Hecuba
quoted 16 times by 4 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Hecuba the figure
Most often quoted — the words themselves, in quotation. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
16 quoted
15 neutral 1 refutedin the voice of Agamemnon 3 , Hecuba 2 , Odysseus 2 , Polymestor 2 , Priam 2 , Chorus Leader 1 , Hektor 1 , Maid-servant 1 , Polydorus 1 , Polyxena 1
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in the voice of Agamemnon
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Hecuba Euripides 9 neutral 1 refuted 10 citations · 96 passages
The rapid question-and-answer exchange between Agamemnon and Hecuba is a direct dialogue act that establishes the facts underlying her plea for vengeance.
Hecuba, I feel compassion for you and your son and your ill-fortune, as well as for your suppliant gesture, and I would gladly see that impious host pay you this forfeit for the sake of heaven and justice, if I could only find some way to help you without appearing to the army to have plotted the death of the Thracian king for Cassandra’s sake.
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in the voice of Priam
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Iliad Homer 3 neutral 3 citations
Priam's address to Hecuba is presented as direct speech.
Then Priam said, "I would go, do not therefore stay me nor be as a bird of ill omen in my house, for you will not move me.
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in the voice of Hecuba
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Tusculan Disputations Cicero, Marcus Tullius 2 neutral 2 citations
Direct quotation presented and explicitly marked 'she seeks aid,' identifying a female speaker.
\"All these I saw set ablaze, Priam's life reft from him by force, Jove's altar fouled with blood.
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in the voice of Chorus Leader
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The Trojan Women Euripides 1 neutral 1 citation
The Chorus Leader directly urges Hecuba to answer and defeat Helen's persuasive speech.
Chorus Leader:
the trojan women ¶
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