“Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.”

— Euripidés

Source: Medea and Other Plays: Medea / Alcestis / The Children of Heracles / Hippolytus

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ancient Athenian playwright -480–-406 BC

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