The Suppliants
by Aeschylus
Published for the first time: 1/1/464
52 pages, Paperback
Genres: Plays, Theatre, Drama, Mythology, Poetry, Fiction, Classics
A shrine is stronger than a tower to save, A shield that none may cleave. Step swift thereto, And in your left hands hold with reverence The white-crowned wands of suppliance, the sign Beloved of Zeus, compassion's lord, and speak To those that question you, words meek and low And piteous, as beseems your stranger state,
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