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It is not worth living,
when we see bad men unjustly honored.

[ου γαρ άξιον λεύσσειν φάος κακούς ορώντας εκδίκως τιμωμένους.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Bellerophon [Βελλεροφῶν], frag. 293 (c. 430 BC) [tr. Collard (1997)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/65197/

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Euripides - Bellerophon [Βελλεροφῶν], frag. 293 (c. 430 BC) [tr. Collard (1997)] | WIST Quotations

It is not worth living, when we see bad men unjustly honored. [ου γαρ άξιον λεύσσειν φάος κακούς ορώντας εκδίκως τιμωμένους.] Nauck (TGF) frag. 293, Barnes frag. 129, Musgrave frag. 23. (Source (Greek)). Alternate translations: For life's not worth retaining when we see The wicked crown'd with undeserv'd applause.…

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A quotation from Euripides

Ah, shall my white feet in the dances gleam
   The livelong night again? Ah, shall I there
Float through the Bacchanal’s ecstatic dream,
   Tossing my neck into the dewy air? —
Like to a fawn that gambols mid delight
   Of pastures green.

[ἆρ᾽ ἐν παννυχίοις χοροῖς
θήσω ποτὲ λευκὸν
πόδ᾽ ἀναβακχεύουσα, δέραν
865εἰς αἰθέρα δροσερὸν ῥίπτουσ᾽,
ὡς νεβρὸς χλοεραῖς ἐμπαί-
ζουσα λείμακος ἡδοναῖς]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Bacchæ [Βάκχαι], l. 862ff, Strophe 1 [Chorus/Χορός] (405 BC) [tr. Way (1898)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/60527/

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Euripides - Bacchæ [Βάκχαι], l. 862ff, Strophe 1 [Chorus/Χορός] (405 BC) [tr. Way (1898)] | WIST Quotations

Ah, shall my white feet in the dances gleam The livelong night again? Ah, shall I there Float through the Bacchanal's ecstatic dream, Tossing my neck into the dewy air? -- Like to a fawn that gambols mid delight Of pastures green. [ἆρ᾽ ἐν παννυχίοις χοροῖς θήσω ποτὲ λευκὸν πόδ᾽…

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Noticias La Insuperable Apr 29

Baco se va a Mataderos

Mauricio Kartun no se toma vacaciones: Baco polaco dará su última función el próximo domingo en el Teatro Sarmiento y después seguirá en El Plata. Por Jorgelina Áster para NLI Poco me tienta más que el descubrimiento de vigencia contemporánea en los mitos clásicos.-M. Kartun Inspirado en Las bacantes, Kartun creó y dirige Baco polaco, obra que él define como “un pastiche” de la tragedia de Eurípides y también como “bacanal criolla”. Pasión, humor, sino trágico […]

https://noticiaslainsuperable.com.ar/2026/04/29/baco-se-va-a-mataderos/

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A quotation from Euripides

MEDEA: Let no one think of me
As humble or weak or passive; let them understand
I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies,
Loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.

[ΜΉΔΕΙΑ:μηδείς με φαύλην κἀσθενῆ νομιζέτω
μηδ᾽ ἡσυχαίαν, ἀλλὰ θατέρου τρόπου,
βαρεῖαν ἐχθροῖς καὶ φίλοισιν εὐμενῆ:
810τῶν γὰρ τοιούτων εὐκλεέστατος βίος.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 807ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/83545/

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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 807ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)] | WIST Quotations

MEDEA: Let no one think of me As humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, Loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs. [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ:μηδείς με φαύλην κἀσθενῆ νομιζέτω μηδ᾽ ἡσυχαίαν, ἀλλὰ θατέρου τρόπου, βαρεῖαν ἐχθροῖς καὶ φίλοισιν…

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A quotation from Euripides

MEDEA: Now let things take their course. What use is life to me?
I have no land, no home, no refuge from despair.

[ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ἴτω: τί μοι ζῆν κέρδος; οὔτε μοι πατρὶς
οὔτ᾽ οἶκος ἔστιν οὔτ᾽ ἀποστροφὴ κακῶν.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 798ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/83243/

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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 798ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)] | WIST Quotations

MEDEA: Now let things take their course. What use is life to me? I have no land, no home, no refuge from despair. [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ἴτω: τί μοι ζῆν κέρδος; οὔτε μοι πατρὶς οὔτ᾽ οἶκος ἔστιν οὔτ᾽ ἀποστροφὴ κακῶν.] Though she has just been offered refuge in Athens by King Ægeus;…

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A quotation from Euripides

MEDEA:                    What makes me cry with pain
   Is the next thing I have to do. I will kill my sons.
   No one shall take my children from me.

[ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ᾤμωξα δ᾿ οἷον ἔργον ἔστ᾿ ἐργαστέον
   τοὐντεῦθεν ἡμῖν· τέκνα γὰρ κατακτενῶ
   τἄμ᾿· οὔτις ἔστιν ὅστις ἐξαιρήσεται·]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 791ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/83104/

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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 791ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)] | WIST Quotations

MEDEA:What makes me cry with pain Is the next thing I have to do. I will kill my sons. No one shall take my children from me. [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: ᾤμωξα δ᾿ οἷον ἔργον ἔστ᾿ ἐργαστέον τοὐντεῦθεν ἡμῖν· τέκνα γὰρ κατακτενῶ τἄμ᾿· οὔτις ἔστιν ὅστις ἐξαιρήσεται·] This is the first time Medea…

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The Partial Historians Mar 27

✨Pentheus being torn apart by maenads✨

Euripides ‘The Bacchae’ tells the unfortunate tale of Pentheus, the king of Thebes, who banned the worship of Dionysius. This provoked the wrath of the god and led to the women of Thebes breaking out into a Bachhic frenzy. Pentheus was ripped limb from limb. His death was viewed as a sparagmos, where tearing an animal (or human) apart was viewed as a special type of sacrifice. This fresco from the triclinium in the House of the Vettii in Pompeii, seems to run counter to today’s notions of good taste…

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WIST Quotations Mar 24

A quotation from Euripides

ÆGEUS: All happiness to you Medea! Between old friends
There is no better greeting.

[ΑἸΓΕΎΣ: Μήδεια, χαῖρε: τοῦδε γὰρ προοίμιον
κάλλιον οὐδεὶς οἶδε προσφωνεῖν φίλους.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 663ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/82778/

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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 663ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)] | WIST Quotations

ÆGEUS: All happiness to you Medea! Between old friends There is no better greeting. [ΑἸΓΕΎΣ: Μήδεια, χαῖρε: τοῦδε γὰρ προοίμιον κάλλιον οὐδεὶς οἶδε προσφωνεῖν φίλους.] (Source (Greek)). Other translations: Medea, hail! for no man can devise Terms more auspicious to accost his friends. [tr. Wodhull (1782)] Medea, hail! When we…

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Italian News by RSS Mar 17

RaiNews: Cinquanta anni fa ci lasciava Luchino Visconti, l'omaggio della Scala

Tra le opere teatrali che diresse: “A porte chiuse” (1945) di Jean-Paul Sartre e “Medea” (1953) di Euripide. Al cinema portò sul grande schermo capolavori come "Il Gattopardo", "Ossessione" e "Morte a Venezia"

Fifty years ago, Luchino Visconti, the Scala’s tribute, left us.

Among the theatrical works he directed: “A Door Closed” (1945) by Jean-Paul Sartre and “Medea” (1953) by Euripides. He brought masterpieces to the big screen such as “The Leopard,” “Obsession,” and “Death in Venice.”

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Cinquanta anni fa ci lasciava Luchino Visconti, l'omaggio della Scala

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A quotation from Euripides

CHORUS: I hope the man who does not honour his friends, the man who does not open an honest heart to them, I hope that man dies a horrible, a miserable death. Such a man will certainly never be a friend of mine!

[ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: ἀχάριστος ὄλοιθ᾽ ὅτῳ πάρεστιν
   μὴ φίλους τιμᾶν καθαρᾶν ἀνοί-
   ξαντα κλῇδα φρενῶν: ἐμοὶ
   μὲν φίλος οὔποτ᾽ ἔσται.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 659ff, Antistrophe 2 (431 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2004)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/82775/

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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 659ff, Antistrophe 2 (431 BC) [tr. Theodoridis (2004)] | WIST Quotations

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