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: For from darkness and the endearments of the night mortals have their keenest joys.
 
[ἙΚΆΒΗ: ἐκ τοῦ σκότου τε τῶν τε νυκτερησίων
φίλτρων μεγίστη γίγνεται βροτοῖς χάρις.]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Hecuba [Hekabe; Ἑκάβη], l. 831ff (c. 424 BC) [tr. Coleridge (1938)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/euripides/76380/

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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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