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...
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ProfessionPoet
death home men
A man dies not for the many wounds that pierce his breast, unless it be that life's end keep pace with death, nor by sitting on his hearth at home doth he the more escape his appointed doom.
death house path
For a single path leads to the house of Hades.
death men blood
But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man's blood, there is no way to raise him up.
death desire doe
Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.
death literature tyranny
Death is softer by far than tyranny.
death pain dying
Pain lays not its touch upon a corpse.
death war fields
The field of doom bears death as its harvest.
death hate men
Unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills.
happiness death men
Call no man happy till he is dead.
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.