Who knows but life be that which men call death, and death what men call life?

Euripides

Phrixus

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Life and death

Author

Euripides

Source

Phrixus

Language

Greek

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

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Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Citation

Euripides. Phrixus. 5th century BC, fragment 830.

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Every man dies, not every man really lives.

William Wallace

Braveheart

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Topic
Living life to the fullest Life and death
Speaker
William Wallace
Actor
Mel Gibson
Source
Braveheart
Medium
Film
Genre
Epic (film) Historical drama (film) Epic Historical drama
Language
English
Time
1995 1990s 20th century
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Braveheart. Directed by Mel Gibson, Icon Productions/The Ladd Company, 1995.

Another quote from the 5th century BC

Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Socrates

Quoted in Theaetetus, by Plato

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Curiosity Wonder Philosophy
Speaker
Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Theaetetus
Medium
Philosophical dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Θεαίτητος [Theaetetus], written by Plato. c. 369 BC.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Theaetetus, written by Plato, translated by John McDowell. Oxford University Press, 2014.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Time, the devourer of all things.

Ovid

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Topic
Effects of time Relentlessness of time Time

Author

Ovid
Source
Metamorphoses
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Latin
Time
8 0s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Ovid. Metamorphōsēs [Metamorphoses]. c. 8 CE, bk. 15, l. 234.

Current Citation

Ovid. Metamorphoses, translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics, 2004, bk. 15, l. 234.

Another quote originally in Greek

It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return.

Socrates

Quoted in Crito, by Plato

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Eye for an eye Retaliation Revenge Justice
Speaker
Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Crito
Medium
Philosophical dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
Greek
Time
399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Plato. Crito. 399 BCE.

Current Citation

Plato. "Crito." Plato: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2017.