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Dame Gossip's Rôle in Epic and Drama

Marbury B. Ogle

Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association. (1924) pp. 90-119

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[473 words] passage, atque, virgil, lines, nunc, ovid, ille, vergil, lucan, line, haec, caput, inter, hinc, ipse, terra, passages, silius, sanguine, quem, illa, ante, omnia, arma, mare, manus, tibi, super, caelum, sidera

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[284 words] orestes, agamemnon, chorus, oedipus, play, electra, aeschylus, clytemnestra, antigone, sophocles, creon, scene, euripides, apollo, aegisthus, cassandra, murder, audience, action, eteocles, lines, oresteia, iphigenia, troy, sacrifice, curse, hecuba, eumenides, thebes, city

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[156 words] himself, friends, political, personal, public, friend, whom, friendship, attitude, position, reputation, conduct, having, towards, toward, enemies, praise, private, cause, return, influence, claim, speech, charges, power, true, actions, themselves, felt, career

[150 words] true, passage, words, merely, matter, position, suppose, regard, name, enough, natural, mention, difficulty, period, prove, having, regarded, himself, except, facts, really, naturally, supposed, definite, makes, assumed, alone, correct, actually, referred

[133 words] plautus, play, menander, terence, scene, plays, comedy, slave, characters, audience, stage, plautine, scenes, action, prologue, comic, plot, house, monologue, new_comedy, girl, dramatic, phormio, chremes, thais, pseudolus, dialogue, lines, micio, soldier

[115 words] mind, power, true, sense, moral, truth, knowledge, things, idea, ideal, experience, himself, divine, spirit, individual, ideas, natural, conception, expression, reality, real, feeling, vision, attitude, toward, every, intellectual, beauty, something, action

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[104 words] love, himself, fear, anger, passion, moral, violence, suicide, punishment, desire, woman, herself, contrast, suffering, makes, victim, gods, evil, power, pity, shame, fate, situation, grief, cause, violent, behavior, becomes, theme, madness

[94 words] ovid, vergil, virgil, poem, poet, poetry, poets, aeneid, poems, epic, metamorphoses, horace, latin, georgics, catullus, fasti, lucan, works, poetic, culex, heroides, lines, ciris, verse, ovidian, lucretius, literary, verses, tristia, amores

[91 words] tibi, mihi, quid, ovid, nunc, haec, quis, tamen, esse, ille, illa, semper, ipse, erit, sine, quoque, fuit, amor, saepe, nobis, quem, licet, puer, bene, trist, habet, nostra, manus, modo, erat

[90 words] euripides, play, sophocles, aeschylus, plays, tragedy, chorus, drama, dramatic, tragic, ajax, prometheus, greek_tragedy, scene, stage, audience, euripidean, action, antigone, lines, tragedies, medea, oedipus, actor, poet, choral, bacchae, electra, characters, actors

[82 words] medea, helen, jason, philoctetes, neoptolemus, apollonius, euripides, menelaus, argonauts, valerius, odysseus, argonautica, play, children, troy, argo, story, theseus, neoptolemos, aegeus, andromache, scene, epic, walcott, episode, herself, hermione, ariadne, fleece, pelias

[56 words] period, early, development, influence, forms, developed, earliest, tradition, stage, beginning, became, become, changes, periods, characteristic, process, result, tendency, greater, true, sixth, introduced, throughout, marked, fourth, stages, longer, began, fifth_century, simple

[55 words] himself, true, truth, matter, criticism, merely, facts, really, real, passage, attempt, false, claim, accept, words, knowledge, belief, enough, regard, prove, makes, error, simply, wrong, statements, critics, surely, actually, serious, take

[51 words] himself, young, ever, whom, every, your, days, things, mind, wrote, spirit, enough, something, true, famous, friend, words, youth, country, poet, knew, high, become, love, take, poor, name, story, master, living

[51 words] eyes, thou, your, night, earth, away, heart, thee, blood, forth, love, simile, sleep, beauty, tears, mind, poet, lines, heaven, hands, comes, words, gods, song, water, face, sound, passage, dark, sweet

[46 words] army, city, military, took, troops, himself, control, power, events, position, situation, policy, force, sent, return, revolt, attack, victory, peace, forces, defeat, action, soon, attempt, success, battle, enemy, became, command, remained

[43 words] language, words, effect, literary, poet, expression, tone, contrast, speech, passages, reader, manner, poetry, himself, rhetorical, passage, dramatic, prose, poetic, uses, technique, lines, characteristic, theme, writing, treatment, makes, serious, kind, familiar

[40 words] women, marriage, children, woman, wife, family, child, slave, mother, husband, slaves, daughter, married, father, male, female, her_husband, parents, his_wife, status, wives, household, young, girl, bride, marry, birth, sons, girls, sexual

[38 words] statius, hercules, seneca, thyestes, silvae, thebaid, atreus, polynices, theb, octavia, eteocles, tydeus, adrastus, senecan, silv, tragedies, melior, silius, martial, play, jupiter, tantalus, zwierlein, etruscus, epic, duel, phaed, thebes, furens, plays

[38 words] achilles, iliad, hector, agamemnon, homer, troy, ajax, odysseus, patroclus, priam, homeric, diomedes, trojans, greeks, nestor, battle, hero, trojan, heroes, thetis, poet, menelaus, zeus, achilleus, epic, warrior, achaeans, heroic, fight, hektor

[36 words] homer, homeric, iliad, odyssey, epic, poet, poems, oral, poetry, tradition, parry, poets, poem, similes, traditional, composition, hesiod, formulaic, formula, heroic, poetic, lord, epics, simile, language, oral_poetry, singer, verse, narrative, formulas

[35 words] heracles, herakles, lion, hero, theseus, perseus, serpent, bull, deianeira, snake, centaur, hercules, boar, gorgon, medusa, snakes, centaurs, monster, deianira, shield, andromeda, giant, hydra, myth, amphitryon, hyllus, club, eurystheus, lions, geryon

[34 words] story, myth, ovid, apollo, stories, myths, version, tale, legend, metamorphoses, narrative, mythological, episode, tradition, phaethon, metamorphosis, versions, rape, daedalus, daughter, told, mythical, birth, theseus, aphrodite, pelops, hymn, zeus, tales, name

[30 words] christian, pagan, augustine, christians, christianity, jerome, church, eusebius, bishop, christ, ambrose, tertullian, prudentius, gregory, paul, letter, religious, persecution, pagans, basil, bishops, migne, clement, origen, new_testament, paganism, acts, chrysostom, gospel, letters

[30 words] anid, witlh, tlle, lhave, tlhe, hiis, otlher, anld, aind, lhas, niot, thle, wlichl, aiid, tile, onie, lato, wlhich, suclh, fromn, lhad, wlhiclh, thie, wlhat, slhould, latini, whiclh, kosmoi, witlhout, onily

[28 words] eius, erat, ante, inter, anno, inde, fuit, milia, livy, apud, annos, usque, urbem, deinde, erant, quoque, urbis, atque, dies, etiam, nunc, bellum, quem, autem, loco, romae, diem, castra, quia, quibus

[27 words] odysseus, odyssey, homer, penelope, telemachus, suitors, homeric, ithaca, poet, iliad, athena, return, hero, story, circe, eumaeus, menelaus, poem, home, cyclops, phaeacians, polyphemus, beggar, nestor, nausicaa, agamemnon, scene, calypso, epic, athene

[26 words] esse, atque, enim, etiam, quid, neque, cicero, eius, nihil, quidem, esset, tamen, nisi, mihi, sibi, quibus, erat, causa, haec, fuit, omnia, modo, quem, autem, omnes, ipse, sine, quis, ille, rerum

[25 words] gods, zeus, divine, hesiod, prometheus, earth, hera, apollo, power, justice, prayer, mortal, hermes, athena, mortals, theogony, heaven, muses, goddess, myth, poseidon, poet, olympus, aphrodite, homer, fate, birth, divinity, dike, passage

[24 words] greeks, greece, peoples, cities, early, land, strabo, egypt, asia_minor, name, island, city, eastern, region, italy, islands, country, native, inhabitants, geographical, western, tribes, coast, tradition, northern, mediterranean, asia, civilization, romans, population

[22 words] plautus, quid, terence, mihi, tibi, plaut, poen, trin, atque, capt, nunc, phorm, esse, amph, bacch, etiam, pers, merc, truc, quin, neque, haut, pseud, asin, andr, epid, curc, heaut, enim, quom

[22 words] cult, goddess, dionysus, religion, religious, gods, worship, cults, deity, ritual, sacred, deities, isis, divine, demeter, pentheus, mysteries, rites, dionysiac, divinity, dionysos, cybele, attis, aphrodite, nilsson, artemis, divinities, worshipped, initiation, mother

[22 words] claudian, stilicho, honorius, rufinus, theodosius, cons, stilico, arcadius, birt, gildo, eutropius, poet, vollm, alaric, puncto, levy, consulatu, pluto, raptu, arev, prudentius, rufinum, spengel, temporis, panegyricus, goths, claudien, cameron, dracontius, eutr

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[18 words] aristotle, tragedy, poetics, tragic, poetry, plot, pity, comedy, drama, action, poet, imitation, fear, characters, emotions, mimesis, catharsis, dramatic, definition, moral, aristotelian, audience, else, chapter, bywater, pleasure, hamartia, pathos, play, poets

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[17 words] passage, kata, tovs, rpos, kara, trov, rovs, kalt, avrov, rapa, katl, tovto, repl, tols, words, aaaa, evov, passages, kacl, follows, evos, otov, rots, avtov, kcal, rept, elval, tovtov, rtov, a7ro

[16 words] subjunctive, future, verb, aorist, indicative, clauses, clause, perfect, imperfect, infinitive, optative, negative, tense, verbs, sentence, sentences, tenses, imperative, construction, latin, action, meaning, forms, indirect, participle, relative, force, temporal, expression, conditional

[16 words] aristotle, true, proposition, definition, propositions, universal, false, syllogism, something, logical, logic, hypothesis, thing, truth, syllogisms, things, premiss, premisses, sense, definitions, term, principle, genus, hypothetical, every, demonstration, knowledge, species, passage, sentence

[15 words] dead, magic, burial, funeral, body, rites, magical, belief, divination, ritual, custom, tomb, buried, omen, corpse, power, omens, frazer, superstition, rite, cremation, bones, spirits, gods, practices, religious, deceased, lupercalia, funerary, romans

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[14 words] sappho, hesiod, poem, homer, page, alcaeus, poets, fragment, poetry, anacreon, poet, stesichorus, pindar, poems, alcman, fragments, lyric, aphrodite, hymn, lines, lobel, girl, archilochus, ibycus, corinna, simonides, epic, bowra, papyrus, allen

[14 words] symmachus, ausonius, theodosius, plre, seeck, ammianus, libanius, valentinian, comes, sidonius, gratian, epist, gaul, maximus, prefecture, theod, office, prefect, emperor, constantius, chastagnol, paulinus, flavianus, fourth_century, eugenius, notitia, consul, merobaudes, magister, letter

[13 words] role, context, image, contrast, sense, narrative, audience, reader, text, power, language, theme, images, function, traditional, reading, imagery, himself, becomes, makes, central, literary, complex, focus, meaning, perspective, status, level, process, emphasis

[12 words] livy, plin, quint, mart, neque, suet, cicero, verg, rell, plaut, neve, twice, ovid, latin, stat, prose, cato, caes, uses, epist, draeger, gell, lucr, usage, writers, cites, sall, prorsus, poetry, codd

[11 words] esse, enim, autem, etiam, haec, tamen, quidem, atque, quia, vero, apud, modo, quibus, quid, quoque, dicitur, neque, nihil, eius, quasi, inter, videtur, igitur, omnia, potest, loco, ergo, nisi, unde, illud

[11 words] a7ro, kata, icat, rapa, rpos, ical, kcal, wpos, wvos, v7re, column, orib, trov, a7roxxo, atea, evov, otos, rozs, ptov, rpls, tovs

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[10 words] narrative, events, chapter, section, books, beginning, story, sections, sequence, chapters, begins, follows, passage, composition, theme, structure, digression, followed, lines, opening, introduction, chronological, immediately, treatment, event, division, preceding, arrangement, passages, action

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[8 words] reading, sense, housman, text, line, word, editors, conjecture, emendation, bentley, corruption, passage, heinsius, correction, postgate, edition, baehrens, bailey, verse, manuscripts, shackleton, corrupt, palmer, wrote, meaning, conjectures, propertius, madvig, vollmer, latin

[8 words] manuscript, manuscripts, petrarch, written, latin, poggio, mediaeval, works, codex, politian, books, boccaccio, letter, edition, printed, translation, italian, commentary, sabbadini, florence, text, alcuin, tours, bede, contains, erasmus, renaissance, twelfth, vincent, medieval

[7 words] yevos, avros, avtos, eovos, saw-fish, sternbach, voov, kara, raxato, rypa, tcal, vovs, aeis, musurus, concerned, steph, ical, rapa

[7 words] demosthenes, speech, speeches, isocrates, rhetoric, lysias, aeschines, rhetorical, gorgias, speaker, oration, orator, oratory, orators, antiphon, delivered, athens, aristotle, forensic, audience, written, palamedes, sophists, political, isokrates, helen, athenian, orations, blass, assembly

[6 words] goethe, pylos, german, eteokles, ennodius, mich, ilias, walther, nacht, kalasirier, dort, tradition, heine, skylax, elpenor, dorieus, frau, bruder, stein, syrte, tilemann, triphylien, wilhelm, ganges, kosmas, kyrene, sieben, unde, insel, lykus

[6 words] english, shakespeare, wycl, milton, chaucer, tynd, cran, rest, davidson, noyes, byron, dryden, rendering, alford, dean, darby, england, troilus, gloss, jonson, hamlet, halliwell, thou, lord, wright, vocab, tischendorf, tregelles, spenser, campbell

[5 words] army, cavalry, battle, soldiers, military, troops, enemy, infantry, legions, fighting, camp, force, soldier, hoplite, units, phalanx, legion, hoplites, forces, armies, service, warfare, weapons, officers, shields, formation, attack, shield, iuniores, archers

[5 words] julian, ammianus, procopius, emperor, constantinople, justinian, eunapius, zosimus, goths, constantius, libanius, malalas, themistius, jordanes, fables, antioch, cassiodorus, empire, gothic, romans, aesop, barbarians, marcellinus, valens, reign, persian, imperial, ammianus_marcellinus, theodosius, chron

[5 words] collection, information, athens, done, knowledge, received, collections, objects, carried, completed, valuable, investigation, progress, devoted, country, task, service, hope, greece, visit, sent, every, volume, gave, soon, museums, value, german, full, future

[5 words] josephus, jews, jewish, philo, herod, jerusalem, synagogue, judaea, alexandria, hebrew, judaism, nicolaus, temple, justus, agrippa, esther, bellum, vita, antiquitates, palestine, romans, luke, hyrcanus, tiberias, sepphoris, abraham, moses, daphidas, haman, aristobulus