[Verginius Rufus]

Yes, Aeschylus in his play Agamemnon, put on in 458 B.C., has a system of signal fires by which the news of the capture of Troy is sent to Argos.

[Track9]

“Aye, but the house and these old stones,
give them a voice and what a tale they’d tell.
And so would I, gladly... I speak to those who know;
to those who don’t my mind’s a blank.
I never say a word.”