For if I permitted this altar to be violated by force by a strange man, I shall not seem to inhabit a free country. - Euripides

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For if I permitted this altar to be violated by force by a strange man, I shall not seem to inhabit a free country.

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Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.

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Native Name: Εὐριπίδης
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