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... AESCHYLUS . Supplices , 327 .- ( Chorus . ) " Manifold Are ills of mortals , and thou could'st not find The self - same form of evil anywhere . " - ( Plumptre . ) “ Αἱρετώτερόν σοι ἔστω λίθον εἰκῆ βάλλειν , ἢ λόγον αργόν . ” PYTHAGORAS ...
... AESCHYLUS . Supplices , 327 .- ( Chorus . ) " Manifold Are ills of mortals , and thou could'st not find The self - same form of evil anywhere . " - ( Plumptre . ) “ Αἱρετώτερόν σοι ἔστω λίθον εἰκῆ βάλλειν , ἢ λόγον αργόν . ” PYTHAGORAS ...
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... AESCHYLUS . Eumenides , 647 .- ( Apollo . ) " But when the dust has drunk the blood of men , No resurrection comes for one who's dead . " — ( Plumptre . ) “ Ανδρὸς δ ' ενόρκου γενεὴ μετόπισθεν ἀμείνων . ” HESIOD . Works and Days , 285 ...
... AESCHYLUS . Eumenides , 647 .- ( Apollo . ) " But when the dust has drunk the blood of men , No resurrection comes for one who's dead . " — ( Plumptre . ) “ Ανδρὸς δ ' ενόρκου γενεὴ μετόπισθεν ἀμείνων . ” HESIOD . Works and Days , 285 ...
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... AESCHYLUS . Persae , 349 .- ( The Messenger . ) “ Their men are left , and that is bulwark strong . ” ( Plumptre . ) “ Ανδρες γὰρ πόλις καὶ οὐ τείχη , οὐδὲ νῆες ἀνδρῶν κεναί . ” THUCYDIDES . History , VII . , 77 , 7 . " " Tis men who ...
... AESCHYLUS . Persae , 349 .- ( The Messenger . ) “ Their men are left , and that is bulwark strong . ” ( Plumptre . ) “ Ανδρες γὰρ πόλις καὶ οὐ τείχη , οὐδὲ νῆες ἀνδρῶν κεναί . ” THUCYDIDES . History , VII . , 77 , 7 . " " Tis men who ...
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... AESCHYLUS . Septem contra Thebas , 554 .- ( Eteocles . ) " We have a man who boasts not , but his hand Sees the right thing to do . " — ( Plumptre . ) “ Ανὴρ ἀτυχῶν δὲ σώζεται ταῖς ἐλπίσιν . ” MENANDER . Monosticha , 643 . " A man in ...
... AESCHYLUS . Septem contra Thebas , 554 .- ( Eteocles . ) " We have a man who boasts not , but his hand Sees the right thing to do . " — ( Plumptre . ) “ Ανὴρ ἀτυχῶν δὲ σώζεται ταῖς ἐλπίσιν . ” MENANDER . Monosticha , 643 . " A man in ...
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... AESCHYLUS . Prometheus Vinctus , 35.— ( Hephaestus . ) “ Who holds a power But newly gained is ever stern of mood . " — ( Plumptre . ) “ Απας ἐρυθριῶν χρηστὸς εἶναί μοι δοκεῖ . ” MENANDER . Homopatrii , Fragment 1 . " He who can blush ...
... AESCHYLUS . Prometheus Vinctus , 35.— ( Hephaestus . ) “ Who holds a power But newly gained is ever stern of mood . " — ( Plumptre . ) “ Απας ἐρυθριῶν χρηστὸς εἶναί μοι δοκεῖ . ” MENANDER . Homopatrii , Fragment 1 . " He who can blush ...
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