The criticism of Aristophanes probably hit the truth exactly both in a moral and in a poetical point of view; but poetry influences the course of history not in
to its value, but in proportion as it is able to forecast the spirit of the age, and in this respect Euripides was unsurpassed.
to its value, but in proportion as it is able to forecast the spirit of the age, and in this respect Euripides was unsurpassed.
The history of Rome; tr. with the sanction of the ... v.3. Mommsen, Theodor, 1817-1903
