Euripides, Dramatic Fragments

LCL 504: 274-275

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<ΑΥΓΗ ἢ ΤΡΟΦΟΣ?>

ζητῶμεν· ἡ δόκησις ἀνθρώποις κακόν.

<ΤΡΟΦΟΣ ἢ ΑΥΓΗ?>

καὶ τοὐπιχειρεῖν γ᾿ ἐξαμαρτάνειν φιλεῖ.

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<ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ?>

τίς δ᾿ οὐχὶ χαίρει νηπίοις ἀθύρμασιν;

Stobaeus 4.24.49

*272a (= 864 N)

ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ

παίζω· μεταβολὰς γὰρ πόνων ἀεὶ φιλῶ.

Aelian, Miscellany 12.15, with attribution to Heracles ‘while holding a baby’

272b (= 265 N)

<ΗΡΑΚΛΗΣ>

νῦν δ᾿ οἶνος ἐξέστησέ μ᾿· ὁμολογῶ δέ σε ἀδικεῖν, τὸ δ᾿ ἀδίκημ᾿ ἐγένετ᾿ οὐχ ἑκούσιον.

Stobaeus 3.18.19

272c (= 270 N) οὐ τῶν κακούργων οἶκτος ἀλλὰ τῆς δίκης.

Stobaeus 4.5.5

274

Let’s try to find one one. Mere supposition does people no good.

And action attempted also tends to go wrong.

272

<heracles?>

Who does not take pleasure in childish toys?

*272a (= 864 N) <heracles> (holding the baby)

I’m playing; I always like a change from my labours.

272b (= 265 N)

As it is, wine made me lose control. I admit I wronged you, but the wrong was not intentional.

272c (= 270 N)

Pity is not for criminals but for those in the right.

275

DOI: 10.4159/DLCL.euripides-dramatic_fragments.2008