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3 results for "persians"

1. Aeschylus, Persians, 810 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •persians, the (aeschylus), on impiety Found in books: Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397

810. ᾐδοῦντο συλᾶν οὐδὲ πιμπράναι νεώς·

810. restrained by no religious awe, they ravaged the images of the gods and set fire to their temples. Altars have been destroyed, statues of the gods have been thrown from their bases in utter ruin and confusion. Therefore, since they wrought such evil, evil they suffer in no less measure; and other evils are still in store:

2. Sophocles, Antigone, 449-455, 457-460, 77, 456 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397

3. Aristotle, Rhetoric, 1.13 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •persians, the (aeschylus), on impiety Found in books: Jouanna (2018), Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, 397

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