John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8459 Aeshylus 525-456 BC John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8459 |
| AUTHOR: | Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft, “With our own feathers, not by others’ hands, Are we now smitten.” 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Frag. 135 (trans. by Plumptre). |
| Note 1. See Waller, Quotation 2. [back] |