Wednesday, November 02, 2016
A Raging Fire
Euripides, Orestes 696-697 (tr. David Kovacs):
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When the common people fall into a rage and feel their vigor,
it is like trying to put out a raging fire.
ὅταν γὰρ ἡβᾷ δῆμος εἰς ὀργὴν πεσών,
ὅμοιον ὥστε πῦρ κατασβέσαι λάβρον.