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
oil opponents vinegar
If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents.
feet light suffering
It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.
firsts news ill
It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.
men self doe
Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
wings evil literature
The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.
leadership men power
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
hate hands enemy
There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.
literature fortune rejoice
Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.
power literature harsh
Whoever is new to power is always harsh.
strength justice pairs
When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?
long silence harm
Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.
passion men victory
Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.
ruins literature free-will
And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.
tears gains trouble
To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.