“Happy is it to place a daughter; yet it pains a father's heart when he delivers to another's house a child, the object of his tender care.”
Quote by Euripides
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The Plays of Euripides
This volume includes a selection of Euripides' plays, showcasing his contributions to Greek tragedy and his exploration of complex themes such as love, power, and morality. more
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Source: The Tragedies of Euripides
“Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.”
Source: The Tragedies of Euripides
“My hands are clean, but my heart has somewhat of impurity.”
“Poverty possesses this disease; through want it teaches a man evil.”
“The divine power moves with difficulty, but at the same time surely.”
“The ways of the gods are long, but in the end they are not without strength.”
“The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is turned topsy turvy).”