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Saturday, March 10, 2018
Zombie Apocalypse
Aeschylus, Libation-Bearers 886 (tr. Alan H. Sommerstein):
The dead are killing the living, I tell you!
τὸν ζῶντα καίνειν τοὺς τεθνηκότας λέγω.
In other words, "They're coming to get you, Barbara!"