“Myths frighten people.”
φοβεροὶ δὲ βροτοῖσι μῦθοι
Fear isn’t always a bad thing, right?
Tag: Electra
Euripides, Electra 294-5
Sophocles Electra 770-771
“Even if she suffers terribly, a mother cannot hate her child.”
οὐδὲ γὰρ κακῶς
πάσχοντι μῖσος ὧν τέκῃ προσγίγνεται.
The full text.
Euripides, Electra 583-4
It is right to believe in the gods no longer if injustice will surpass what is just
ἢ χρὴ μηκέθ᾽ ἡγεῖσθαι θεούς,
εἰ τἄδικ᾽ ἔσται τῆς δίκης ὑπέρτερα.
Electra, daughter of Agamemnon, certainly had reasons to be confused by justice