A brass spyglass on a small rocky rise, pointing toward an orange sun at the distant horizon beneath a blue dusk sky.

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Rhesus

Euripides

Slight not what’s near through aiming at what’s far.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker warns against neglecting what is nearby while pursuing something distant. Ambition can narrow attention even as it looks far ahead. The advice asks for care toward present duties, relationships or opportunities, so that a remote goal does not make immediate life seem unworthy of notice.

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