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
men fire broken
When a man dies, flesh is frayed and broken in the fire, but not his will.
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.
night men thinking
Nor does night conceal men's deeds of ill, but whatsoe'er thou dost, think that some God beholds it.
men suffering doe
The man who does ill, ill must suffer too.
men deliverance crime
If a man should wanton walk with crime ... he shall find in death no great deliverance.
destiny men shadow
Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.
men hands justice
Watchful are the Gods of all Hands with slaughter stained. The black Furies wait, and when a man Has grown by luck, not justice, great, With sudden overturn of chance They wear him to a shade, and, cast Down to perdition, who shall save him?
death men blood
But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man's blood, there is no way to raise him up.
men blow glitter
Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
truth lying men
Oaths are not the credit of men but men of oaths.
inspirational wise men
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
men fortune good-fortune
Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.
life men prosperity
Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.
children men literature
For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.