All 4 Uses of
refuge
in
Medea by Euripides - (translated by: T.A. Buckley)
- Unhappy woman! alas wretched on account of thy griefs! whither wilt thou turn? what hospitality, or house, or country wilt thou find a refuge for these ills? how the Deity hath led thee, Medea, into a pathless tide of woes!†
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- Insult me, since thou hast refuge, but I destitute shall fly this land.†
- I have neither country, nor house, nor refuge from my ills.†
- And let thy affairs indeed be not matter for my words; for thou thyself wilt know a refuge from punishment.†
Definition:
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(refuge) something giving protection or comfort -- especially a safe place