O sleep's enchantment, friend and helper against sickness.

ὦ φίλον ὕπνου θέλγητρον, ἐπίκουρον νόσου

Euripides

Orestes

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Sleep

Speaker

Orestes

Author

Euripides

Source

Orestes

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

408 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

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Greece Europe

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Original Citation

Euripides. Ὀρέστης [Orestes]. 408 BC, City Dionysia festival, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Euripides. "Orestes." Euripides IV: Helen, The Phoenician Women, Orestes, edited and translated by Richard Lattimore, et. al. University of Chicago Press, 2013.

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Now blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! It covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; "Tis meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot." Tis the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap; and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man even.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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Miguel de Cervantes
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Don Quixote
Medium
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Language
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Time
1615 1600s 16th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Segunda Parte Del ingenioso caballero don Quixote de la Mancha [The Second Part of Don Quixote de la Mancha]. Spain: Francisco de Robles, 1615.

Current Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.

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As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
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Psalm 103:15-16

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Source
Psalms The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Hebrew
Time
450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Psalm 103:15-16).

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And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

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Isaiah The Bible
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Hebrew
Time
681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC
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Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 2:4).

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Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 25:13).