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  • August 8, 2023

    ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν οὔτ’ αὐτὸς ἱμείρων ἔφυν
    τύραννος εἶναι μᾶλλον ἢ τύραννα δρᾶν, 
    οὔτ’ ἄλλος ὅστις σωφρονεῖν ἐπίσταται.
    νῦν μὲν γὰρ ἐκ σοῦ πάντ’ ἄνευ φόβου φέρω, 
    εἰ δ’ αὐτὸς ἦρχον, πολλὰ κἂν ἄκων ἔδρων. 
    πῶς δῆτ’ ἐμοὶ τυραννὶς ἡδίων ἔχειν
    ἀρχῆς ἀλύπου καὶ δυναστείας ἔφυ;

    —Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 587-93 (Creon speaking)

    ille, oculis postquam saevi monimenta doloris  
    exuviasque hausit, furiis accensus et ira
    terribilis: ‘tune hinc spoliis indute meorum
    eripiare mihi? Pallas te hoc vulnere, Pallas
    immolat et poenam scelerato ex sanguine sumit.’
    hoc dicens ferrum adverso sub pectore condit     
    fervidus; ast illi solvuntur frigore membra
    vitaque cum gemitu fugit indignata sub umbras.

    —Vergil, Aeneid 12.945-52

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