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I first read Antigone when I took a course in college dedicated to the early Greek plays. I find it weathers well, but then that should be no surprise since it has already weathered more than 2000 years.
Twice I was taken by the presence of phrases we still use commonly today. Is this the possible first use of “bit the dust”?
Here, there, great Ares like a war horse wheeled;
Beneath his car down thrust
Our foemen bit the dust
And this of “stand your ground”?
Such a man would in the storm of battle st ...more
Twice I was taken by the presence of phrases we still use commonly today. Is this the possible first use of “bit the dust”?
Here, there, great Ares like a war horse wheeled;
Beneath his car down thrust
Our foemen bit the dust
And this of “stand your ground”?
Such a man would in the storm of battle st ...more
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