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 long safe
As long as there are men the bulwark is safe.
pain rewards
The reward of pain is experience.
justice customs dies
The adulterer dies. An old custom, justice.
rights long lasts
I warn the marauder dragging plunder, chaotic, rich beyond all rights: he'll strike his sails, harried at long last, stunned when the squalls of torment break his spars to bits.
simple speech
Simple is the speech of truth.
eye men fortune
High fortune, this in man's eye is god and more than god is this.
men reality justice
Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
should
Even the old should learn.
speak stranger ill
Everyone is ready to speak ill of a stranger.
teacher acceptance moderation
If you will take me as your teacher, you will not kick against the pricks.
courage fear tongue
Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
men justice
Base men who prosper are unenviable.
limits too-much human-nature
Know not to revere human things too much.
marriage
The best by far is to marry in one's own rank.