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Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny. — Sophocles

Play · Tragic play · Greek theater

Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.

In the original Greek

τῆς ἀναγκαίας τύχης οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν μεῖζον ἀνθρώποις κακόν.

Sophocles
Ajax · 430 BC
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Provenance
Current citation
Sophocles. "Ajax." Electra and Other Plays, translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics, 2008.
Original citation
Sophocles. Αἴας [Ajax]. c. 441 BCE, Athens, Greece.

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