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Who told them that they were dead. — Aeschylus

Play · Tragic play · Greek theater

Who told them that they were dead.

In the original Greek

πᾶς τις ἐπειπεῖν ψόγον ἀλλοθρόοις εὔτυκος:

Aeschylus
The Suppliant Maidens
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Topic
ForeignersXenophobiaImmigration
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Tragic playGreek theater
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Play
Time
Classical antiquity
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Aeschylus
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Aeschylus. Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides [The Suppliants]. c. 455 BC.

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