Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968). rn The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.

Concerning Wealth. VII.
(From the “Medea” of Euripides)

Euripides

Euripides

(Athenian tragic poet, 480 or 485–406 B.C.; the most modern of ancient writers. Translation by John Addington Symonds)

SPEAK not so hastily: the gods themselves

By gifts are swayed, as fame relates; and gold

Hath a far greater influence o’er the souls

Of mortals than the most persuasive words.