A woman's vows I write upon the wave.

Sophocles

Unknown drama

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Sophocles

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Unknown drama

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Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Playwright Writer

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Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Sophocles. Unnamed drama. 5th century BC, fragment 694.

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Pericles. Quoted in The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Pericles. Quoted in The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.

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Medium
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 3:17).

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Apostle Paul

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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Corinthians 5:17).