Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat – Fortune Favors the Brave
Terence, Phormio 203, 161 BC
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The story behind it
“Fortune favors the brave” – this is the oldest form of the proverb that has come down to us. It is a line from Phormio, a comedy by Terence first staged in Rome in 161 BC. The slave Geta says it to young Antipho, who has married in secret and now has to face his father: all the more reason to stay sharp, fortune helps the brave. Antipho runs away anyway. “Fortis” is not a spelling mistake: it is the old plural form for “the brave”, which later writers spelled “fortes”. Virgil turned the thought into “audentes fortuna iuvat”. Here seven legionary shields stand in line, and one steps forward.
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“Fortis fortuna adiuvat” – Fortune favors the brave. Terence, Phormio 203 (161 BC).
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