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3 results for "suppliant"

1. Aeschylus, Libation-Bearers, 171 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •suppliant women absence of Found in books: Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 97

2. Thucydides, The History of The Peloponnesian War, 3.37.4 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •suppliant women absence of Found in books: Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 97

3.37.4. οἱ μὲν γὰρ τῶν τε νόμων σοφώτεροι βούλονται φαίνεσθαι τῶν τε αἰεὶ λεγομένων ἐς τὸ κοινὸν περιγίγνεσθαι, ὡς ἐν ἄλλοις μείζοσιν οὐκ ἂν δηλώσαντες τὴν γνώμην, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ τοιούτου τὰ πολλὰ σφάλλουσι τὰς πόλεις: οἱ δ’ ἀπιστοῦντες τῇ ἐξ αὑτῶν ξυνέσει ἀμαθέστεροι μὲν τῶν νόμων ἀξιοῦσιν εἶναι, ἀδυνατώτεροι δὲ τοῦ καλῶς εἰπόντος μέμψασθαι λόγον, κριταὶ δὲ ὄντες ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου μᾶλλον ἢ ἀγωνισταὶ ὀρθοῦνται τὰ πλείω.

3.37.4. The latter are always wanting to appear wiser than the laws, and to overrule every proposition brought forward, thinking that they cannot show their wit in more important matters, and by such behavior too often ruin their country; while those who mistrust their own cleverness are content to be less learned than the laws, and less able to pick holes in the speech of a good speaker; and being fair judges rather than rival athletes, generally conduct affairs successfully.

3. Euripides, Suppliant Women, 262, 377-380, 42, 47-51, 559-563, 594-597, 626, 628-629, 634-677, 679-709, 71, 710-719, 72, 720-732, 76, 678 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Pucci, Euripides' Revolution Under Cover: An Essay (2016) 125

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