Nurse
mythological figure · 4 works · 5 mentions · 16 anchored passages
aged dame · aged nurse · dear nurse · faithful nurse of Phaedra · fellow-slave · my mistress · nurse · the Nurse · the aged dame · thou
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
Medea
Medea's old household servant and confidante, devoted to her mistress and fearful for the children.
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Andromache
Hermione's old attendant, who tries to restrain her from suicide and counsels calm.
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Hippolytus
Phaedra's elderly, devoted attendant who extracts her mistress's secret love for Hippolytus and, trying to help, reveals it to Hippolytus, precipitating the catastrophe.
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Hymn 19 to Pan
The nurse is the caregiver who reacts fearfully to newborn Pan's uncouth face and beard.
But when the nurse saw his uncouth face and full beard, she was afraid and sprang up and fled and left the child.