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Sophocles
and Euripides, however, brought tragedy to far
greater perfection: they differ in style, but it is
much disputed as to which should be awarded the
supremacy, a question which, as it has no bearing
on my present theme, I shall make no attempt to
decide. But this much is certain and incontrovertible, that Euripides will be found of far greater service
to those who are training themselves for pleading in
court.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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