Euripides
Euripides
Euripideswas a tragedian of classical Athens. He is one of the few whose plays have survived, with the others being Aeschylus, Sophocles, and potentially Euphorion. Some ancient scholars attributed 95 plays to him but according to the Suda it was 92 at most. Of these, 18 or 19 have survived more or less complete and there are also fragments, some substantial, of most of the other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
men bad-man
The gifts of bad men bring no good with them.
brightness woe gone
But woe to him, who left to moan, Reviews the hours of brightness gone.
hate authority despise
Authority is never without hate.
women reflection form
O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature!
men feet wicked
Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad.
sympathy men he-man
The man who melts With social sympathy, though not allied, Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.
literature parliament
Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.
freedom errors
No one who lives in error is free.
sweet children spring
Children are sweet as the buds in spring, But I've noticed that those who have them Have nothing but trouble all their lives.
happiness not-happy neighbor
Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.
bears calamity meekness
Bear calamities with meekness.
hurt men order
Happy the man whose lot it is to know The secrets of the earth. He hastens not To work his fellows hurt by unjust deeds, But with rapt admiration contemplates Immortal Nature's ageless harmony, And how and when the order came to be.
wickedness fortunate
The unrighteous are never really fortunate.
husband wife cheated
When cheated, wife or husband feels the same.