Bastions of wealth are no deference for the man who treads the grand altar of Justice down and out of sight. - Aeschylus

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Bastions of wealth
are no deference for the man
who treads the grand altar of Justice
down and out of sight.

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About Aeschylus

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.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Tilemachos Efthimiadis (CC BY-SA)

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Native Name: Αἰσχύλος
Alternative Names: Æschylus Aeschylos

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