Related voices Euripides
Acceptance of necessity
Enchiridion 53.2, quoting Euripides
Historical translation
W. A. Oldfather, 1928
Whoso has rightly with necessity complied,
We count him wise, and skilled in things divine.
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Greek
The ancient words
ὅστις δ᾽ ἀνάγκῃ συγκεχώρηκεν καλῶς, σοφὸς παρ᾽ ἡμῖν, καὶ τὰ θεῖ᾽ ἐπίσταται.
Literal English
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Whoever has yielded well to necessity is considered wise among us and understands divine things.
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Sources & notes
A saying attributed to Euripides in Epictetus’s closing collection of quotations. It concerns acceptance of necessity rather than directly addressing a deity.
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