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
memories grief heart
Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart grief of memory; against our pleasure we are temperate.
intelligent decision brain
Don't try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped
evil ignorant knowledgeable
I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
fashion eagles hands
So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft: With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.
done firsts causes
Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?
pain suffering would-be
For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.
pain memories sleep
Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against their will Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.
deceit causes holy
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
suffering
It is through suffering that learning comes.
suffering
By suffering comes wisdom.
evil evil-thoughts best-gift
To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.
sleep eye soul
When we sleep the soul is lit up... by many eyes, and with them, we can see everything that we cannot see in the daytime.
giving grace
For the mighty, even to give away is grace.
sick healer
Words are healers of the sick tempered.