Euripides
Euripides
Euripideswas a tragedian of classical Athens. He is one of the few whose plays have survived, with the others being Aeschylus, Sophocles, and potentially Euphorion. Some ancient scholars attributed 95 plays to him but according to the Suda it was 92 at most. Of these, 18 or 19 have survived more or less complete and there are also fragments, some substantial, of most of the other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
dream sweet dad
A sweet thing, for whatever time, to revisit in dreams the dear dad we have lost.
logic reason reason-and-logic
Reason can wrestle and overthrow terror.
mind tongue stills
My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.
answers smooth signifying
Again, a smooth answer, signifying nothing.
blessed pride may
For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never.
waiting luck nine
Since luck's a nine days' wonder, wait their end.
happiness men accounts
Account no man happy till he dies.
sex thinking night
If your life at night is good, you think you have everything.
grief loss land
What greater grief than the loss of one's native land.
soul affection chains
Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them....
fate sorrow stranger
You were a stranger to sorrow: therefore Fate has cursed you.
way wealth rich
If some appalling disaster befalls, there's Always a way for the rich.
tears sweetness weeping
They who are sad find somehow sweetness in tears.
pain desire lovers
There is desire in those who love to hear about their loved ones' pains.