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NIOBE: INEXORABLE DEATH by AESCHYLUS

First Line: ALONE OF GODS DEATH HAS NO LOVE FOR GIFTS
Last Line: FROM HIM ALONE PERSUASION STANDS APART.
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
Alone of gods Death has no love for gifts,
Libation helps you not, nor sacrifice.
He has no altar, and he hears no hymns;
From him alone Persuasion stands apart.


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