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ὁ Εὐριπίδης εἰπεῖν λέγεται πρὸς τοὺς τὸν Ἰξίονα λοιδοροῦντας ὡς ἀσεβῆ καὶ μιαρόν· “οὐ μέντοι πρότερον αὐτὸν ἐκ τὴς σκηνῆς ἐξήγαγον ἢ τῶι τροχῶι προσηλῶσαι.”
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It is said that to those who were criticising the ''Ixion'' on the grounds that it was impious and abominable, Euripides said, ‘I did not take him off-stage, however, before nailing him to a wheel.’
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