The Suppliant Maidens
From LSJ
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
Supplices (Ἱκέτιδες) may refer to two separate ancient Greek plays:
- The Suppliants, by Euripides. The Suppliants (Ancient Greek: Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides; Latin Supplices), also called The Suppliant Maidens, or The Suppliant Women, first performed in 423 BC, is an ancient Greek play by Euripides.
- The Suppliants, by Aeschylus. The Suppliants (Ancient Greek: Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides; Latin: Supplices), also called The Suppliant Maidens, The Suppliant Women, or Supplices is a play by Aeschylus. It was probably first performed "only a few years previous to the Orestea, which was brought out 458 BC.
Translations
bg: Молителките; ca: Les suplicants; de: Die Schutzflehenden; el: Ικέτιδες; en: The Suppliants; es: Las suplicantes; fi: Turvananojat; fr: Les Suppliantes; is: Meyjar í nauðum; it: Le supplici; ja: 救いを求める女たち; ko: 탄원하는 여인들; la: Supplices; nl: Smekelingen; no: De bønnfallende; pt: As Suplicantes; ru: Просительницы; sv: De skyddssökande; tr: Hypermestra'nın Yargısı; uk: Благальниці
