Aeschylus, in Prometheus Bound, as translated by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1833)
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I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware Necessity doth front the universe With an invincible gesture.
— Aeschylus on Prometheus
What It Means
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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.
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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