Troezen
place · 8 works · 9 mentions · 15 anchored passages
Pogon · Troezen's realm · this Troezenian realm · this land of Troezen
in the texts
Hippolytus
The city in the Peloponnese where the action of the play, including Theseus's exile, takes place.
for that son of Theseus, born of the Amazon, Hippolytus, whom holy Pittheus taught, alone of all the dwellers in this land of Troezen, calls me vilest of the deities.
And ere she came to this Troezenian realm, a temple did she rear to Cypris hard by the rock of Pallas where it o’erlooks this country, for love of the youth in another land;
Ladies of Troezen, who dwell here upon the frontier edge of Pelops’ land, oft ere now in heedless mood through the long hours of night have I wondered why man’s life is spoiled;
On the Peace with Sparta
A territory controlled by Athens alongside Megara and Pegae during the Euboean war.
Now take the days when we were fighting Euboea and controlled Megara, Pegae, and Troezen.
Letters
A Peloponnesian city to which Demosthenes first went in exile, chosen for its historic goodwill toward Athens and its role sheltering Athenian ancestors during the Persian invasion.
for instance, I did not go to a city in which I was likely to play an outstanding role myself, but to one where I knew our ancestors had gone when the Persian danger overtook them, and where I knew too there existed abundant goodwill toward yourselves.
I refer to the city of Troezen, to which it is my chief prayer that all the gods may be propitious, both because of its goodwill to you and because of its kindness to me, and my second prayer is that, having been delivered from this exile by you, I may be enabled to make repayment for kindnesses.
Medea
Kingdom ruled by Pittheus, Aegeus's destination to share the oracle's meaning.
O’er Troezen’s realm is Pittheus king.
The Histories
A city in the Peloponnese serving as a refuge for evacuated Athenian families and as the muster harbor (Pogon) for the reinforcing Greek fleet.
Thereupon most of them sent the members of their households to Troezen, and some to Aegina and Salamis.
When those from Artemisium had put in at Salamis, the rest of the Hellenic fleet learned of this and streamed in from Troezen, for they had been commanded to assemble at Pogon, the harbor of Troezen.
Against Athenogenes
A city in the Peloponnese where Athenogenes settled during the war against Philip, was made a citizen, and later abused a position of power.
if he has deserted you and expelled the citizens from the town of his adoption, will you not punish him when he is in your power?
Instead, he moved to Troezen, disregarding the law which says that a man who moves in wartime shall be indicted and summarily arrested if he returns.
But this abandoned wretch, who forsook you and was enrolled at Troezen, engaged in nothing that was worthy either of the constitution or the spirit of that city.
Aegineticus
The city to which the speaker and Thrasylochus relocated in exile, and where the speaker's mother and sister died of illness.
for they were ill when they came from Troezen, so that they themselves were in need of care.
in addition, I saw my mother and my sister driven from their native land and ending their lives in a foreign land among strangers.
No sooner had we arrived at Troezen than we were attacked by illnesses of such severity that I barely escaped with my own life, and within thirty days I buried my young sister fourteen years of age, and my mother not five days therereafter.
History of the Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesian territory whose current possession is confirmed by the armistice.
and lastly, with regard to Troezen, that each party shall retain what they now possess.