Quotes by
Agathon |
Αγάθων, 450-400 BC , Ancient Greek tragic poet
His first victory, in 416 BC, in the Great Dionysia was celebrated in a banquet in his house. The event was the setting for Plato’s Symposium. | 5 quotes | 2,070 visits |
Ancient Greek
| • | Art favored luck and luck favored art. Τέχνη τύχην έστερξε και τύχη τέχνην. 8 |
| • | Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules men; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not rule for ever. Τον άρχοντα τριών δει μέμνησθαι: Πρώτον ότι ανθρώπων άρχει. Δεύτερον ότι κατά νόμους άρχει. Τρίτον ότι ουκ αεί άρχει. 6 |
| • | They say that time is by nature wise. Σοφόν λέγουσι τον χρόνον πεφυκέναι. 6 |
| • | The base among mankind in order to avoid effort fall in love with death. Φαύλοι βροτών γαρ του πονείν ησσόμενοι θανείν ερώσιν. 6 |
| • | Of this alone, even god is deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have been. Μόνου γαρ αυτού και θεός στερίσκεται, αγένητα ποιείν άσσ᾽ αν ᾖ πεπραγμένα. 4 |
