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Μήδεια: ἀλλ’ ἕν τί μοι πρόσαντες· εἰ ληφθήσομαι
δόμους ὑπερβαίνουσα καὶ τεχνωμένη,
θανοῦσα θήσω τοῖς ἐμοῖς ἐχθροῖς γέλων.
One thing, however, stands in my path: if I am caught entering the house and plotting its destruction, I will be killed and bring joy to my foes.
Euripides Medea 381-4

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