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“For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.”

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Euripides

Euripides, a renowned Greek tragic playwright, is one of the three great tragic poets of ancient Greece, alongside Aeschylus and Sophocles. His life and achievements are not well-documented. more

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