I consider false words to be the foulest sickness.

νόσημα γὰρ αἴσχιστον εἶναί φημι συνθέτους λόγους.

Aeschylus

Prometheus Bound

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Topic

Lies

Speaker

Prometheus

Author

Aeschylus

Source

Prometheus Bound

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play Greek theater

Language

Greek

Time

5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Aeschylus. Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης [Promethus Bound]. c. 430 BC.

Current Citation

Aeschylus. Promethus Bound. Dover Publications, 1996.

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Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.

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Current Citation

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St. Augustine
Source
Confessions
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Current Citation

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Another quote originally in Greek

Old to grow, but ever learning.

Solon

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Source
Solon Plutarch's Lives
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Plutarch. Βίοι Παράλληλοι [Parallel Lives]. Rome, 1470.