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Sparta
A Greek city located inland in the south east of the modern country.
Argos Quotes in The Trojan Women
The The Trojan Women quotes below are all either spoken by Argos or refer to Argos. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Line 294-461 Quotes
But see! What is the burst of a torch flame inside?
What can it mean? Are the Trojan women setting fire
to their chambers, at point of being torn from their land
to sail for Argos? Have they set themselves aflame
in longing for death? I know it is the way of freedom
in times like these to stiffen the neck against disaster.
Open, there, open; let not the fate desired by these,
dreaded by the Achaeans, hurl their wrath on me.
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Talthybius, standing outside the tent housing the Trojan women, sees flames whirling around inside. He assumes these flames are the women lighting themselves on fire rather than be taken as slaves by Greek men. In fact, in the next line it is revealed that all the flames belong to Cassandra’s torch. Cassandra, driven insane by her ability to see the future and the violence inflicted on her since the fall of Troy, has been dancing wildly inside the tent. Although Talthybius is wrong about the cause of the flames, his immediate, unsurprised reaction reveals how dire the situation of the Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta imp
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Argos Term Timeline in The Trojan Women
The timeline below shows where the term Argos appears in The Trojan Women. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Line 860-1059
...out of love again,” and Menelaus agrees. He promises Hecuba he will kill Helen in Argos, as an example to the “lust of women” everywhere. He and Helen then exit together,...
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