Euripides, Dramatic Fragments

LCL 504: 6-7

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1 ποίαν σε φῶμεν γαῖαν ἐκλελοιπότα πόλει ξενοῦσθαι τῇδε; τίς πάτρας ὅρος; τίς ἐσθ᾿ ὁ φύσας; τοῦ κεκήρυξαι πατρός;

Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies 6.2.11.3

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<ΧΟΡΟΣ?>

τί σε μάτηρ ἐν δεκάτᾳ τόκου ὠνόμαζεν;

Schol. on Aristophanes, Birds 494 (similarly Suda δ 181)

3 δειλῶν γυναῖκες δεσποτῶν θρασύστομοι.

Stobaeus 4.22.161

4 πέφυκε γάρ πως παισὶ πολέμιον γυνὴ τοῖς πρόσθεν ἡ ζυγεῖσα δευτέρα πατρί.

Stobaeus 4.22.157

2 δευτέρα πατρί Dindorf (δευτέρα Elmsley): δευτέρῳ πατρί Stob. ms. M and probably others (δευτε πατρί ms. A, δευτέρῳ πόσει ms. S after alteration)
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Aegeus

Aegeus

1

What land shall we say you have left to visit this city? What is your homeland’s border? Who begot you, as whose son are you proclaimed?

2
<Chorus?>

What did your mother name you on the tenth day after your birth?1

3

Weak masters have outspoken wives.

4

A woman is naturally somewhat hostile towards the children of a previous marriage when she is their father’s second wife.

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DOI: 10.4159/DLCL.euripides-dramatic_fragments.2008