Use stream of consciousness to answer the following. The sentiment appears in ancient Greek tragedies of which only fragments now remain. In his Philoctetes (c. 409 BC), Sophocles wrote, "No good e'er comes of leisure purposeless; And heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act." And in the Hippolytus (428BC) of Euripides appears the speech, "Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid."

Answer this question based on the passage: where does the phrase god helps those who help themselves come from?
This is the relevant information: The sentiment appears in ancient Greek tragedies of which only fragments now remain. Final answer: ancient Greek tragedies.