ll. 426-27, Phaedra (tr. David Kovacs, 1995)
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Mόνον δὲ τοῦτό φασ᾽ ἁμιλλᾶσθαι βίῳ,
γνώμην δικαίαν κἀγαθήν ὅτῳ παρῇ.
• One thing only, they say, competes in value with life, the possession of a heart blameless and good.
— Euripides
What It Means
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γνώμην δικαίαν κἀγαθήν ὅτῳ παρῇ.
• One thing only, they say, competes in value with life, the possession of a heart blameless and good." in the context of "ll. 426-27, Phaedra (tr. David Kovacs, 1995)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Euripides
Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.
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