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"They coiffed the poor girl for her wedding day;
a ribbon, long braids to hang each side of her face.
But there by the altar she saw her father standing
grief-stricken, and near him acolytes hiding knives,
and people staring at her with tear-stained faces.
Voiceless with terror she crumpled to her knees.
Poor thing, no help to her in such an hour
that she’d been first to call the king “my father."
- Lucretius (describing the sacrifice of Iphigenia)
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"Now since the soul has been revealed to be uncommonly mobile, we must grant it made of atoms very tiny, smooth, and round. Take this to heart, good friend; in many ways you’ll find it a useful, helpful thing to know."
- Lucretius
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