The Phoenician Women
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
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The Phoenician Women (Ancient Greek: Φοίνισσαι, Phoinissai) is a tragedy by Euripides, based on the same story as Aeschylus' play Seven Against Thebes. The title refers to the Greek chorus, which is composed of Phoenician women on their way to Delphi who are trapped in Thebes by the war. Unlike some of Euripides' other plays, the chorus does not play a significant role in the plot, but represents the innocent and neutral people who very often are found in the middle of war situations. Patriotism is a significant theme in the story, as Polynices talks a great deal about his love for the city of Thebes but has brought an army to destroy it; Creon is also forced to make a choice between saving the city and saving the life of his son. Euripides wrote the play around 408 BC, under the influence of a big defeat of his homeland, Athens, which then faced a military disaster.
Translations
ca: Les fenícies; de: Die Phönikerinnen; el: Φοίνισσαι; en: The Phoenician Women; eo: Fenicinoj; es: Las fenicias; fi: Foinikian naiset; fr: Les Phéniciennes; is: Fönikíukonur; it: Le fenicie; ja: フェニキアの女たち; ko: 포이니케 여인들; la: Phoenissae; nl: Phoinissai; no: Fønikerinnene; pl: Fenicjanki; pt: As Fenícias; ru: Финикиянки; sh: Feničanke; tl: Mga Babaeng Phoenician; uk: Фінікіянки
