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By Hades, I wish Goodreads.com would make it mandatory to cite the literary source in quotes.

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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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Now, by the altar,
Over the victim
Ripe for our ritual,
Sing this enchantment:
A song without music,
A sword in the senses,
A storm in the heart
And a fire in the brain;
A clamour of Furies
To paralyse reason,
A tune full of terror,
A drought in the soul!
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides · February 7, 1984 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance
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