“This is it which has destroyed the firmly-settled cities and homes of men: overly fine speaking.”
τοῦτ᾽ ἔσθ᾽ ὃ θνητῶν εὖ πόλεις οἰκουμένας
δόμους τ᾽ ἀπόλλυσ᾽, οἱ καλοὶ λίαν λόγοι.
Euripides, Hippolytus 486-7
“This is it which has destroyed the firmly-settled cities and homes of men: overly fine speaking.”
τοῦτ᾽ ἔσθ᾽ ὃ θνητῶν εὖ πόλεις οἰκουμένας
δόμους τ᾽ ἀπόλλυσ᾽, οἱ καλοὶ λίαν λόγοι.