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		<title>Euripides -- Helen [Ἑλένη], l. 267ff (412 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1954)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELEN: When a man broods on a single misfortune and feels the gods are against him, though his suffering is real, it can be borne; but I am crushed by innumerable blows at once. [ἙΛΈΝΗ: ὅστις μὲν οὖν ἐς μίαν ἀποβλέπων τύχην πρὸς θεῶν κακοῦται, βαρὺ μέν, οἰστέον δ᾽ ὅμως: ἡμεῖς δὲ πολλαῖς συμφοραῖς ἐγκείμεθα.] [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="hangingindent">HELEN: When a man broods on a single misfortune and feels the gods are against him, though his suffering is real, it can be borne; but I am crushed by innumerable blows at once.</p>
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<p class="hangingindent">[ἙΛΈΝΗ: ὅστις μὲν οὖν ἐς μίαν ἀποβλέπων τύχην<br />
πρὸς θεῶν κακοῦται, βαρὺ μέν, οἰστέον δ᾽ ὅμως:<br />
ἡμεῖς δὲ πολλαῖς συμφοραῖς ἐγκείμεθα.]</p>
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<br><b>Euripides</b> (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist<br><i>Helen [Ἑλένη]</i>, l. 267ff (412 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1954)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/bacchaeotherplay00euri/page/132/mode/2up?q=%22when+a+man+broods%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0099%3Acard%3D253#:~:text=%E1%BD%85%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%82%20%CE%BC%E1%BD%B2%CE%BD%20%CE%BF%E1%BD%96%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%90%CF%82%20%CE%BC%CE%AF%CE%B1%CE%BD%20%E1%BC%80%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B2%CE%BB%CE%AD%CF%80%CF%89%CE%BD%20%CF%84%CF%8D%CF%87%CE%B7%CE%BD%0A%CF%80%CF%81%E1%BD%B8%CF%82%20%CE%B8%CE%B5%E1%BF%B6%CE%BD%20%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%E1%BF%A6%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B9%2C%20%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%81%E1%BD%BA%20%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%2C%20%CE%BF%E1%BC%B0%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BF%CE%BD%20%CE%B4%E1%BE%BD%20%E1%BD%85%CE%BC%CF%89%CF%82%3A%0A%E1%BC%A1%CE%BC%CE%B5%E1%BF%96%CF%82%20%CE%B4%E1%BD%B2%20%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B1%E1%BF%96%CF%82%20%CF%83%CF%85%CE%BC%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B1%E1%BF%96%CF%82%20%E1%BC%90%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%B8%CE%B1.">Source (Greek)</a>). Other translations: <br><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">He whom the gods afflict,<br>
His sad thoughts though a single suffering claims,<br>
Feels its weight heavy, yet perforce must bear it:<br>
But I with many suffering am weigh'd down.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn6lrk&seq=309&q1=%22he+whom+the+gods%22">Potter</a> (1783), l. 300ff]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Whoever therefore, with one single species<br>
Of misery is afflicted by the gods,<br>
Although the weight of Heaven's chastising hand<br>
Be grievous, may with fortitude endure<br>
Such visitation, but by many woes<br>
Am I oppressed.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015019113177&seq=129&q1=%22one+single+species%22">Wodhull</a> (1809)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Whosoever therefore, looking to one fate only, is ill-treated by the Gods, it is a thing heavy indeed, but may nevertheless be borne; but I lie amidst many calamities.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=rul.39030018953945&seq=218&q1=%22one+fate+only%22">Buckley</a> (1850)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When someone looks to one event only, and is ill-treated by the gods, it is hard, but all the same it can be borne. But I am involved in countless troubles.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0100%3Acard%3D253#:~:text=When%20someone%20looks%20to%20one%20event%20only%2C%20and%20is%20ill%2Dtreated%20by%20the%20gods%2C%20it%20is%20hard%2C%20but%20all%20the%20same%20it%20can%20be%20borne.%20But%20I%20am%20involved%20in%20countless%20troubles.">Coleridge</a> (1891)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Whoso, on one chance centering all his hopes,<br>
Is stricken of God, hard though it be, may bear it;<br>
But I -- I am whelmed in many miseries.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015012280742&seq=513&q1=%22on+one+chance%22">Way</a> (Loeb) (1912)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>If in some one respect the gods afflict us,<br>
It is not easy, yet we grieve with patience.<br>
But grief on grief is multiplied in me.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4036627&seq=20&q1=%22gods+afflict+us%22">Sheppard</a> (1925)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When a man looks for one thing only, and the gods<br>
take that thing from him, it is hard, but bearable.<br>
On me, however, many things have come at once.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015014494374&seq=31&q1=%22one+thing+only%22">Warner</a> (1951)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He who sees from the gods a single strain of luck, <br>
all bad, has a sad lot, but can endure it still. <br>
More complex is the sorrow in which I am involved. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/euripidesiicyclo00euri/page/210/mode/2up?q=%22he+who+sees%22">Lattimore</a> (1956)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>To fix your every hope on one thing<br>
<span class="tab">and then in that to be disappointed by the gods,<br>
<span class="tab">is admittedly a heavy blow.<br>
But it is bearable.<br>
Not so with me.<br>
My misfortunes are many.<br>
Blow after blow, they beat me down.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Essential_Euripides/bIGmPOH2RpIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22to%20fix%20yuour%20every%20hope%22">Meagher</a> (1986)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When you set your sights on one ambition and then are cheated of this by the gods, it is hard to bear but must be endured.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Heracles_and_Other_Plays/3ccaxnT-SFEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22when%20you%20set%20your%22">Davie</a> (2002)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Now, if a man doth turn his eyes to a single phase of fortune, and meets ill-usage at heaven's hands, 'tis hard no doubt; but still it can be borne; but I in countless troubles am involved.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/euripidesninetee0000euri/page/368/mode/2up?q=%22man+doth+turn%22">Athenian Society</a> (2006)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When someone is victimized by the gods in one thing,<br>
It's hard, but it can be endured.<br>
I am beset with problems on all sides.<br>
[tr. <a href="http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/helen.htm#:~:text=When%20someone%20is%20victimised%20by%20the%20gods%20in%20one%20thing%2C%0AIt%27s%20hard%2C%20but%20it%20can%20be%20endured.%0AI%20am%20beset%20with%20problems%20on%20all%20sides.">A. Wilson</a> (2007)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When a man has a plan in mind but is hindered by the will of the gods, well, that’s a hard thing to cope with but it can be endured but I -- I have fallen victim to many misfortunes.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://bacchicstage.wpcomstaging.com/euripides/helen/#:~:text=When%20a%20man%20has%20a%20plan%20in%20mind%20but%20is%20hindered%20by%20the%20will%20of%20the%20gods%2C%20well%2C%20that%E2%80%99s%20a%20hard%20thing%20to%20cope%20with%20but%20it%20can%20be%20endured%20but%20I%20%E2%80%93%20I%20have%20fallen%20victim%20to%20many%20misfortunes.">Theodoridis</a> (2011)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When someone faces a crisis from the gods, and is distressed,<br>
it’s a burden, yes -- but bearable all the same.<br>
But me, I’m wrapped in many sorrows.<br>
[<a href="https://www.uvm.edu/~jbailly/courses/CLAS24TrojanWar/1.%20Helen%20Script.pdf#page=12">Ambrose</a> et al. (2018)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>When someone looks to one event only, and is ill-treated by the gods, it is hard, but all the same it can be borne. But I am involved in countless troubles.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/euripides-helen/#:~:text=When%20someone%20looks%20to%20one%20event%20only%2C%20and%20is%20ill%2Dtreated%20by%20the%20gods%2C%20it%20is%20hard%2C%20but%20all%20the%20same%20it%20can%20be%20borne.%20But%20I%20am%20involved%20in%20countless%20troubles.">Coleridge / Helen Heroization Team</a>]</blockquote><br>
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		<title>Cocteau, Jean -- Quoted in Newsweek (16 May 1955)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.</p>
<br><b>Jean Cocteau</b> (1889-1963) French writer, filmmaker, artist<br>Quoted in <i>Newsweek</i> (16 May 1955) 
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