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
blessed wine son
Young man, two are the forces most precious to mankind. The first is Demeter, the Goddess. She is the Earth -- or any name you wish to call her -- and she sustains humanity with solid food. Next came Dionysus, the son of the virgin, bringing the counterpart to bread: wine and the blessings of life's flowing juices. His blood, the blood of the grape, lightens the burden of our mortal misery. Though himself a God, it is his blood we pour out to offer thanks to the Gods. And through him, we are blessed.
song wrath two
When two souls compose a single song, The muse fans Livid wrath before long.
forgiveness son men
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
daughter father son
To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter; sons have spirits of a higher pitch, but less inclined to endearing fondness.
son two found-you
To have found you is a dear happiness; and to be Apollo's son is beyond all my hopes; but there is something I want to say to you alone. Come; this is a private matter between us two - anything you tell me shall be as secret as the grave.
song heart joy
Song brings of itself a cheerfulness that wakes the heart of joy.
humility son winning
Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best.
brave earth ether fatherland wide
The whole wide ether is the eagle's way: The whole earth is a brave man's fatherland
anger god greek-poet whom wishes
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes angry.
greek-poet love
Friends show their love in times of trouble.
dead future learning loses past youth
Who so neglects learning in his youth loses the past and is dead to the future.'
education themselves travel
Experience, travel - these are as education in themselves
anger contest fall lets man wise
Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise, The man who lets the contest fall is wise
gambling genius literature
The lucky person passes for a genius.