WIST QuotationsMEDEA: Oh, what an evil power love has in people’s lives!
CREON: That would depend on circumstances, I imagine.
[ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: Φεῦ φεῦ, βροτοῖς ἔρωτες ὡς κακὸν μέγα.
ΚΡΈΩΝ: ὅπως ἄν, οἶμαι, καὶ παραστῶσιν τύχαι.]
CREON: That would depend on circumstances, I imagine.
[ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: Φεῦ φεῦ, βροτοῖς ἔρωτες ὡς κακὸν μέγα.
ΚΡΈΩΝ: ὅπως ἄν, οἶμαι, καὶ παραστῶσιν τύχαι.]
Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 330ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]
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Euripides - Medea [Μήδεια], l. 330ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)] | WIST Quotations
MEDEA: Oh, what an evil power love has in people's lives! CREON: That would depend on circumstances, I imagine. [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: Φεῦ φεῦ, βροτοῖς ἔρωτες ὡς κακὸν μέγα. ΚΡΈΩΝ: ὅπως ἄν, οἶμαι, καὶ παραστῶσιν τύχαι.] After Creon has spoken of how both love of his country and his children requires him…