Suppliants, The

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noun

1. a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.

2. a tragedy (c420 b.c.) by Euripides.

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Example Sentences

Amid the crowd of suppliants, the Emperor seemed not to observe Ráby and his companions.

From Project Gutenberg

He wrote some seventy pieces, but only seven have come down to our times: they are Prometheus Chained, The Suppliants, The Seven Chiefs against Thebes, Agamemnon, The Choëphoræ, The Furies, and The Persians.

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Agis and Cleombrotus flee for their lives, and become suppliants--the one at the temple of the Brazen House, the other at the temple of Poseidon.

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At last, driving before them a crowned ox, which among them is a sign of peace, they descended from the fort as suppliants; the fort was burnt, and Pusæus, its commander, who was afterwards Duke of Egypt, was appointed to the rank of tribune.

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O vouchsafe To us thy suppliants the desired effect 70 Of this our voyage; glory, first, bestow   On Nestor and his offspring both, then grant To all the Pylians such a gracious boon As shall requite their noble off’ring well.

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