A woman's vows I write upon the wave.

Sophocles

Unknown drama

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Sophocles

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Unknown drama

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Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

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Greek

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Playwright Writer

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Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Citation

Sophocles. Unnamed drama. 5th century BC, fragment 694.

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Author

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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