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euripides
/jʊˈɹɪp.ɪˌdiz/
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What does euripides mean?
proper noun
- A Greek tragedian (c. 480–406 B.C.E.); Euripides was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, mostly representing a transliteration of the modern Greek Ευριπίδης (Evripídis).
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And Euripides, by calling Hippolytus " scholar of the holy Pittheus," shows the opinion that the world had of him.
The fishwoman of Dumarsais can retort on the herb-seller of Euripides, the discobols Vejanus lives again in the Forioso, the tight-rope dancer.
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To a father, who is growing old, there is nothing dearer than a daughter.--Euripides.
Moreover, he speaks mostly concerning the scandalmongering and lying of women, while later, Euripides directly reduces the status of women to the minimum (cf.
In Euripides we find Electra admonishing Helen for sparing her locks, and thereby defrauding the dead.