Euripides, Medea, 409.
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The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards, (i.e. everything is turned topsy turvy).
— Euripides on Rivers
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Rivers" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 675-676.)
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About Euripides
Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.
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