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)]
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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.…








