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Euripides

Portrait of Euripides
Portrait: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

AUTHOR PROFILE

Euripides

Euripides is described in biographical records as a 5th-century BC Athenian playwright. The selections gathered here touch on adversity, friendship, love. This profile brings the attributed quotations together with their available source information.

FEATURED QUOTE
“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.”
— Euripides

Biography at a glance

  • Profile: 5th-century BC Athenian playwright
  • Quotes in this collection: 1

Life and work

Works associated with Euripides include Alcestis and Andromache. This collection includes one quotation credited to Euripides. Each quotation page preserves its own citation, when supplied, so readers can follow the passage back to its stated context.

Reading the quotations

The selections gathered here touch on adversity, friendship, love. These topic links make it easier to compare these words with other voices in the LDS Flow library. Citations are shown on the individual quotation pages where the source collection provided them.

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Sources and further reading

Quotes by Euripides

1 quote