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		<title>Euripides -- Medea [Μήδεια], l.  616ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEDEA: I shall never accept the favors of friends of yours, Nor take a thing from you, so you need not offer it. There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man. [ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: οὔτ᾽ ἂν ξένοισι τοῖσι σοῖς χρησαίμεθ᾽ ἂν οὔτ᾽ ἄν τι δεξαίμεσθα, μηδ᾽ ἡμῖν δίδου: κακοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς δῶρ᾽ ὄνησιν οὐκ [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="hangingindent">MEDEA: I shall never accept the favors of friends of yours,<br />
Nor take a thing from you, so you need not offer it.<br />
There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.</p>
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<p class="hangingindent">[ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: οὔτ᾽ ἂν ξένοισι τοῖσι σοῖς χρησαίμεθ᾽ ἂν<br />
οὔτ᾽ ἄν τι δεξαίμεσθα, μηδ᾽ ἡμῖν δίδου:<br />
κακοῦ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς δῶρ᾽ ὄνησιν οὐκ ἔχει.]</p>
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<br><b>Euripides</b> (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist<br><i>Medea</i> [Μήδεια], l.  616ff (431 BC) [tr. Warner (1944)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/euripides-medea-warner.ocr/page/78/mode/2up?q=%22gifts+of+a+bad+man%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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(<a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0113%3Acard%3D588#:~:text=%CE%BF%E1%BD%94%CF%84%E1%BE%BD%20%E1%BC%82%CE%BD%20%CE%BE%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B9%20%CF%84%CE%BF%E1%BF%96%CF%83%CE%B9%20%CF%83%CE%BF%E1%BF%96%CF%82%20%CF%87%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%B8%E1%BE%BD%20%E1%BC%82%CE%BD%0A%CE%BF%E1%BD%94%CF%84%E1%BE%BD%20%E1%BC%84%CE%BD%20%CF%84%CE%B9%20%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B8%CE%B1%2C%20%CE%BC%CE%B7%CE%B4%E1%BE%BD%20%E1%BC%A1%CE%BC%E1%BF%96%CE%BD%20%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%85%3A%0A%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%E1%BF%A6%20%CE%B3%E1%BD%B0%CF%81%20%E1%BC%80%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%E1%BD%B8%CF%82%20%CE%B4%E1%BF%B6%CF%81%E1%BE%BD%20%E1%BD%84%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BD%20%CE%BF%E1%BD%90%CE%BA%20%E1%BC%94%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%B9.">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">No use I of thy friends <br>
Will make, nor aught accept; thy presents spare. <br>
For nothing which the wicked man can give <br>
Proves beneficial.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/nineteentragedi01wodhgoog/page/276/mode/2up?q=%22For+nothing+which%22">Wodhull</a> (1782)]   </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I shall not use thy friends, nor will accept<br>
Aught of thy treasures: give not me; the gifts<br>
Of a bad man can bring no good with them.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bacch%C3%A6_Ion_Alcestis_Medea_Hippolytu/L8tCAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22bring%20no%20good%22">Potter</a> (1814)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Guest-friends of thine shall never profit me.<br>
Nor will I aught of thee: proffer me nothing,<br>
For there's no service in a bad man's gift.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Medea_(Webster_1868)#:~:text=Guest%2Dfriends%20of%20thine%20shall%20never%20profit%20me.%0ANor%20will%20I%20aught%20of%20thee%3A%20proffer%20me%20nothing%2C%0AFor%20there%27s%20no%20service%20in%20a%20bad%20man%27s%20gift.">Webster</a> (1868)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I will have naught to do with friends of thine, naught will I receive of thee, offer it not to me; a villain's gifts can bring no blessing.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Plays_of_Euripides_(Coleridge)/Medea#:~:text=I%20will%20have%20naught%20to%20do%20with%20friends%20of%20thine%2C%20naught%20will%20I%20receive%20of%20thee%2C%20offer%20it%20not%20to%20me%3B%20a%20villain%27s%20gifts%20can%20bring%20no%20blessing.">Coleridge</a> (1891)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I will neither use thy friends, nor will I receive aught; do not give to me, for the gifts of a bad man bring no assistance.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/15081/pg15081-images.html#MEDEA:~:text=I%20will%20neither%20use%20thy%20friends%2C%20nor%20will%20I%20receive%20aught%3B%20do%20not%20give%20to%20me%2C%20for%20the%20gifts%20of%20a%20bad%20man%20bring%20no%20assistance.">Buckley</a> (1892)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Thy friends! — nothing will I of friends of thine.<br>
No whit will I receive, nor offer thou.<br>
No profit is there in a villain's gifts.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Tragedies_of_Euripides_(Way)/Medea#:~:text=Thy%20friends!%E2%80%94nothing%20will%20I%20of%20friends%20of%20thine.%0ANo%20whit%20will%20I%20receive%2C%20nor%20offer%20thou.%0ANo%20profit%20is%20there%20in%20a%20villain%27s%20gifts.">Way</a> (Loeb) (1894)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/familiarquotatio00bartuoft/page/698/mode/2up?q=%22bad+man+bring+no+good+with+them%22">Morgan</a>; Bartlett's (1903)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I will not seek thy friends. I will not take<br>
Thy givings. Give them not. Fruits of a stem<br>
Unholy bring no blessing after them.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/35451/pg35451-images.html#:~:text=I%20will%20not%20seek%20thy%20friends.%20I%20will%20not%20take%0AThy%20givings.%20Give%20them%20not.%20Fruits%20of%20a%20stem%0AUnholy%20bring%20no%20blessing%20after%20them.">Murray</a> (1906)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Nothing would induce me to have dealings with your friends,<br>
Nor to take any gift of yours; so offer none.<br>
A lying traitor's gifts carry no luck.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/medeaotherplays0000euri/page/34/mode/2up?q=%22lying+traitor%27s+gifts%22">Vellacott</a> (1963)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I wouldn’t have any dealings with <i>your</i> friends,<br>
Nor take what <em>you</em> gave, don’t bother offering. <br>
“The gifts of an evil giver bring no gain.”<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/euripides-medea-podlecki_20220818/page/39/mode/2up?q=%22evil+giver%22">Podlecki</a> (1989)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I will accept no help from your friends nor will I take anything from you, so do not offer it. The gifts of a base man bring no benefit.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0114%3Acard%3D588#:~:text=I%20will%20accept%20no%20help%20from%20your%20friends%20nor%20will%20I%20take%20anything%20from%20you%2C%20so%20do%20not%20offer%20it.%20The%20gifts%20of%20a%20base%20man%20bring%20no%20benefit.">Kovacs</a> (Loeb) (1994)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I would not on any terms resort to friends of yours or accept anything from you; make me no such offer; gifts from wicked people bring only harm.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/medeaotherplays0000euri_d3q9/page/66/mode/2up?q=%22gifts+from+wicked%22">Davie</a> (1996)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I need neither your money nor your friends.  Gifts from an evil man are of no use at all to anyone.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://bacchicstage.wpcomstaging.com/euripides/medea/#:~:text=I%20need%20neither%20your%20money%20nor%20your%20friends.%C2%A0%20Gifts%20from%20an%20evil%20man%20are%20of%20no%20use%20at%20all%20to%20anyone.">Theodoridis</a> (2004)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>We will not be making use of your friends; <br>
I will not take anything from you; don’t give me anything. <br>
The gift of a bad man brings no pleasure. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://diotima-doctafemina.org/translations/greek/euripides-medea/#:~:text=We%20will%20not%20be%20making%20use%20of%20your%20friends%3B%C2%A0%0AI%20will%20not%20take%20anything%20from%20you%3B%20don%E2%80%99t%20give%20me%20anything.%C2%A0%0AThe%20gift%20of%20a%20bad%20man%20brings%20no%20pleasure.%C2%A0">Luschnig</a> (2007)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I’ll accept no assistance from your friends,<br>
nor anything from you. Don’t make the offer.<br>
Gifts from a worthless man are without value.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://johnstoniatexts.x10host.com/euripides/medeahtml.html#:~:text=I%E2%80%99ll%20accept%20no%20assistance%20from%20your%20friends%2C%0Anor%20anything%20from%20you.%20Don%E2%80%99t%20make%20the%20offer.%0AGifts%20from%20a%20worthless%20man%20are%20without%20value.">Johnston</a> (2008)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I would not use your friends nor take a thing from you, so do not give; the gifts of a bad man can do great harm.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Euripides_Medea/kNBUEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22i%20would%20not%20use%22">Ewans</a> (2022)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Neither would I make use of your <em>xenoi</em>, nor would I accept anything from you; cease to offer it. Gifts from a <em>kakos</em> man bring no benefit.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/euripides-medea/#:~:text=Neither%20would%20I%20make%20use%20of%20your%20xenoi%2C%20nor%20would%20I%20accept%20anything%20from%20you%3B%20cease%20to%20offer%20it.%20Gifts%20from%20a%20kakos%20man%20bring%20no%20benefit.">Coleridge / Ceragioli / Nagy / Hour25</a>]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>I will accept no help from your friends nor will I take anything from you, so do not offer it. The gifts of a dishonourable man bring no benefit.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/greekromanmyth/chapter/medea/#euripides:~:text=I%20will%20accept%20no%20help%20from%20your%20friends%20nor%20will%20I%20take%20anything%20from%20you%2C%20so%20do%20not%20offer%20it.%20The%20gifts%20of%20a%20dishonourable%20man%20bring%20no%20benefit.">Kovacs / Zhang / Rogak</a>]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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