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Great and mighty is the victory which the Cyprian queen always bears away. I bypass the tales of the gods, [500] and do not narrate how she beguiled the son of Cronus, and Hades, the lord of darkness, or Poseidon, shaker of the earth. But, when this bride was to be won, [505] who were the massive rivals that entered the contest for her nuptials? Who stepped forward to the ordeal of battle full of blows and raising dust?

Sophocles. The Trachiniae of Sophocles. Edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. Sir Richard Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1892.

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  • Commentary references to this page (5):
    • Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus, 1088
    • Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus at Colonus, 1424
    • Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra, 217
    • Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra, 59
    • Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Trachiniae, 185
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