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HIS OWN EPITAPH by AESCHYLUS

First Line: ONE AESCHYLUS, ATHENIAN BORN
Last Line: WHO TRIED AND FOUND IT GOOD.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS; SELF;
ONE AEschylus, Athenian born,
Son of Euphorion,
Lies under this memorial stone
In Gela's fields of corn.

At Marathon a sacred wood
His courage will declare,
Or ask the Medes, with braided hair,
Who tried and found it good.



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