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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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Grievous for mortals is the stain of kindred blood. For the murderers are dogged by woes harmonious with their deeds, sent by the gods upon their houses.
Medea (-431)
God helps him who strives hard.
Naught is more hostile to a city than a despot; where he is, there are in the first place no laws common to all, but one man is tyrant, in whose keeping and in his alone the law resides, and in that case equality is at an end.
The Suppliants (-420)
Dionysus: He who believes needs no explanation. Pentheus: What's the worth in believing worthless things? Dionysus: Much worth, but not worth telling you, it seems.
Bacchae (-405)
To err is only human, child.
Hippolytus (-428)
Alas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go, And have no wits, although we think us wise.
Should I have left any stone unturned.
Youth holds no society with grief.
Ah me! ah me! to mortal man how dread a scourge is love!
Medea (-431)
I care for riches, to make gifts To friends, or lead a sick man back to health With ease and plenty. Else small aid is wealth For daily gladness; once a man be done With hunger, rich and poor are all as one.
Electra (-416)
This is true Liberty when free born men Having to advise the public may speak free. Which he who can, and will, deservs high praise. Who neither can nor will, may hold his peace, What can be juster in a State than this?
The Suppliants (-420)
χρόνος μαλάξει, νῦν δ᾿ ἔθ᾿ ἡβάσκει, κακόν.
Alcestis (-438)
Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.
Medea (-431)
Amongst mortals no man is happy.
Medea (-431)
Jocasta: Hope, says the proverb, feeds the fugitive. Polyneices: Kindly her looks, yet from afar she smiles.
Phoenissae (-409)
Of all things that have life and sense we women are the most hapless creatures; first must we buy a husband at an exorbitant price, and o'er ourselves a tyrant set which is an evil worse than the first; and herein lies the most important issue, whether bur choice be good or bad.
Medea (-431)
I cannot endure the taunts of enemies.
Medea (-431)
Is there not blood before thine eyes even now? Our lost Actaeon's blood, whom long ago His own red hounds through yonder forest dim Tore unto death, because he vaunted him Against most holy Artemis?
There is nothing more hostile to a city than a tyrant, under whom in the first and chiefest place, there are not laws in common, but one man, keeping the law himself to himself, has the sway, and this is no longer equal.
A herb most bruised is woman.
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