Friday, May 30, 2014
A Type of Oxymoron
Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 44: χάριν ἀχάριτον (where ἀχάριτον is Elmsley's emendation of the transmitted ἄχαριν)
Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 545: ἄχαρις χάρις
Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 862: θέλεος ἀθέλεος
Sophocles, Ajax 665: ἄδωρα δῶρα
Sophocles, Electra 1154: μήτηρ ἀμήτωρ
Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1214: ἄγαμον γάμον
Sophocles, Philoctetes 848: ὕπνος ἄϋπνος
Euripides, Hecuba 612: νύμφην τ' ἄνυμφον παρθένον τ' ἀπάρθενον
Euripides, Helen 363: ἔργ' ἄνεργ'
Euripides, Iphigenia among the Taurians 566: χάριν ἄχαριν
Euripides, Phoenician Women 1757: χάριν ἀχάριτον (where ἀχάριτον is Hermann's emendation of the transmitted ἀχάριστον or ἄχαριν)
Euripides, Suppliant Women 32: δεσμὸν δ' ἄδεσμον
Euripides, fragment 370.41 (from Erechtheus): ἱερὸν ἀνίερον ὅσιον ἀνόσιον (where ἱερὸν ἀνίερον is Diggle's emendation of the transmitted ἀνίερον ἀνίερον)
Euphorion of Chalcis, fragment 26.ii.17 Lightfoot: ἄταφος τάφος
Greek Anthology 7.561.6 (Julian): κόσμον ἄκοσμον
Greek Anthology 9.323.3 (Antipater): κόσμον ἄκοσμον
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Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 545: ἄχαρις χάρις
Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 862: θέλεος ἀθέλεος
Sophocles, Ajax 665: ἄδωρα δῶρα
Sophocles, Electra 1154: μήτηρ ἀμήτωρ
Sophocles, Oedipus the King 1214: ἄγαμον γάμον
Sophocles, Philoctetes 848: ὕπνος ἄϋπνος
Euripides, Hecuba 612: νύμφην τ' ἄνυμφον παρθένον τ' ἀπάρθενον
Euripides, Helen 363: ἔργ' ἄνεργ'
Euripides, Iphigenia among the Taurians 566: χάριν ἄχαριν
Euripides, Phoenician Women 1757: χάριν ἀχάριτον (where ἀχάριτον is Hermann's emendation of the transmitted ἀχάριστον or ἄχαριν)
Euripides, Suppliant Women 32: δεσμὸν δ' ἄδεσμον
Euripides, fragment 370.41 (from Erechtheus): ἱερὸν ἀνίερον ὅσιον ἀνόσιον (where ἱερὸν ἀνίερον is Diggle's emendation of the transmitted ἀνίερον ἀνίερον)
Euphorion of Chalcis, fragment 26.ii.17 Lightfoot: ἄταφος τάφος
Greek Anthology 7.561.6 (Julian): κόσμον ἄκοσμον
Greek Anthology 9.323.3 (Antipater): κόσμον ἄκοσμον
