Streams of the sacred rivers flow uphill; Tradition, order, all things are reversed: Deceit is <i>men's</i> device now, Men's oaths are gods' dishono… - Euripides
" "Streams of the sacred rivers flow uphill;
Tradition, order, all things are reversed:
Deceit is men's device now,
Men's oaths are gods' dishonour.
Legend will now reverse our reputation;
A time comes when the female sex is honoured;
That old discordant slander
Shall no more hold us subject.
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Euripides (Greek: Εὐριπίδης; c. 480 BC–406 BC) was a Greek playwright.
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