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Athena exhorts the Athenians:
“Neither anarchy nor tyranny, my people. / Worship the Mean, I urge you, / shore it up with reverence and never / banish terror from the gates, not outright. / Where is the righteous man who knows no fear? / The stronger your fear, your reverence for the Just, / the stronger your country’s wall and city’s safety, / stronger by far than all men else possess”
— Sep 16, 2025 08:35PM
“Neither anarchy nor tyranny, my people. / Worship the Mean, I urge you, / shore it up with reverence and never / banish terror from the gates, not outright. / Where is the righteous man who knows no fear? / The stronger your fear, your reverence for the Just, / the stronger your country’s wall and city’s safety, / stronger by far than all men else possess”
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Brendan
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“But Justice shines in sooty hovels, / loves the decent life. / From proud halls crusted with gilt by filthy hands / she turns her eyes to find the pure in spirit — / spurning the wealth stamped counterfeit with praise, / she steers all things towards their destined end.
— Sep 15, 2025 07:09PM
Brendan
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Aeschylus, who personally fought in multiple wars, describes the hollowness even of victory for the survivors:
“All through Greece for those who flocked to war / they are holding back the anguish now, / you can feel it rising now in every house; / I tell you there is much to tear the heart. / They knew the men they sent, / but now in place of men / ashes and urns come back / to every hearth.”
— Sep 15, 2025 06:39PM
“All through Greece for those who flocked to war / they are holding back the anguish now, / you can feel it rising now in every house; / I tell you there is much to tear the heart. / They knew the men they sent, / but now in place of men / ashes and urns come back / to every hearth.”
