Let me attain no envied wealth, let me not plunder cities, neither be taken in turn, and face life in the power of another. - Aeschylus

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Let me attain no envied wealth, let me not plunder cities, neither be taken in turn, and face life in the power of another.

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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.

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Native Name: Αἰσχύλος
Alternative Names: Æschylus Aeschylos
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It is tempting
For the winner, who might have lost his life,
To take all.
And to destroy whatever cannot be taken.
Let us pray they restrain themselves.

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