Dickinson College Commentaries

Orestes seeking asylum at Delphi, detail of a Paestan Red-Figure Bell Krater attributed to Python

Orestes (foreground center) kneels beside the omphalos in front of a tripod at Delphi, seeking sanctuary from the Furies. Athena (left) and Apollo (right) intervene on his behalf.

Herakles and Alkyoneus, detail of a red-figure kylix

Herakles (left) sneaks up on the unconscious giant Alkyoneus (center), with Hermes (right) helping him. Herakles wears his lion skin and carries his club in his left hand. He gestures toward Alkyoneus with his right. Hermes carries his caduceus in his left hand and gestures toward Alkyoneus with his right. Alkyoneus lies with his feet toward Herakles and his right arm thrown over his face.

Herakles and the Golden Apples, detail of a metope from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia

Herakles stands (center) arms raised above his head supporting the sky. He is approached by Atlas (right) who offers him the golden apples of the Hesperides. Athena (left) stands behind Herakles helping him hold up the sky with her left hand.

Hercules slaying the Hydra, detail of the Twelve Labors from a Roman mosaic from Llíria

Heracles (left) grasps the Hydra (right) by one of its many necks while it coils its tail around his left leg. Hercules raises his club in his right hand, preparing to strike.

Hercules slaying the Nemean lion, detail of the Twelve Labors from a Roman mosaic from Llíria

Hercules (left) grapples with the Nemean lion (right). The lion rears up on his hind legs while Heracles wraps his right arm around the lion's muzzle. Heracles' club lies abandoned above the lion.

Danaë and the shower of gold, detail of a Boeotian red-figure krater

Danaë reclines on a bed draped with a patterned sheet. Her hair is arranged up on the back of her head and covered with a net or cloth. She wears a cloth drape open in front exposing her abdomen. Zeus in the form of rain falls on her abdomen.

Titian, Rape of Europa

Jupiter (right), in the form of a bull, swims across the ocean with Europa on his back. She holds onto his left horn with her left hand and looks back over her right shoulder toward the shore, waving a red veil with her right hand. A cupid (left) follows after them on a dolphin. Two additional cupids fly overhead.

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Medea's Speech from Euripides' Medea

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465ὦ παγκάκιστε, τοῦτο γάρ σ᾿ εἰπεῖν ἔχω,

γλώσσῃ μέγιστον εἰς ἀνανδρίαν κακόν,

ἦλθες πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἦλθες ἔχθιστος γεγώς

[θεοῖς τε κἀμοὶ παντί τ᾿ ἀνθρώπων γένει];

οὔτοι θράσος τόδ᾿ ἐστὶν οὐδ᾿ εὐτολμία,

470φίλους κακῶς δράσαντ᾿ ἐναντίον βλέπειν,

ἀλλ᾿ ἡ μεγίστη τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις νόσων

πασῶν, ἀναίδει᾿. εὖ δ᾿ ἐποίησας μολών·

ἐγώ τε γὰρ λέξασα κουφισθήσομαι

ψυχὴν κακῶς σὲ καὶ σὺ λυπήσῃ κλύων.

475ἐκ τῶν δὲ πρώτων πρῶτον ἄρξομαι λέγειν·

ἔσωσά σ᾿, ὡς ἴσασιν Ἑλλήνων ὅσοι

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