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480 BC–406 BC Greece
Euripides (Ancient Greek: Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three named authors of Greek tragedy for whom any plays have survived in full.
Also known as: Those whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad, Those whom God would destroy he first makes mad, Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad, Those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad, Whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad, Whom God would destroy he first makes mad
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Ares hates those who hesitate.
Heraclidae (-430)
Woman is woman's natural ally.
I have seen ere now a noble father's son Proved nothing-worth, seen good sons of ill sires, Starved leanness in a rich man's very soul, And in a poor man's body a great heart.
Electra (-416)
He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
There is a something terrible and past all cure, when quarrels arise 'twixt those who are near and dear.
Medea (-431)
Polyneices: The words of truth are simple, and justice needs no subtle interpretations, for it hath a fitness in itself.
Phoenissae (-409)
This were surely a gain, to heal men's wounds by music's spell.
Medea (-431)
Woman is a weak creature, ever given to tears.
Medea (-431)
The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards.
Medea (-431)
We are women, unable to perform noble deeds, but most skilful architects of every sort of harm.
Medea (-431)
A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
I know, indeed, the evil of that I purpose; but my inclination gets the better of my judgment.
Medea (-431)
How base a thing it is when a man will struggle with necessity! We have to die.
O my country, O my own dear home! God grant I may never be an outcast from my city, leading that cruel helpless life, whose every day is misery.
Medea (-431)
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.
I would gladly take my stand in battle array three times o'er, than once give birth.
Medea (-431)
What could be worse? Sex leads death's dance, In childbirth grief begins.
Jocasta: But this is slavery, not to speak one’s thought.
Phoenissae (-409)
I have found power in the mysteries of thought, Exaltation in the changing of the Muses; I have been versed in the reasonings of men; But Fate is stronger than anything I have known.
Alcestis (-438)
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