I prefer to be unskilled rather than practised in the lore of foretelling ill.

θέλω δ᾽ ἄιδρις μᾶλλον ἢ σοφὸς κακῶν

Aeschylus

The Suppliants

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Ignorance is bliss

Speaker

King

Author

Aeschylus

Source

The Suppliants

Medium

Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

465 BC 465s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Citation

Aeschylus. Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides [The Suppliants]. c. 455 BC.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Time
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Era
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Source
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Medium
Personal journal
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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