Monday, November 13, 2023
Two Evils
Euripides, fragment 257 Kannicht (from Archelaos; tr. C. Collard, M.J. Cropp, and J. Gibert):
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Great rage and stupidity — two evils for those affected by them — have destroyed many mortals.See Annette Harder, Euripides' Kresphontes and Archelaos. Introduction, Text and Commentary (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1985), pp. 260-262.
πολλοὺς δ' ὁ θυμὸς ὁ μέγας ὤλεσεν βροτῶν
ἥ τ' ἀξυνεσία, δύο κακὼ τοῖς χρωμένοις.