Plutarch, fragment 130 Sandbach = T 117d Radt

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Σοφοκλῆς ἐμέμφετο Αἰσχύλωι ὅτι μεθύων ἔγραφε· “καὶ γὰρ εἰ τὰ δέοντα ποιεῖ” φησίν, “ἀλλ’ οὐκ εἰδώς γε”.

Sophocles rebuked Aeschylus for composing drunk: ‘for even if he does the right thing,’ he says, ‘nonetheless, he does it without knowing what he is doing.’



Relevant guides Aeschylus, Sophocles