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... Aeschylus also , though at the end of " The Suppliants ' the Egyptians are still rejected . But the Danaids with their father contrived a horrible ruse . Danaos gave every maiden a dagger ; 127 the bridal night came and forty - nine ...
... Aeschylus also , though at the end of " The Suppliants ' the Egyptians are still rejected . But the Danaids with their father contrived a horrible ruse . Danaos gave every maiden a dagger ; 127 the bridal night came and forty - nine ...
Page 91
... Aeschylus ' tragedy , the ' Seven against Thebes ' , which was preceded by two plays now lost , the ' Laios ' and the ' Oidipus ' . In the first , presumably , the story was told how Laios , who had not taken the oracle's advice , yet ...
... Aeschylus ' tragedy , the ' Seven against Thebes ' , which was preceded by two plays now lost , the ' Laios ' and the ' Oidipus ' . In the first , presumably , the story was told how Laios , who had not taken the oracle's advice , yet ...
Page 335
... Aeschylus in the ' Choephoroi ' , that is " The Libation - bearers ' , Sophokles and Euripides in the tragedies which are both entitled ' Elektra ' . They may be taken as guides on this field of blood . On the day on which Orestes ...
... Aeschylus in the ' Choephoroi ' , that is " The Libation - bearers ' , Sophokles and Euripides in the tragedies which are both entitled ' Elektra ' . They may be taken as guides on this field of blood . On the day on which Orestes ...
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According Achilles Adrastos Agamemnon Aias Aietes Aigeus Akrisios Alkmene allegedly already Amazons Amphitryon Antiope Aphrodite Apollo Argonauts Argos Ariadne Artemis Atalante Athenians Atreus beast Bellerophontes bore brother brought bull called Centaur chariot child cult daughter dead death Deianeira Dionysos Dioskuroi divine Euripides Eurystheus famous father goddess gods golden Greek Hades hand Harmonia Helen Hera Herakles Hermes hero Hesperides Hippodameia honour Iolaos Iolkos island Jason journey Kadmos Kekrops killed king Laios land later marriage Medeia Meleagros Menelaos Minos mother murder Mycenae narrators Odysseus Oidipus Oineus Oinomaos oracle Orpheus palace Pallas Athene Peirithoos Peleus Pelias Pelops Persephone Perseus Phrixos poet Polyneikes Poseidon primaeval Proitos queen sacrifice sent serpent Sisyphos sons story tale Tantalos Telephos temple Theban Thebes Theseus Thetis Thracian Thyestes Tiryns told took tragedy Trojan Troy Tyndareos underworld vase-painting shows wife young Zeus