Reverence for parents stands written third among the statutes of Justice, to whom honor supreme is due.

τὸ γὰρ τεκόντων σέβας
τρίτον τόδ᾽ ἐν θεσμίοις
Δίκας γέγραπται μεγιστοτίμου.

Aeschylus

The Suppliants

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Topic

Filial piety

Speaker

Chorus

Author

Aeschylus

Source

The Suppliants

Medium

Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

465 BC 465s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Aeschylus. Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides [The Suppliants]. c. 455 BC.

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