Every man is like the company he wont to keep. - Euripides

Euripides, son of Mnesarchus, was born in the island of Salamis, on the day of the celebrated victory (B.C. 480). His mother, Clito, had been sent thither in company with the other Athenian women, when Attica was given up, and the ships became at once the refuge of the male population, and the national defense. Mr. Donaldson [1] well remarks, that the patronymic form of his name, derived from the Euripus, which was the scene of the first successful resistance offered to the Persian navy, shows that the attention of his parents was fully excited by the stirring events of the time.

المحارب المسلح تسليحاً ثقيلاً يرزح تحت نير أسلحته، ويموت بسبب جبن رفاقه، إذا لم يكونوا من الشجعان.

But Why Does She Not Speak?