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Thursday, April 09, 2026
Gods and Men
Euripides, Suppliant Women 612 (tr. David Kovacs):
Yet I see that the gods' ways are different from those of
mortals.
διάφορα πολλὰ θεῶν βροτοῖσιν εἰσορῶ.
Cf. Isaiah 55:8 (KJV):
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.