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Eumenides (515-520)

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may cry out these words piteously, now that the house of Justice is falling.
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Chorus
There is a time when fear is good and ought to remain seated as a guardian of the heart.
It is profitable to learn wisdom under strain. But who, if he did not train his heart in fear, either city or mortal,

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