num_pages: 52
description: A shrine is stronger than a tower to save, A shield that none may cleave. Step swift thereto, And in your left hands hold with reverence The white-crowned wands of suppliance, the sign Beloved of Zeus, compassion's lord, and speak To those that question you, words meek and low And piteous, as beseems your stranger state,
language: English
title: The Suppliants
titlecomplete: The Suppliants
characters: Danaos, Chorus of Argive women, Argive soldiers and spearmen, Suppliants, Pelasgos, Spokesman
genres: Literature, Classics, Mythology, Drama, Greece, Tragedy, Plays, Fiction, Poetry, Theatre
ratings_count: 1496
places: Greece
publisher: Kessinger Publishing