Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet d…

Aeschylus
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Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praise. From him alone of all The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof. ✨ Aeschylus (1873). The Tragedies of Æschylos: A New Translation, with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes, p.339
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