Marvels, the Earth breeds many marvels, terrible marvels ov… - Aeschylus

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Marvels, the Earth breeds many marvels,
terrible marvels overwhelm us.
The heaving arms of the sea embrace and swarm
with savage life. And high in the no man's land of night
torches hang like swords.

Aeschylus
The Libation Bearers

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Aeschylus (Greek: Αἰσχύλος; 525 BC – 456 BC) was a playwright of ancient Greece, the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

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Native Name: Αἰσχύλος

Alternative Names: Æschylus • Aeschylos

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რა ამოწურავს მამრის ზვაობას
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I have suffered into truth (...) Time refines all things that age with time

Time in his aging overtakes all things alike.

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