Source: Iphigenia in Aulis
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Source: Medea
Source: Euripides: Hecuba, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Andromache, translated by J. F. Nims. The Trojan women, translated by R. Lattimore. Ion, translated by R. F. Willetts
Source: The complete Greek tragedies
Source: Medea
“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.”
Source: The complete Greek tragedies
“Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.”
Source: Euripides: Rhesus, translated by R. Lattimore. The suppliant women, translated by F. Jones. Orestes, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Iphigenia in Aulis, translated by C. R. Walker
“Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.”
Source: Medea