Monday, April 6, 2026

Aeschylus

Aeschylus (c. 525-456 BCE)

“The reach for power can recoil,
the bolt of god can strike you at a glance.”

  • From Aeschylus’ Agamemnon (approximately lines 460-465), translated by Robert Fagles. New York: Penguin Classics, 1979.

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