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Whom Jupiter wants to destroy, he deprives him of reason

Ancient Greek and Roman mythology

Phraseologism: Whom Jupiter wants to destroy, that deprives the mind.

Meaning: Quoted as a reminder that a person punishes himself most severely when he commits unreasonable acts, persists in his mistakes and delusions, etc.

Origin: From Latin: Quos Iupiter perdere vult, dementat. The words of an unknown ancient Greek tragic playwright of the era of Sophocles (c. 496 - c. 406 BC), which are often found in the form of a quote from ancient authors: "When a deity prepares a misfortune for a person, he first of all takes away from him the argues." The same thought (as a quote) is present in the speech of the Athenian statesman and orator Lycurgus (390-324 BC), which he uttered against Leocrates: gives a wrong direction to his thoughts so that he does not recognize his mistakes. The Latin formula of this thought that has become winged: Deus quos vult perdere dementat prius [deus quos vult perdere dementat prius] - "Whoever God wants to punish, he first deprives of reason" belongs to the English philologist Joshua Barnes. He used this phrase in his commentary on one of the texts attributed to the ancient Greek poet, playwright Euripides (480-406 BC). Varne published his collected works (with his comments) (1694) in Cambridge (England). The modern, most common version of this winged expression - Whom Jupiter wants to destroy, first deprives of reason - is given in the comments of the French philologist Boissonade to the works of Euripides, published (1825) in Paris. The most ancient Russian version (apparently based on Greek sources) of this winged expression is an entry in the Ipatiev Chronicle: "God, when he wants to show off a person, takes away his mind."

Random phraseology:

And it's all about him.

Meaning:

About the collection of information (books, articles, etc.) about someone, something (jokingly ironic).

Origin:

The title of the novel (1974) by the Soviet writer Vil Vladimirovich Lipatov (1927-1979).

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