Κρινεῖ τίς αὑτὸν πώποτ’ ἀνθρώπων μέγαν,
ὃν ἐξαλείφει πρόφασις ἡ τυχοῦσ’ ὅλον;
[Euripides, fr. 1041]
Who among men will ever judge himself great, when a chance cause can wipe him away completely? (tr. Christopher Collard & Martin Cropp)
Κρινεῖ τίς αὑτὸν πώποτ’ ἀνθρώπων μέγαν,
ὃν ἐξαλείφει πρόφασις ἡ τυχοῦσ’ ὅλον;
[Euripides, fr. 1041]
Who among men will ever judge himself great, when a chance cause can wipe him away completely? (tr. Christopher Collard & Martin Cropp)