Erechtheus is the strange figure who stands at the root of Athenian culture - born in a most peculiar manner of god(s) and Earth. Erichtheu...

The next-to-last ode of Sophocles'  Antigone  immediately precedes the entrance of Tiresias. It speaks of three myths -- we'll look...

The new king of Thebes puts forth his claim to the throne: ἐγὼ   κράτη   δὴ   πάντα   καὶ   θρόνους   ἔχω   γένους   κατ᾽   ἀγχιστεῖα   ...

παρὰ   δὲ   κυανεᾶν   πελάγει   διδύμας   ἁλὸς   ἀκταὶ   Βοσπόριαι   ἥδ᾽   ὁ   Θρῃκῶν   ἄξενος   Σαλμυδησσός ,   By the black roc...

ἀλλ᾽   ἁ   μοιριδία   τις   δύνασις   δεινά :  οὔτ᾽   ἄν   νιν   ὄλβος   οὔτ᾽   Ἄρης ,  οὐ   πύργος ,  οὐχ   ἁλίκτυποι   κελαιναὶ  ...