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A quotation from Euripides

CHORUS:          The meeting place
   Of debt to Justice and to the gods
   Is a terrible, terrible place.
 
ΧΟΡΟΣ:          [τὸ γὰρ ὑπέγγυον
   Δίκᾳ καὶ θεοῖσιν οὐ συμπίτνει:
   ὀλέθριον ὀλέθριον κακόν.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 1028ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2020)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/76981/

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A quotation from Euripides

AGAMEMNON: For it touches all,
   Cities and men alike, that deeds of ill
   Find evil ends, and virtue prosper still.
 
[ἈΓΑΜΈΜΝΩΝ: πᾶσι γὰρ κοινὸν τόδε,
   ἰδίᾳ θ᾽ ἑκάστῳ καὶ πόλει, τὸν μὲν κακὸν
   κακόν τι πάσχειν, τὸν δὲ χρηστὸν εὐτυχεῖν.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 900ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Sheppard (1924)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/31850/

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A quotation from Euripides

HECUBA: It the duty of a good man to do good everywhere and always to punish the evil men.
 
[ἙΚΆΒΗ: ἐσθλοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς τῇ δίκῃ θ᾿ ὑπηρετεῖν
   καὶ τοὺς κακοὺς δρᾶν πανταχοῦ κακῶς ἀεί.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 844ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2007)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/76521/

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A quotation from Euripides

HECUBA:          O gods, spare me the sight
   of this thankless breed, these politicians
   who cringe for favors from a screaming mob
   and do not care what harm they do their friends,
   providing they can please a crowd!
 
[ἙΚΆΒΗ: ἀχάριστον ὑμῶν σπέρμ᾿, ὅσοι δημηγόρους
   ζηλοῦτε τιμάς· μηδὲ γιγνώσκοισθέ μοι,
   οἳ τοὺς φίλους βλάπτοντες οὐ φροντίζετε,
   ἢν τοῖσι πολλοῖς πρὸς χάριν λέγητέ τι.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 254ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Arrowsmith (1958)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/euripides/76300/

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A quotation from Euripides

HECUBA:          O gods, spare me the sight
   of this thankless breed, these politicians
   who cringe for favors from a screaming mob
   and do not care what harm they do their friends,
   providing they can please a crowd!
 
[ἙΚΆΒΗ: ἀχάριστον ὑμῶν σπέρμ᾿, ὅσοι δημηγόρους
   ζηλοῦτε τιμάς· μηδὲ γιγνώσκοισθέ μοι,
   οἳ τοὺς φίλους βλάπτοντες οὐ φροντίζετε,
   ἢν τοῖσι πολλοῖς πρὸς χάριν λέγητέ τι.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 254ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Arrowsmith (1958)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/euripides/76300/

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A quotation from Euripides

HECUBA:          O gods, spare me the sight
   of this thankless breed, these politicians
   who cringe for favors from a screaming mob
   and do not care what harm they do their friends,
   providing they can please a crowd!
 
[ἙΚΆΒΗ: ἀχάριστον ὑμῶν σπέρμ᾿, ὅσοι δημηγόρους
   ζηλοῦτε τιμάς· μηδὲ γιγνώσκοισθέ μοι,
   οἳ τοὺς φίλους βλάπτοντες οὐ φροντίζετε,
   ἢν τοῖσι πολλοῖς πρὸς χάριν λέγητέ τι.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 254ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Arrowsmith (1958)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/euripides/76300/

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