“Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.”
Quote by Aeschylus
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Source: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Aeschylus
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Source: Aeschylus II: The Oresteia
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Source: Aeschylus: Oresteia; Agamemnon, The libation bearers, The Eumenides, translated and with an introd. by R. Lattimore
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Source: Aeschylus: Oresteia; Agamemnon, The libation bearers, The Eumenides, translated and with an introd. by R. Lattimore
Source: Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound