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Euripides Quotations

Aeolus

"A bad beginning makes a bad ending." Aeolus. Frg. 32.
"Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks." Aeolus. Frg.38.

BIOGRAPHY:
Euripides, third of the great Greek tragedians, was born c. 484 B.C. in Salamis and died 406 B.C. in Macedonia. For more on Euripides' life and contributions to drama, see Euripides feature.

THE PLAYS:
Read Euripides' plays online.

Review of Ted Hughes' Adaptation of Euripides' Alcestis

MORE QUOTATIONS:
Aegeus
Aeolus
Alcestis
Alcmene
Alexander
Alope
Antigone
Antiope
Bacchae
Hippolytus
Iphigenia in Aulis
Iphigenia in Tauris
Licymnius
Medea
Meleager
Phoenix
Phrixus
Rhesus
Temenidae

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