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Monday, February 17, 2025
The Will of the Gods
Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 30-34 (tr. Edward P. Coleridge):
But you must experience joy
and sorrow alike, mortal as you are. Even though you like it not, this is what the gods decree.