The Greek tragic theatre: containing Æschylus by dr. Potter, Sophocles by dr. Francklin, and Euripides by M. Wodhull. With a dissertation on ancient tragedy, by T. Francklin, Volume 3 |
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... AN AGED ATTENDANT . CHORUS OF DAMES OF CHALCIS . MENELAUS . MESSENGER . CLYTEMNESTRA . IPHIGENIA . ACHILLES . SCENE - THE COAST BORDERING ON THE HAVEN OF AULIS IN BŒOTIA . IPHIGENIA IN AULIS . AGAMEMNON , AN AGED ATTENDANT .
... AN AGED ATTENDANT . CHORUS OF DAMES OF CHALCIS . MENELAUS . MESSENGER . CLYTEMNESTRA . IPHIGENIA . ACHILLES . SCENE - THE COAST BORDERING ON THE HAVEN OF AULIS IN BŒOTIA . IPHIGENIA IN AULIS . AGAMEMNON , AN AGED ATTENDANT .
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... Menelaus : would to Heaven He never had obtain❜d her . But from Troy Fame loudly tells how Paris , who had judg'd Betwixt contending Goddesses , arriv'd On Sparta's shore with glittering vest attir'd In burnish'd gold , and gay ...
... Menelaus : would to Heaven He never had obtain❜d her . But from Troy Fame loudly tells how Paris , who had judg'd Betwixt contending Goddesses , arriv'd On Sparta's shore with glittering vest attir'd In burnish'd gold , and gay ...
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... Menelaus ; but this rank I wish Another in my stead had gain'd . Our troops , Collected from each various Grecian realm , Are in this port , bound by an envious calm . ( 5 ) But after hesitating long , the Seer Calchas this dreadful ...
... Menelaus ; but this rank I wish Another in my stead had gain'd . Our troops , Collected from each various Grecian realm , Are in this port , bound by an envious calm . ( 5 ) But after hesitating long , the Seer Calchas this dreadful ...
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... Menelaus , and myself , Know the true fact . My unadvis'd decrees Are justly countermanded in this letter Which thou beheld'st me , mid'st the gloom of night , Opening and folding up again . But go , And take it hence to Argos ; the ...
... Menelaus , and myself , Know the true fact . My unadvis'd decrees Are justly countermanded in this letter Which thou beheld'st me , mid'st the gloom of night , Opening and folding up again . But go , And take it hence to Argos ; the ...
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... Menelaus sheath'd in mail , And Agamemnon , o'er the watery way For Troy conduct them , Helen to regain From Eurotas ' reedy plain Whom Paris bore , a gift the Queen of Love Promis'd , when at the fount she strove ( 9 ) Thus likewise ...
... Menelaus sheath'd in mail , And Agamemnon , o'er the watery way For Troy conduct them , Helen to regain From Eurotas ' reedy plain Whom Paris bore , a gift the Queen of Love Promis'd , when at the fount she strove ( 9 ) Thus likewise ...
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ACHILLES ADRASTUS AGAMEMNON AGAVE ALCMENA altar ANDROMACHE antient Argive Argos arms Athens Aulis Bacchanalian Bacchus Barbarian Barnes bear behold beneath blest Brother CADMUS Calchas chariot chief CHORUS CLYTEMNESTRA COPREUS corse Cyclops Dames Daughter death DEMOPHOON Diana didst DOLON dost doth dread E'en erst Euripides Eurystheus Exit eyes fane fate Father flame fortunes friends Goddess Gods Grecian Greece Greeks hands hath Heaven HECTOR HECUBA Helen hence Hercules hither Homer honours host Ilion illustrious IOLAUS IPHIGENIA IPHIS Jove King land Lord lov'd Maid Markland MENELAUS MESSENGER mighty MINERVA Mother Musgrave ne'er nuptial o'er ordain'd ORESTES Peleus PENTHEUS Phrygian POLYPHEME PYLADES race realm Rhesus rites sacred SEMICHORUS shalt shores SILENUS Sire slain slay Sons soul speak spear stranger suppliant TALTHYBIUS temple Theban Thebes thee THESEUS THOAS thou hast thro toils troops Troy ULYSSES victim virgin whence woes words wretched youth
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Page 453 - Eurystheus' ire Against Alcides, Copreus was his sire: The son redeem'd the honours of the race, A son as generous as the sire was base; O'er all his country's youth conspicuous far In every virtue, or of peace or war: But doom'd to Hector's stronger force to yield! Against the margin of his ample shield He struck his hasty foot: his heels up-sprung; Supine...