Aeschylus
Aeschylus
Aeschyluswas an ancient Greek tragedian. His plays, alongside those of Sophocles and Euripides, are the only works of Classical Greek literature to have survived. He is often described as the father of tragedy: critics and scholars' knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in theater to allow conflict among them, whereas characters previously had interacted only...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
leadership law society
Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.
men sky proud
Lustre of man walking proud beneath the sky diminishes to nothing and goes unregarded.
art needs remember
Remember to be submissive, thou art analien, a fugitive, and in need.
lessons waxing teach
Time waxing old can many a lesson teach.
summer dog stars
I pray the gods will give me some reliefAnd end this weary job. One long full yearI've been lying here, on this rooftop,The palace of the sons of Atreus,Resting on my arms, just like a dog.I've come to know the night sky, every star,The powers we see glittering in the sky,Bringing winter and summer to us all,As the constellations rise and sink.
art philosophy history
Art is far feebler than necessity.
winning unjust literature
I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.
literature mourn
Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.
literature guile
We shall perish by guile just as we slew.
justice afar looks
On him who wields power gently, the god looks favorably from afar.
eye home hands
Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.
lessons late discreet
You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
mother morning night
May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night.
men envy
The unenvied man is not enviable.