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
blood law cry
This is the law: blood spilt upon the ground cries out for more.
blood
In the sinews of the dead there is no blood.
death men blood
But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man's blood, there is no way to raise him up.
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.
men blood dust
But when the dust has drunk the blood of men, no resurrection comes for one who's dead.
hands agony blood
The cure is in the house, not brought by other hands from distant places, but by its own, in agony and blood.
men blood black
When the black and mortal blood of man has fallen to the ground ... who then can sing spells to call it back again?
happiness prayer mind
But from the good health of the mind comes that which is dear to all and the object of prayer-happiness.
wise believe pride
Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
evil far ignorant rather wise
I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.
greek-poet mother obedience parent success
Obedience is the mother of success, and success the parent of salvation.
advice rebuke
to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.
gods greek-poet rail upright
For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.
pain wall suffering
Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.