War and Peace

(Copied from Michael Gilleland's blog.)

"And yet each man among us knows which of the two to prefer, the good or ill, and how much better peace is for mankind than war, peace, the Muses' dearest friend, the foe of Sorrow, whose joy is in glad throngs of children, and its delight in prosperity. These are the blessings we cast away and wickedly embark on war, man enslaving his weaker brother, and cities following suit." Euripides, Suppliant Women, lines 486-493 (translated by Edward P. Coleridge)


Peace Holding Wealth, by Cephisodorus (Roman copy, in Munich, Staatliche Antikensammlungen);