The Suppliant Maidens
From LSJ
εἰργόμενον θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ἀνάπηρον ποιῆσαι → excluding death and maiming, short of death or maiming
Supplices (Ἱκέτιδες) may refer to two separate ancient Greek plays:
- The Suppliants, by Euripides. The Suppliants (Ancient Greek: Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides; Latin Supplices), also called The Suppliant Maidens, or The Suppliant Women, first performed in 423 BC, is an ancient Greek play by Euripides.
- The Suppliants, by Aeschylus. The Suppliants (Ancient Greek: Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides; Latin: Supplices), also called The Suppliant Maidens, The Suppliant Women, or Supplices is a play by Aeschylus. It was probably first performed "only a few years previous to the Orestea, which was brought out 458 BC.
