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I prefer to be unskilled rather than practised in the lore of foretelling ill. — Aeschylus

Play · Greek tragedy · Tragedy (play)

I prefer to be unskilled rather than practised in the lore of foretelling ill.

In the original Greek

θέλω δ᾽ ἄιδρις μᾶλλον ἢ σοφὸς κακῶν

Aeschylus
The Suppliants · 465 BC
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Topic
Ignorance is bliss
Genre
Greek tragedyTragedy (play)
Medium
Play
Time
465 BCClassical antiquity
Person
Aeschylus
Provenance
Citation
Aeschylus. Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides [The Suppliants]. c. 455 BC.

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