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
ocean wave
Ye waves That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe Your crisped smiles.
men reality justice
Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
fortune mortals fortunate
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
men envy prosperity
In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him.
men justice
Base men who prosper are unenviable.
art philosophy history
Art is far feebler than necessity.
lessons waxing teach
Time waxing old can many a lesson teach.
art needs remember
Remember to be submissive, thou art analien, a fugitive, and in need.
soul flow calm
Be it mine to draw from wisdom's fount, pure as it flows, that calm of soul which virtue only knows.
lying home men
It's a man's jobno place for women's plans here!what lies outside. Stay home and cause no trouble.
fate ancient
For by the will of the gods Fate hath held sway since ancient days.
wrath people danger
A people's wrath voiced abroad bringeth grave Danger, no less than public curse pronounced.
law states
The laws of a state change with the changing times.
suffering way ive-learned
I have been schooled by my own suffering: I've learned the many ways of being purged.