“Should we step back from this finished deed, that we may seem to have had no part of all these evils?”
ἀποσταθῶμεν πράγματος τελουμένου,
ὅπως δοκῶμεν τῶνδ᾽ ἀναίτιαι κακῶν
εἶναι:
Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 872-4
“Should we step back from this finished deed, that we may seem to have had no part of all these evils?”
ἀποσταθῶμεν πράγματος τελουμένου,
ὅπως δοκῶμεν τῶνδ᾽ ἀναίτιαι κακῶν
εἶναι: