Primary ancient text, Aeschylus's tragedy Eumenides, in Herbert Weir Smyth's 1926 Loeb translation, consulted 2026-08-11.
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Reliability tier 1: a primary ancient text in a scholarly translation, published in the Loeb Classical Library by Harvard University Press, the strongest available form for a claim about the play's own content. NotesHerbert Weir Smyth's 1926 Loeb Classical Library translation of Aeschylus's Eumenides, now in the public domain, hosted at topostext.org with acknowledgment to theoi.com and the Perseus Digital Library. The play was composed and first performed circa 458 BCE; the year recorded above is the translation's own publication year, not the play's. Consulted 2026-08-11 for the Pythia's opening speech naming the succession of prophetic goddesses at Delphi, Earth, then Themis, then Phoebe, before Apollo.
Citation
AuthorHerbert Weir Smyth (translator); Aeschylus (original author)
PublisherLoeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, hosted at topostext.org
Publication Year1926
URLhttps://topostext.org/work/14
Source Typeprimary-text
Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)
This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 17 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Figures, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Articles, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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