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
hens boast
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.
death literature tyranny
Death is softer by far than tyranny.
god work together
God always strives together with those who strive.
wise men knowing
The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
house guilt demise
A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.
literature born easier
Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
fate justice anvils
The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
wise wisdom literature
The wisest of the wise may err.
motivational success god
When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.
prosperity fairs fortunate
We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.
men doors giving
What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.
thought-provoking young antiquity
To learn is to be young, however old.
time
Time cleanses what it touches over time.
future forget forget-it
The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.