“Grievous for mortals is the stain of kindred blood. For the murderers are dogged by woes harmonious with their deeds, sent by the gods upon their houses.”

—  Euripidés , Medea

Source: Medea (431 BC), lines 1268-1270; David Kovacs' translation

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χαλεπὰ γὰρ βροτοῖς ὁμογενῆ μιά- σματ᾽, ἕπεται δ᾽ ἅμ᾽ αὐτοφόνταις ξυνῳ- δὰ θεόθεν πίτνοντ᾽ ἐπὶ δόμοις ἄχη.

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