And Euripides:839—
“Not grudgingly he gives a lease of life,
That we the holders may be fairly judged;
And if a mortal man doth think to hide
His daily guilt from the keen eye of God,
It is an evil thought; so if perchance
He meets with leisure-taking Justice, she
Demands him as her lawful prisoner:
But many of you hastily commit
A twofold sin, and say there is no God.
But, ah! there is; there is. Then see that he
Who, being wicked, prospers, may redeem
The time so precious, else hereafter waits
For him the due reward of punishment.”
839 Grotius joins these lines to the preceding. Clement of Alexandria assigns them, and the others, which are
under the name of Euripides, to Diphilus.
782
Chapter III.—Testimonies to a future judgment.