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“Apollo, Apollo—but he is my lord. I will keep silence. He is wise forever, though his oracle spoke brutal words. We are bound to acquiesce. And you must do now as Fate and Zeus ordain.”
― Euripides, Electra

tags: apollo, electra, euripides, fate, greek-gods, greek-tragedy, oracle, zeus

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“If the gods do a shameful thing, they are not gods.”
― Euripides

tags: bellerophon, euripides

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“ORESTES: Never shall I see you again.

ELECTRA: Nor I see myself in your eyes.

ORESTES: This, the last time I'll talk with you ever.

ELECTRA: O my homeland, goodbye. Goodbye to you, women of home.

ORESTES: Most loyal of sisters, do you leave now?

ELECTRA: I leave with tears blurring all that I see.”
― Euripides, Electra

tags: dialogue, electra, euripides, exile, farewell, goodbye, greek-tragedy, orestes, parting, sad

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“Bear witness for one who is loved and not loved: we cast the cloak gently around her, an end of great woe for our house.”
― Euripides, Electra

tags: bear-witness, contradictory, electra, end, euripides, greek-tragedy, loved, put-to-rest, unloved

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“The hounds snap fierce at your heels. Turn toward Athens. I hear them pelting hard on you, I see black flesh and snake-hands coiling round a fruit of agonizing pain.”
― Euripides, Electra

tags: descriptive, electra, euripides, flee, greek-tragedy, pain, pursuit

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