For few there are among men in whom it is inborn to admire without envy a friend's good fortune.

φίλον τὸν εὐτυχοῦντ᾽ ἄνευ φθόνου σέβειν.

Aeschylus

Agamemnon

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Topic

Envy of friends Envy Friends

Speaker

Agamemnon

Author

Aeschylus

Source

Agamemnon

Medium

Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

458 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Aeschylus. Agamemnon. 458 BCE, The Dionysia, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Aeschylus. "Agamemnon." The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides, edited and translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 1984.

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