“A speech well-mouthed
In th' utterance, and full-minded in the sense,
As doth befit a servant of the gods!”

— Aeschylus , Prometheus Bound

Source: Prometheus Bound, lines 953–954 (tr. Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

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Σεμνόστομός γε καὶ φρονήματος πλέως ὁ μῦθός ἐστιν, ὡς θεῶν ὑπηρέτου.

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ancient Athenian playwright -525–-456 BC

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