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Prolific truly is the impious deed;
Like to the evil stock, the evil seed. (tr. A. Swanwick)

— Aeschylus Oresteia (-458)

τὸ δυσσεβὲς γὰρ ἔργον
μετὰ μὲν πλείονα τίκτει,
σφετέρᾳ δ' εἰκότα γέννᾳ.

Original text (Ancient Greek)

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lines 758–760

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