc3f"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ku%2Fwn&la=greek&can=ku%2Fwn0&prior=a(/per" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">κύων</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Frimnan&la=greek&can=me%2Frimnan0&prior=ku/wn" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">μέριμναν</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ou%29%2Fpot%27&la=greek&can=ou%29%2Fpot%270&prior=me/rimnan" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">οὔποτ᾽</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29klei%2Fpwn&la=greek&can=e%29klei%2Fpwn0&prior=ou)/pot%27" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ἐκλείπων</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=po%2Fnou&la=greek&can=po%2Fnou0&prior=e)klei/pwn" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">πόνου</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2F&la=greek&can=ti%2F0&prior=po/nou" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" target="morph">τί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; white-space: normal;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dra%3D%7Cs&la=greek&can=dra%3D%7Cs0&prior=ti/" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: normal;" target="morph">δρᾷς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; white-space: normal;">; </span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-9eaf193a-7fff-6fab-a795-b1f0b146dc3f"><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-9eaf193a-7fff-6fab-a795-b1f0b146dc3f"><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-9eaf193a-7fff-6fab-a795-b1f0b146dc3f"><i>In a dream you are hunting your prey, </i></span><i>and are barking like a dog that never leaves off its keenness for the work. </i> </blockquote>
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The irony here is almost dizzying. The image (<b style="font-family: Georgia, Times, serif;"><span class="greek" style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ei%29%2Fdwlon&la=greek&can=ei%29%2Fdwlon0" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">εἴδωλον</a>)</span></b> of the dead mother is trying to get the Furies to see her living son standing before their eyes at Delphi's Omphalos. Trapped in the stasis of their dream, they just mutter more loudly, pursuing Orestes' image. Instead of disrupting their dream, the <i>eidolon</i> of Clytemnestra gets inscribed in it -- a new image to mutter at in their dream.</div>
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When Clytemnestra asks <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2F&la=greek&can=ti%2F0&prior=po/nou" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" target="morph">τί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; white-space: normal;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dra%3D%7Cs&la=greek&can=dra%3D%7Cs0&prior=ti/" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" target="morph">δρᾷς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; white-space: normal;">; </span><i>What are you doing?, </i>the question is rhetorical. She is underscoring the failure of the Furies to act.<br />
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But suppose, observing Clytemnestra, one were to take <a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ti%2F&la=greek&can=ti%2F0&prior=po/nou" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" target="morph">τί</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; white-space: normal;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=dra%3D%7Cs&la=greek&can=dra%3D%7Cs0&prior=ti/" style="color: black; font-family: "new athena unicode", gentium, "palatino linotype", "lucida grande", galilee, "arial unicode ms", sans-serif;" target="morph">δρᾷς</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif; white-space: normal;">; </span>literally, and ask: What are YOU doing, O Queen? Her straining to persuade, to move the Furies to action in her pursuit of "honor," has utterly failed. She's not <i>doing</i> anything, vanishing the instant they awaken. If anything, she proves to be more delusional than the objects of her sarcasm.<br />
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As I hope to indicate in a further post, the irony of Clytemnestra's failure becomes even clearer when juxtaposed with the final scene. Athena will succeed in moving the Furies -- not to hunt Orestes, but to leave the only dream they've known, these children of Night, for a new stage, in a new theater of operations -- the <i>polis</i>.<br />
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Tom Matrullohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17586860.post-82623365711876344932020-05-01T12:45:00.001-04:002020-05-01T12:47:32.470-04:00The path of good speech<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29%3Dra&la=greek&can=a%29%3Dra0&prior=*)aqhna=" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ἆρα</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=fronou%3Dsin&la=greek&can=fronou%3Dsin0&prior=a)=ra" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">φρονοῦσιν</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glw%2Fsshs&la=greek&can=glw%2Fsshs0&prior=fronou=sin" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">γλώσσης</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=a%29gaqh%3Ds&la=greek&can=a%29gaqh%3Ds0&prior=glw/sshs" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ἀγαθῆς</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28do%5Cn&la=greek&can=o%28do%5Cn0&prior=a)gaqh=s" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ὁδὸν</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=eu%28ri%2Fskein&la=greek&can=eu%28ri%2Fskein0&prior=o(do%5Cn" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">εὑρίσκειν</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">;</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=e%29k&la=greek&can=e%29k0&prior=eu(ri/skein" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ἐκ</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dn&la=greek&can=tw%3Dn0&prior=e)k" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τῶν</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=foberw%3Dn&la=greek&can=foberw%3Dn0&prior=tw=n" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">φοβερῶν</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=tw%3Dnde&la=greek&can=tw%3Dnde0&prior=foberw=n" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τῶνδε</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=prosw%2Fpwn&la=greek&can=prosw%2Fpwn0&prior=tw=nde" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">προσώπων</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=me%2Fga&la=greek&can=me%2Fga0&prior=prosw/pwn" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">μέγα</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ke%2Frdos&la=greek&can=ke%2Frdos0&prior=me/ga" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">κέρδος</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=o%28rw%3D&la=greek&can=o%28rw%3D0&prior=ke/rdos" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ὁρῶ</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=toi%3Dsde&la=greek&can=toi%3Dsde0&prior=o(rw=" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">τοῖσδε</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=poli%2Ftais&la=greek&can=poli%2Ftais0&prior=toi=sde" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">πολίταις</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: 988-991</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The goddesss has pretty much sealed the deal with the Erinyes. Right after this speech, the priestess and various attendants enter, bringing sacrificial animals, torches, purple robes and young temple servants. The chorus of Furies sings </span></span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Frete&la=greek&can=xai%2Frete0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χαίρετε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Fret%27&la=greek&can=xai%2Fret%270&prior=xai/rete" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χαίρετ᾽</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> --</span> <span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rejoice rejoice" together with a sense of "Farewell" -- as they are about to take the path to their new house in a deep, large cavern nearby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our group started the <i>Agamemnon</i> in <a href="https://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/2018/09/agamemnon-some-translators.html" target="_blank">September 2018</a>, and we read the last lines of <i>Eumenides</i> Wednesday. I would happily echo the Furies' </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Frete&la=greek&can=xai%2Frete0&prior=*xoro/s" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χαίρετε</a><span style="font-family: "new athena unicode" , "gentium" , "palatino linotype" , "lucida grande" , "galilee" , "arial unicode ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a class="text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=xai%2Fret%27&la=greek&can=xai%2Fret%270&prior=xai/rete" style="color: black; font-family: "New Athena Unicode", Gentium, "Palatino Linotype", "Lucida Grande", Galilee, "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;" target="morph">χαίρετ᾽</a> even as I admit that the scope of Aeschylus' achievement warrants an instant return to <a href="https://bibleandgreeks.blogspot.com/2018/11/agamemnon-line-1.html" target="_blank"><i>Ag</i>. line 1</a>. Even for our intrepid group that would be a bit of a challenge.<br />
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Short of that, however, any effort on my part to write about the <i>Oresteia </i>probably won't amount to much. Instead of a "close reading" of this mountainous work, I'll address one question that might prove useful as a point of entry -- simply this: The last "act" of <i>Eumenides</i> -- from the moment an acquitted Orestes leaves the courtroom until the entire cast dances off the stage -- consists of a single act of persuasion. Nearly a quarter of the play's length, it has the Furies turn away from their ancient ways to be welcomed into the heart of Athens.<br />
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Everything Athena (along with Apollo, Hermes, the Pythia) has done to put in place a civic judicial form is only effected if these ancient hags can accept Athena's deal. Yet the scene often receives relatively short shrift, with more attention given to the courtroom scene that precedes it.<br />
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Mainly Athena and the Furies square off after the humans and other gods have left. The Erinyes remain Furious that their age-old mission to torment the killer of a blood relative, in this case a matricide, has been aborted. Without some coming to terms, the stability of <i>Dike,</i> the judicial mechanism of a juried trial established by the Goddess, is unstable.<br />
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This in itself is noteworthy. The new Court of the Areopagus is not a fait accompli, the result of irresistible divine power. Its very possibility depends upon a coming to terms with the Furies.<br />
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How do you win over a creature of Night that only knows how to inflict vengeful pursuit, rampant plague and infinite pain? How do you convince it to "find the path to good speech?" And in these elemental hideous faces, associated with cruel butchery and torture as Apollo had described with vehement disgust, what prompts Athena to "see great profit for these citizens?"<br />
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I'll try to make some headway in a couple of upcoming posts.<br />
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