1. Euripides, Alcestis, 697 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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2. Euripides, Andromache, 183-191, 891, 900, 911, 914, 920-950, 1032 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 1032. μαντόσυνον, ὅτε νιν ̓Αργόθεν πορευθεὶς | |
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3. Euripides, Bacchae, 1116-1124, 266-271, 668-671, 1115 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 1115. καὶ προσπίτνει νιν· ὃ δὲ μίτραν κόμης ἄπο | 1115. and fell upon him. He threw the headband from his head so that the wretched Agave might recognize and not kill him. Touching her cheek, he said: It is I, mother, your son, Pentheus, whom you bore in the house of Echion. |
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4. Euripides, Electra, 1056-1059, 1055 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 1055. μέμνησο, μῆτερ, οὓς ἔλεξας ὑστάτους | 1055. Remember, mother, those last words of yours, giving me frankness towards you. Clytemnestra |
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5. Euripides, Hecuba, 1188-1191, 234-238, 1187 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 1187. ̓Αγάμεμνον, ἀνθρώποισιν οὐκ ἐχρῆν ποτε | 1187. Never ought words to have outweighed deeds in this world, Agamemnon. No! if a man’s deeds were good, so should his words have been; |
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6. Euripides, Helen, 10-11, 118, 12, 1240, 1243, 13, 132, 138, 14-16, 160-161, 164-169, 17, 170-173, 18-19, 198, 2, 20-25, 250, 26, 262-263, 27, 275-276, 28-29, 3, 30, 309, 31-32, 327, 33-39, 4, 40-49, 5, 50-54, 543, 55-59, 6, 60-67, 7, 73, 8, 894-899, 9, 900-943, 947-948, 1 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 1. Νείλου μὲν αἵδε καλλιπάρθενοι ῥοαί | 1. These are the lovely pure streams of the Nile , which waters the plain and lands of Egypt , fed by white melting snow instead of rain from heaven. Proteus was king of this land when he was alive |
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7. Euripides, Hippolytus, 1039-1040, 419-425, 486-489, 503, 986-991, 1038 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 1038. A wizard or magician must the fellow be, to think he can first flout me, his father |
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8. Euripides, Ion, 1313-1319, 1333-1334, 671-675, 1312 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 1312. Oh! ’tis passing strange how badly the deity hath enacted laws for mortal men, contrary to all sound judgment; for instance, they should ne’er have suffered impious men to sit at their altars |
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9. Euripides, Iphigenia At Aulis, 1007-1008, 1115-1116, 1214, 1260, 900-974, 1006 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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10. Euripides, Iphigenia Among The Taurians, 369 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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11. Euripides, Medea, 577-578, 576 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 576. This speech, O Jason, hast thou with specious art arranged; but yet I think—albeit in saying so I betray indiscretion—that thou hast sinned in casting over thy wife. Medea |
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12. Euripides, Orestes, 383-469, 479-481, 491-541, 545-550, 560, 566-571, 579, 582-584, 671-716, 382 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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13. Euripides, Suppliant Women, 416, 426, 415 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 415. the next a bane to all; and yet by fresh calumnies of others he hides his former failures and escapes punishment. Besides, how shall the people, if it cannot form true judgments, be able rightly to direct the state? Nay, ’tis time, not haste, that affords a better |
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14. Euripides, Trojan Women, 904-913, 943-944, 967-968, 903 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
| 903. May I answer this decision, proving that my death, if I am to die, will be unjust? Menelau |
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15. Sophocles, Ajax, 1329-1331, 1328 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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16. Sophocles, Electra, 553-557, 552 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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17. Sophocles, Oedipus The King, 544, 543 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
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