Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 4.63 = 47b Kannicht

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non sine causa cum “Orestem” fabulam doceret doceret Prisc. Inst. 6.61 : diceret M Euripides primos tris uersus reuocasse dicitur Socrates…

Not without reason, when Euripides was producing the play Orestes, is Socrates said to have requested a repeat of the first three lines…


Relevant guides Euripides