Theseus
quoted 15 times by 5 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Theseus 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.
10 quoted · 5 reported
11 neutral 2 endorsedin the voice of Adrastus 2 , Athena 2 , Messenger 2 , Aethra 1 , Amphitryon and Heracles 1 , Artemis 1 , Chorus 1 , Chorus of Argive Mothers 1 , Herald of Theseus 1 , Hippolytus 1
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in the voice of Adrastus
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Suppliants Euripides 7 neutral 9 citations · 24 passages
Adrastus's rising address to Theseus is a direct formal speech act of supplication.
rising Victorious prince of the Athenian realm, Theseus, to thee and to thy city I, a suppliant, come.
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in the voice of Chorus
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Hippolytus Euripides 2 neutral 1 endorsed 3 citations · 44 passages
A sustained dialogue in which the Chorus's answers to Theseus's questions constitute the delivery of grave news, where the question-and-answer structure matters.
’Tis not against the old, Theseus, that fate, to strike thee, aims this blow;
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Constitution of the Athenians Aristotle 1 neutral 1 citation
The passage reports a specific proclamation attributed directly to Theseus as an act of speech founding the new civic order.
Wishing still further to increase the city, Theseus invited all on equal terms, and the proclamation "Come hither, all you peoples" is said to have been Theseus's, when he was establishing a kind of commonwealth of all.
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in the voice of Theseus
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Tusculan Disputations Cicero, Marcus Tullius 1 endorsed 1 citation
Represents a direct speech act attributed to Theseus.
and Theseus:
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in the voice of Amphitryon and Heracles
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Heracles Euripides 1 neutral 1 citation · 12 passages
A stichomythic question-and-answer exchange in which Amphitryon draws out Heracles' account of his final labor.
Heracles:
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