Neither anarchy nor tyranny—this I counsel my citizens to support and respect, and not… — Aeschylus
Neither anarchy nor tyranny—this I counsel my citizens to support and respect, and not to drive fear wholly out of the city. For who among mortals, if he fears nothing, is righteous?
In the original Greek
καὶ μὴ τὸ δεινὸν πᾶν πόλεως ἔξω βαλεῖν. τίς γὰρ δεδοικὼς μηδὲν ἔνδικος βροτῶν;
The Eumenides · 458 BC
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Aeschylus. "The Eumenides." The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides, edited and translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 1984.
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Aeschylus. The Eumenides. 458 BC, The Dionysia, Athens, Greece.
