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... EURIPIDES . Bellerophon , Fragment 9 . " Strength with stupidity far less I fear Than weakness joined to wisdom . " “ Αεὶ γὰρ εὖ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κύβοι . ” SOPHOCLES . Fragment 763 . " The dice of Zeus have ever lucky throws ...
... EURIPIDES . Bellerophon , Fragment 9 . " Strength with stupidity far less I fear Than weakness joined to wisdom . " “ Αεὶ γὰρ εὖ πίπτουσιν οἱ Διὸς κύβοι . ” SOPHOCLES . Fragment 763 . " The dice of Zeus have ever lucky throws ...
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... EURIPIDES . Phoenissae , 396 .— ( Jocasta and Polynices . ) " Hope , says the proverb , feeds the fugitive . Kindly her looks , yet from afar she smiles . " “ Αἱ δ ̓ ἐλπίδες εἰσὶν ἐγρηγορότων ἐνύπνια . ” " " PINDAR . Fragment ...
... EURIPIDES . Phoenissae , 396 .— ( Jocasta and Polynices . ) " Hope , says the proverb , feeds the fugitive . Kindly her looks , yet from afar she smiles . " “ Αἱ δ ̓ ἐλπίδες εἰσὶν ἐγρηγορότων ἐνύπνια . ” " " PINDAR . Fragment ...
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... EURIPIDES . Iphigenia in Aulide , 979 .- ( Clytemnestra . ) " In some sort good men praised Hate those who praise them , if they praise too much . " “ Παύσομαί σ ' αἰνῶν , ἐπεὶ βάρος τι κἀν τῷδ ̓ ἐστὶν , αἰνεῖσθαι λίαν . ” EURIPIDES ...
... EURIPIDES . Iphigenia in Aulide , 979 .- ( Clytemnestra . ) " In some sort good men praised Hate those who praise them , if they praise too much . " “ Παύσομαί σ ' αἰνῶν , ἐπεὶ βάρος τι κἀν τῷδ ̓ ἐστὶν , αἰνεῖσθαι λίαν . ” EURIPIDES ...
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... EURIPIDES . Iphigenia in Aulide , 830 .- ( Achilles . ) " Unseemly ' tis for me To bandy words with women . ' -66 Αἰσχρὸν παρὰ κλαίουσι θοινᾶσθαι φίλοις . ” EURIPIDES . Alcestis , 542 .- ( Hercules . ) " While our friends mourn unseemly ...
... EURIPIDES . Iphigenia in Aulide , 830 .- ( Achilles . ) " Unseemly ' tis for me To bandy words with women . ' -66 Αἰσχρὸν παρὰ κλαίουσι θοινᾶσθαι φίλοις . ” EURIPIDES . Alcestis , 542 .- ( Hercules . ) " While our friends mourn unseemly ...
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... EURIPIDES . Iphigenia in Aulide , 161 .— ( Agamemnon . ) " No mortal e'er is happy to the end , Or fortunate ; Ne'er yet was born a man who knew not grief . " “ Θνητῶν γὰρ οὐδείς ἐστιν εὐδαίμων ἀνήρ · ὄλβου δ ΑΚΟΛΑΣΤΟΝ - ΑΛΛ ' ΑΛΛΩΙ . 317.
... EURIPIDES . Iphigenia in Aulide , 161 .— ( Agamemnon . ) " No mortal e'er is happy to the end , Or fortunate ; Ne'er yet was born a man who knew not grief . " “ Θνητῶν γὰρ οὐδείς ἐστιν εὐδαίμων ἀνήρ · ὄλβου δ ΑΚΟΛΑΣΤΟΝ - ΑΛΛ ' ΑΛΛΩΙ . 317.
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