Meditations · Character
Euripides
Greek tragedian, quoted in the Meditations.
minor
First appearance: book viii
Euripides's tie to Plato is one of the pressures that moves Meditations—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Quoted for the lines about enduring the breeze sent by heaven and toiling without complaining.
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With Plato (social): Both were classical Athenian figures; Plato referenced Euripides in his works, though they moved in different intellectual circles. In Book VII: Quoted for the lines about enduring the breeze sent…
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- Stoic and Philosophical Mentors
- Protagonist
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