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I prefer to be unskilled rather than practised in the lore of foretelling ill.

Aeschylus

The Suppliants

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Topic

Ignorance is bliss

Speaker

King

Author

Aeschylus

Source

The Suppliants

Medium

Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

465 BC 465s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Aeschylus. Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides [The Suppliants]. c. 455 BC.