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But the following line is equally well known: I who am old shall lead you, also old. And this is found both in a tragedy of Sophocles, of which the title is Phthiotides, Id. 633. and in the Bacchae of Euripides. 193.
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I have further observed that in the Fire-bringing Prometheus of Aeschylus and in the tragedy of Euripides entitled Ino an identical verse occurs, except for a few syllables. In Aeschylus it runs thus: Fr. 208, Nauck2 (Coeph. 576). When proper, keeping silent, and saying what is fit. In Euripides thus: Id. 413. When proper, keeping silent, speaking when 'tis safe. But Aeschylus was considerably the earlier writer. According to tradition Euripides was born on the day of the battle of Salamis (480 B.C.), Aeschylus took part in the fight, and Sophocles, then about sixteen years old, figured in the celebration of the victory. Christ, Griech. Lit., assigns Euripides' birth to 484.
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Of the lineage and names of the Porcian family.
