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Antigone [Ἀντιγόνη], frag. 172 (TGF, Kannicht) (c. 420-406 BC) [tr. Wodhall (1809)] - Euripides | WIST Quotations
Away with empire, and oppressive laws; None but the fool can wish for regal power, That he may proudly lord it o'er his equals. [οὔτ᾽ εἰκὸς ἄρχειν οὔτ᾽ ἐχρὴν ἄνευ νόμου τύραννον εἶναι" μωρία δὲ καὶ ϑέλειν ὃς τῶν ὁμοίων βούλεται χρατεῖν μόνος.] Barnes frag. 11, Musgrave frag. 5. (Source…