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
life mortality alas
Alas!-but why Alas? It is the lot of mortality we experience.
men life-and-death want
Death is what men want when the anguish of living is more than they can bear.
life-and-death glory dies
It is better that we live ever so Miserably than die in glory.
clever medicine sick
A just cause needs no interpreting. It carries its own case. But the unjust argument since it is sick, needs clever medicine.
wise men giving
Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.
pain desire lovers
There is desire in those who love to hear about their loved ones' pains.
sweet past remember
How sweet to remember the trouble that is past.
men hands leader
In the hands of vicious men, a mob will do anything. But under good leaders it's quite a different story.
believe justice injustice
We must believe in the gods no longer if injustice is to prevail over justice.
children parent doe
A wretched child Is he who does not return his parents' care.
future way doe
What we look for does not come to pass; God finds a way for what none foresaw.
true-evil faults bears
Worse than a true evil is it to bear the burden of faults that are not truly yours.
god perfect lacking
If god is truly god, he is perfect, lacking nothing.
god moving order
The way of God is complex, he is hard for us to predict. He moves the pieces and they come somehow into a kind of order.