"Whom The Gods Would Destroy, They First Make Mad"
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Excerpt: An early version of the phrase Whom the gods would destroy... appears in verses 620–623 of Sophocles’ play Antigone: "τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ᾽ ἐσθλὸν τῷδ᾽ ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν" to mean that "evil appears as good in the minds of those whom god leads to destruction".
A form closer to the modern version is found in Procopius, Vandal Wars, I.19.25, "ὅς [θεός], ἡνίκα τι ἀνθρώπῳ συμβῆναι βουλεύηται φλαῦρον, τῷ λογισμὸν ἁψάμενος πρῶτον": "who [God], whenever He purposes that some adversity shall befall a man, touches first his reason".
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