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Who the gods would destroy?
“Those whom the gods would destroy they first raise up.” It’s a variant of a famous quote from the Ancient Greek tragedian Euripides: “Whom the Gods would destroy they first make mad.” The original version has a lot of clout to it too, but I like the variation because it so widely applicable to our celebrity (and …
When were the gods destroyed?
Anonymous ancient proverb, wrongly attributed to Euripides. The version here is quoted as a “heathen proverb” in Daniel, a Model for Young Men (1854) by William Anderson Scott. The origin of the misattribution to Euripides is unknown. Several variants are quoted in ancient texts, as follows.
Who wrote those whom the gods would destroy?
Richard P. Powell
Whom the Gods Would Destroy is a 1970 novel by Richard P. Powell. Whom the Gods Would Destroy or Whom (the) Gods Destroy may also refer to: “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad”, a phrase used in English literature since at least the 17th century.
When the gods choose to punish us they merely answer our prayers?
Oscar Wilde Quotes When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
Who said those whom the gods would destroy?
In American literature, the character of Prometheus speaks the phrase: Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad in the poem “The Masque of Pandora” (1875), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
How do you quote Euripides?
Euripides > Quotes
- “Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”
- “Stronger than lover’s love is lover’s hate.
- “When one with honeyed words but evil mind.
- “Come back.
- “Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.”
- “The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable,
- “Question everything.
Who God wants to destroy?
“Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad” is quoted as a “heathen proverb” in Daniel, a Model for Young Men (1854) by Reverend William Anderson Scott (1813–85). Brigham Young quoted the phrase in a discourse delivered on March 16, 1856, attributing it as an “ancient proverb”.
What does the phrase “Whom the gods would destroy” mean?
An early version of the phrase Whom the gods would destroy… appears in verses 620–623 of Sophocles ’ play Antigone: “τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ᾽ ἐσθλὸν τῷδ᾽ ἔμμεν’ ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν” to mean that “evil appears as good in the minds of those whom god leads to destruction”.
Who said the gods would destroy they first make mad?
“The phrase “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad” is spoken by Prometheus in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Masque of Pandora” (1875). But the first version of this phrase appears in Antigone by Sophocles as “evil appears as good in the minds of those whom gods lead to destruction”.
Does the creator of the universe want to destroy us?
As Christians, we of course know that the Creator of the universe, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and Father of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ does not wish to destroy anyone. He wishes the sinner to turn from his wickedness and live.