The god
Visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.

Euripides

Phrixus

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Topic

Collective guilt

Author

Euripides

Source

Phrixus

Language

Greek

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Citation

Euripides. Phrixus. 5th century BC, fragment 970.

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Heraclitus
Medium
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Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B12.

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Jesus

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Wolf in sheep's clothing False prophets Sermon on the Mount
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Warning
Language
Greek
Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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Another quote originally in Greek

I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Homer
Source
The Odyssey
Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 11, l. 489-491.

Current Citation

Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 11, l. 489-491.