Supplices

Aeschylus

Aeschylus, Volume 1. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922.

  1. does it remain to make full payment.[*](The condensed phrase pay equal (measure of) justice, though emphasizing the notion of just retribution for evil, includes that of just reward for good—the act comes back upon the doer (δράσαντι παθεῖν).)Consider these just ordinances of God.
King
  1. I have considered them; and I am driven to this cruel predicament. I must take upon myself a mighty war against one side or the other.