5th century BC

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Psalm 147:3).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 55:6).

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 46:1).

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. 道德經 [Tao Te Ching]. c. 400 BC, ch. 2.

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. "The Natural Way of Lao Tzu." A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, translated by Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton University Press, 1969, ch. 2.

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. 道德經 [Tao Te Ching]. c. 400 BC, ch. 1.

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. "The Natural Way of Lao Tzu." A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, translated by Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton University Press, 1969, ch. 1.

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Sophocles. Αἴας [Ajax]. c. 441 BCE, Athens, Greece.

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Sophocles. "Ajax." Electra and Other Plays, translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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Sophocles. Αἴας [Ajax]. c. 441 BCE, Athens, Greece.

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Sophocles. "Ajax." Electra and Other Plays, translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics, 2008.

Sons are the anchors of a mother's life.

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Sophocles. Phaedra. c. 5th century BC, fragment 612.

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Sophocles. Ἀντιγόνη [Antigone]. c. 441 BC, Festival of Dionysus, Athens, Greece.

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Sophocles. "Antigone." The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone, translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. Mariner Books, 2002.

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Hippocrates. Aphorisms. c. 370 BC, sect. 1, pt. 1.

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Hippocrates. The Aphorisms. Classics of Medicine Library, 1982, sect. 1, pt. 1.

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Xenophanes. Fragments. 5th century BC, F31 - DK22 B116.

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Xenophanes. "Xenophanes of Colophon." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists. Oxford World Classics, 2009, F31 - DK22 B116.

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Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.

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Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.

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Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 1.

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Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1.

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Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, F2 - DK B78.

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Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, F2 - DK B78.

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Herodotus. Histories. c. 430 BC, bk. 7.

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Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 7.

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Euripides. Phrixus. 5th century BC, fragment 830.

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Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 1.

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Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1.

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Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 2, ch. 173.

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Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 173.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 71:12).