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
spring night law
The people's awe and innate fear will hold injustice back by day, by night, so long as the people leave the laws intact, just as they are: muddy the cleanest spring, and all you'll have to drink is muddy water.
night men thinking
Nor does night conceal men's deeds of ill, but whatsoe'er thou dost, think that some God beholds it.
revenge war night
I pray for no more youth To perish before its prime; That Revenge and iron-heated War May fade with all that has gone before Into the night of time.
mother morning night
May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night.
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.
pain ends extremity
Take courage; pain's extremity soon ends.
pain memories rain
In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain.
blood law cry
This is the law: blood spilt upon the ground cries out for more.