“Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.”
Quote by Aeschylus
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Prometheus Bound. The Suppliants. Seven Against Thebes. The Persians
This volume includes four of Aeschylus's most renowned works: Prometheus Bound, The Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, and The Persians. These plays are seminal works in the development of Greek tragedy and explore themes of fate, heroism, and the human condition. more
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