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“I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.”

Quote by Euripides

Book:Euripides III: Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion

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Euripides III: Heracles, The Trojan Women, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Ion

The book features 'Heracles', a play about the demigod's struggles with his divine heritage; 'The Trojan Women', a tale of the women left behind in the aftermath of the Trojan War; 'Iphigenia among the Taurians', a story of the daughter of Agamemnon's sacrifice; and 'Ion', a drama focusing on the adventures of the eponymous hero. more

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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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