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“Look at it steadily; come closer to the truth. I see-- O, gods, what horror! Oh, what misery!”

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Book:The Bacchae and Other Plays

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The Bacchae and Other Plays

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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

“Speaking so he stirred up Athene, who was eager before this, and she went in a flash of speed down the pinnacles of Olympus. As when the son of devious-devising Kronos casts down a star, portent to sailors or widespread armies of peoples glittering and thickly the sparks of fire break from it, in such likeness Pallas Athene swept flashing earthward”

Greek Mythology Greek Tragedy Greek Play

Book:The Iliad of Homer

Source: The Iliad of Homer

“Was bleibt? Nichts als die Qual, die Qual überlebt zu haben”

Poetry Greek Mythology Lyrik

Author:Erich Fried

“I wish I could live here in this meadow. It's gorgeous." "Yeah, it is," Hercules agreed. "That's Persephone's handiwork," he explained. "She's the god of vegetation." "Demeter's daughter, right?" Meg said. "I heard Demeter talking when I was on Olympus. Something about not knowing where the girl had run off to." Hercules nodded. "Yeah, Demeter keeps appealing to my father to find her. No one has seen her in months, and harvest will be coming before long." He touched one of the hyacinths with his finger. "Every flower has its season.”

Seasons Goddess Greek Mythology Persephone Demeter

Book:Go the Distance

Source: Go the Distance

“We humans endure the gifts the gods give us, even when we are grieving over what has to be.”

Greek Mythology Greek Goddesses

Book:HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER

Source: HOMERIC HYMN TO DEMETER

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