Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.

Δίκα δὲ τοῖς μὲν παθοῦσιν μαθεῖν ἐπιρρέπει:

Aeschylus

Agamemnon

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School of hard knocks Learning from mistakes Wisdom

Speaker

Chorus (Greek drama)

Author

Aeschylus

Source

Agamemnon

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play Greek theater

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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Statement Type
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Thessalonians 3:10).