Living Poets

{{DISPLAYTITLE:Plutarch, ''Dialogue on Love'' 13.756bc = F 480 Kannicht}}
{{#howtoquote:}}{{#togglenotes:}}
<div class="textwithtranslation">
<div id="maintext">{{AppCritAbbr}}
ἀκούεις δὲ δήπου τὸν Εὐριπίδην ὡς ἐθορυβήθη ποιησάμενος ἀρχὴν τῆς Μελανίππης {{#lemma: ἐκείνην | ἐκείνην Sauppe : ἐκείνης M}}·

<blockquote>
	{{#lemma: Ζεὺς ⟨ὅστις ὁ Ζεύς,⟩  οὐ γὰρ οἶδα πλὴν λόγωι. | Fr. 480 Kannicht. ⟨ὅστις ὁ Ζεύς⟩ Duebner (cf. Lucian, ''Iupp. trag.'' 41 p. 26, 18 Coenen)}} 
</blockquote>

μεταλαβὼν {{#lemma: δὲ χορὸν | δὲ χορὸν Sauppe : δι’ ἐχθρὸν M}} ἄλλον (ἐθάρρει {{#lemma: ⟨γὰρ⟩ | ⟨γὰρ⟩ Duebner}} ὡς ἔοικε τῶι δράματι γεγραμμένωι πανηγυρικῶς καὶ περιττῶς) ἤλλαξε τὸν στίχον ὡς νῦν γέγραπται·

<blockquote>
	{{#lemma: Ζεύς, ὡς λέλεκται τῆς ἀληθείας ὕπο. | Fr. 481 Kannicht}} 
</blockquote>

</div>

<div id="translation">
You have heard, I presume, that Euripides provoked outrage when he composed that opening of the Melanippe:
<blockquote>
	Zeus, whoever Zeus is, for I do not know him except by report.
</blockquote>
And having received another chorus (for he had confidence since the drama seemed to have been written in a pompous and elaborate style) he substituted the verse which is now transmitted:
<blockquote>
	Zeus, as it has been said by truth.
</blockquote>
</div>

</div><div style="clear:both"></div>


{{CollectionsBox
|editor=Nicholas Freer
|guides=[[Euripides: A Guide to Selected Sources|Euripides]]
}}

{{#set:Short title=Plutarch, ''Dialogue on Love'' 13.756bc}}

[[Category:Euripides Collections]]