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Aeschylus

“that we must suffer, suffer into truth.
We cannot sleep, and drop by drop at the heart
the pain of pain remembered comes again
and we resist, but ripeness comes as well.
From the gods enthroned on the awesome rowing-bench
there comes a violent love.”

Aeschylus, Agamemnon
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Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1) Agamemnon by Aeschylus
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