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Euripides
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“ἁγὼ οὔτινι θύω πλὴν ἐμοί, θεοῖσι δ᾿ οὔ, καὶ τῇ μεγίστῃ, γαστρὶ τῇδε, δαιμόνων.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 334–335 (ed. B. E. Stevenson, 1948)
“οὔποτε φήσω γάμον εὐφραίνειν πλέον ἢ λυπεῖν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 238–239, Chorus-Leader (tr. Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, 1960)
“ἐχθρὰ γὰρ ἡ ᾿πιοῦσα μητρυιὰ τέκνοις τοῖς πρόσθ᾿, ἐχίδνης οὐδὲν ἠπιωτέρα.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 309–310, Alcestis (tr. Fitts and Fitzgerald, 1960)
“εἰ δ᾿ Ὀρφέως μοι γλῶσσα καὶ μέλος παρῆν, ὥστ᾿ ἢ κόρην Δήμητρος ἢ κείνης πόσιν ὕμνοισι κηλήσαντά σ᾿ ἐξ ᾌδου λαβεῖν, κατῆλθον ἄν, καί μ᾿ οὔθ᾿ ὁ Πλούτωνος κύων οὔθ᾿ οὑπὶ κώπῃ ψυχοπομπὸς ἂν Χάρων ἔσχ᾿ ἄν, πρὶν ἐς φῶς σὸν καταστῆσαι βίον.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 357–362, Admetus (tr. Fitts and Fitzgerald, 1960)
“οὐ γάρ τι πρῶτος οὐδὲ λοίσθιος βροτῶν γυναικὸς ἐσθλῆς ἤμπλακες· γίγνωσκε δὲ ὡς πᾶσιν ἡμῖν κατθανεῖν ὀφείλεται.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 417–419, Chorus-Leader (tr. E. P. Coleridge, 1891)
“κούφα σοι χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: l. 463–464, Chorus (tr. Fitts and Fitzgerald, 1960)
“μάτην ἄρ᾿ οἱ γέροντες εὔχονται θανεῖν, γῆρας ψέγοντες καὶ μακρὸν χρόνον βίου· ἢν δ᾿ ἐγγὺς ἔλθῃ θάνατος, οὐδεὶς βούλεται θνῄσκειν, τὸ γῆρας δ᾿ οὐκέτ᾿ ἔστ᾿ αὐτοῖς βαρύ.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 669–672, Admetus (Bartlett's, 1892)
“κακῶς ἀκούειν οὐ μέλει θανόντι μοι.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: l. 726, Pheres (tr. Fitts and Fitzgerald, 1960)
“βροτοῖς ἅπασι κατθανεῖν ὀφείλεται, κοὐκ ἔστι θνητῶν ὅστις ἐξεπίσταται τὴν αὔριον μέλλουσαν εἰ βιώσεται· τὸ τῆς τύχης γὰρ ἀφανὲς οἷ προβήσεται, κἄστ᾿ οὐ διδακτὸν οὐδ᾿ ἁλίσκεται τέχνῃ.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 782-6, Heracles (tr. E. P. Coleridge, 1891)
“τὸν καθ᾿ ἡμέραν βίον λογίζου σόν, τὰ δ᾿ ἄλλα τῆς τύχης.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: l. 788–789, Heracles (tr. E. P. Coleridge, 1891)
“ἐγὼ καὶ διὰ μούσας καὶ μετάρσιος ᾖξα, καὶ πλείστων ἁψάμενος λόγων κρεῖσσον οὐδὲν Ἀνάγκας.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 962–65, Chorus (tr. Fitts and Fitzgerald, 1960)
“χρόνος μαλάξει, νῦν δ᾿ ἔθ᾿ ἡβάσκει, κακόν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: l. 1085, Heracles (tr. Fitts and Fitzgerald, 1960)
“ἥπερ μεγίστη γίγνεται σωτηρία, ὅταν γυνὴ πρὸς ἄνδρα μὴ διχοστατῇ.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 14–15, Nurse (tr. E. P. Coleridge, 1891)
“νέα γὰρ φροντὶς οὐκ ἀλγεῖν φιλεῖ.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“παλαιὰ καινῶν λείπεται κηδευμάτων.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἀπωλόμεσθ᾿ ἄρ᾿, εἰ κακὸν προσοίσομεν νέον παλαιῷ, πρὶν τόδ᾿ ἐξηντληκέναι.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“τῶν γὰρ μετρίων πρῶτα μὲν εἰπεῖν τοὔνομα νικᾷ, χρῆσθαί τε μακρῷ, λῷστα βροτοῖσιν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 125–127, Nurse (tr. David Kovacs, 1994)
“τὰ δ᾿ ὑπερβάλλοντ᾿ οὐδένα καιρὸν δύναται θνητοῖς, μείζους δ᾿ ἄτας, ὅταν ὀργισθῇ δαίμων οἴκοις, ἀπέδωκεν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“καίτοι τάδε μὲν κέρδος ἀκεῖσθαι μολπαῖσι βροτούς.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“χρὴ δὲ ξένον μὲν κάρτα προσχωρεῖν πόλει.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“πάντων δ᾿ ὅσ᾿ ἔστ᾿ ἔμψυχα καὶ γνώμην ἔχει γυναῖκές ἐσμεν ἀθλιώτατον φυτόν· ἃς πρῶτα δεῖ χρημάτων ὑπερβολῇ πόσιν πρίασθαι δεσπότην τε σώματος λαβεῖν· κακοῦ γὰρ τοῦτ᾿ ἔτ᾿ ἄλγιον κακόν. κἀν τῷδ᾿ ἀγὼν μέγιστος, ἢ κακὸν λαβεῖν ἢ χρηστόν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: But sure among all those Who have with breath and reason been endued. We women are the most unhappy race, First with abundant gold are we constrain'd To buy a husband, and in him receive A haughty master. Still doth the…
“ὡς τρὶς ἂν παρ᾿ ἀσπίδα στῆναι θέλοιμ᾿ ἂν μᾶλλον ἢ τεκεῖν ἅπαξ.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“κρεῖσσον δέ μοι νῦν πρὸς σ᾿ ἀπεχθέσθαι, γύναι, ἢ μαλθακισθένθ᾿ ὕστερον μεταστένειν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“γυνὴ γὰρ ὀξύθυμος, ὡς δ᾿ αὔτως ἀνήρ, ῥᾴων φυλάσσειν ἢ σιωπηλὸς σοφή.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“φεῦ φεῦ, βροτοῖς ἔρωτες ὡς κακὸν μέγα.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“πρὸς δὲ καὶ πεφύκαμεν γυναῖκες, ἐς μὲν ἔσθλ᾿ ἀμηχανώταται, κακῶν δὲ πάντων τέκτονες σοφώταται.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἄνω ποταμῶν ἱερῶν χωροῦσι παγαί.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: l. 410, Chorus (Cassell's, 1907)
“δεινή τις ὀργὴ καὶ δυσίατος πέλει, ὅταν φίλοι φίλοισι συμβάλωσ᾿ ἔριν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“χρῆν γὰρ ἄλλοθέν ποθεν βροτοὺς παῖδας τεκνοῦσθαι, θῆλυ δ᾿ οὐκ εἶναι γένος· χοὔτως ἂν οὐκ ἦν οὐδὲν ἀνθρώποις κακόν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“ἐμοὶ γὰρ ὅστις ἄδικος ὢν σοφὸς λέγειν πέφυκε, πλείστην ζημίαν ὀφλισκάνει.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 580–581, Medea (tr. Philip Vellacott, 1963)
“κακοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς δῶρ᾿ ὄνησιν οὐκ ἔχει.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Ευριπίδης (el)
“ἔρωτες ὑπὲρ μὲν ἄγαν ἐλθόντες οὐκ εὐδοξίαν οὐδ᾿ ἀρετὰν παρέδωκαν ἀνδράσιν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 627–628, Chorus (Bartlett's, 14th ed. 1968)
“σωφροσύνα, δώρημα κάλλιστον θεῶν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: l. 636, Chorus (tr. Georgiana Chatterton, 1863)
“ὦ πατρίς, ὦ δώματα, μὴ δῆτ᾿ ἄπολις γενοίμαν τὸν ἀμηχανίας ἔχουσα δυσπέρατον αἰῶν᾿, οἰκτρότατον ἀχέων.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“μόχθων δ᾿ οὐκ ἄλλος ὕπερ- θεν ἢ γᾶς πατρίας στέρεσθαι.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: For nothing is like the sorrow or supersedes the sadness of losing your native land. (tr. Paul Roche, 1974)
“οὐ γὰρ γελᾶσθαι τλητὸν ἐξ ἐχθρῶν.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“γυνὴ δὲ θῆλυ κἀπὶ δακρύοις ἔφυ.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“πείθειν δῶρα καὶ θεοὺς λόγος.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: l. 964, Medea (Cassell's, 1907)
Also quoted by: Ευριπίδης (el)
“χρυσὸς δὲ κρείσσων μυρίων λόγων βροτοῖς.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“καὶ μανθάνω μὲν οἶα δρᾶν μέλλω κακά, θυμὸς δὲ κρείσσων τῶν ἐμῶν βουλευμάτων, ὅσπερ μεγίστων αἴτιος κακῶν βροτοῖς.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 1078–80, Medea (Bartlett's, 1892)
“θνητῶν γὰρ οὐδείς ἐστιν εὐδαίμων ἀνήρ.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: l. 1228, Messenger (tr. Coleridge)
“χαλεπὰ γὰρ βροτοῖς ὁμογενῆ μιά- σματ᾿ †ἐπὶ γαῖαν† αὐτοφόνταις ξυνῳ- δὰ θεόθεν πίτνοντ᾿ ἐπὶ δόμοις ἄχη.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 1268–70, Chorus (tr. Kovacs)
“τῶν δ᾿ ἀδοκήτων πόρον ηὗρε θεός.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: l. 1418, Chorus (tr. Coleridge)
“τίς ἂν δίκην κρίνειεν ἢ γνοίη λόγον, πρὶν ἂν παρ᾿ ἀμφοῖν μῦθον ἐκμάθῃ σαφῶς;”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side. —Forbes, vol. 86 no. 10 (15 Nov. 1960) p. 70
“μάλιστ᾿ Ἄρης στυγεῖ μέλλοντας.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 722–723 (ed. H. L. Mencken, 1942, '60)
“πάντα κινῆσαι πέτρον.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: l. 1002 (Bartlett's, 1892)
“τίς δ᾿ οὐ σεμνὸς ἀχθεινὸς βροτῶν;”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: l. 94, Hippolytus (tr. E. P. Coleridge, 1891)
“πᾶς δ᾿ ὀδυνηρὸς βίος ἀνθρώπων κοὐκ ἔστι πόνων ἀνάπαυσις.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 189–90, Nurse (tr. E. P. Coleridge, 1891)
“δυσέρωτες δὴ φαινόμεθ᾿ ὄντες τοῦδ᾿ ὅ τι τοῦτο στίλβει κατὰ γῆν”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ll. 193–4, Nurse (tr. David Kovacs, 1996)
“μοχθεῖν δὲ βροτοῖσιν ἀνάγκη.”
Euripides (481–407 BC) said by 407 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: l. 207, Nurse (tr. E. P. Coleridge, 1891)