Sunday, May 3, 2026

Aeschylus

Aeschylus (c. 525-456 BCE)

“[B]etter to die
on your feet than live on your knees.”

  • From Aeschylus’ Agamemnon (approximately between lines 1360-1376), translated by Robert Fagles. New York: Penguin Classics, 1979.

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