然而,如果我们只要简单扼要地说明,而不要求穷其究竟,欧里庇德斯与米南德(Menander)及斐勒蒙有甚么共同的地方,是甚么使他们这样兴奋地去模仿;
If one were to attempt to say briefly and merely by way of suggestion what Menander and Philemon had in common with Euripides , and what they found so exemplary and exciting in him ,