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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Jesus

Matthew 26:26-28

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Speaker
Jesus
Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
Greek
Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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Epictetus

The Enchiridion

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Author

Epictetus
Source
The Enchiridion
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

Epictetus. Enchiridion, translated by George Long. Dover Publications, 2004, ch. 43.