“Obedience mother is of good success,
Sure pledge of safety.”

— Aeschylus

Source: Seven Against Thebes (467 BC), lines 224–225 (tr. Anna Swanwick)

Original

Πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ σωτῆρος.

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ancient Athenian playwright -525–-456 BC

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