Zeus, author of all, worker of all! For what is brought to pass for mortal men save by will of Zeus? What herein is not wrought of god?

παναιτίου πανεργέτα:
τί γὰρ βροτοῖς ἄνευ Διὸς τελεῖται;

Aeschylus

Agamemnon

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God as first cause God and man God

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Chorus

Author

Aeschylus

Source

Agamemnon

Medium

Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

458 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Aeschylus. Agamemnon. 458 BCE, The Dionysia, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Aeschylus. "Agamemnon." The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides, edited and translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 1984.

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Voltaire. Épître à l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs [Letter to the author of The Three Impostors]. 10 Nov. 1770.

Another quote from the 5th century BC

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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Source
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Statement Type
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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. 道德經 [Tao Te Ching]. c. 400 BC, ch. 64.

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Epictetus

The Enchiridion

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Brothers Friendship Forgiveness

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Epictetus
Source
The Enchiridion
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
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Era
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Epictetus. Ἐγχειρίδιον Ἐπικτήτου, Enkheirídion Epiktḗtou [Enchiridion of Epictetus]. c. 125 CE, ch. 43.

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Epictetus. Enchiridion, translated by George Long. Dover Publications, 2004, ch. 43.

Another quote originally in Greek

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

Apostle Paul

Acts 17:28

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God and man
Speaker
Apostle Paul
Source
Book of Acts
Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 17:28).