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
evil evil-thoughts best-gift
To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.
suffering
It is through suffering that learning comes.
sleep eye soul
When we sleep the soul is lit up... by many eyes, and with them, we can see everything that we cannot see in the daytime.
giving grace
For the mighty, even to give away is grace.
life men prosperity
Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.
inspirational asks
Ask the gods nothing excessive.
fall pride riches
Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.
laughter ocean wave
Myriad laughter of the ocean waves.
blood hands flow
And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain.
blow literature
For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.
children men literature
For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.
literature hostile paid
For hostile word let hostile word be paid.
parent begets
For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.
literature forget speak
I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.