Eumenides

Aeschylus

Aeschylus, Volume 2. Smyth, Herbert Weir, translator. London; New York: William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926.

  1. may cry out these words piteously, now that the house of Justice is falling.
Chorus
  1. There is a time when fear is good and ought to remain seated as a guardian of the heart.
  2. It is profitable to learn wisdom under strain. But who, if he did not train his heart in fear, either city or mortal,