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
success men knees
Success! to thee, as to a God, men bend the knee.
men helping destruction
When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
soulmate heart passion
But who can describe the overweening pride of men? Or women mad with passion, reckless in their hearts, soulmates to every kind of ruin that befalls us? Wild passion, unrestrained, boundless, that overcomes the women, perverts the yoke of wedlock for beasts and men alike.
men deeds looks
No man looks with love on deeds that to the high Gods hateful prove.
wrath parent
Words are the parents of a causeless wrath.
past accomplishment mercy
Only one accomplishment is beyond both the power and the mercy of the Gods. They cannot make the past as though it had never been.
silence gains mortals
To many mortals silence great gain brings.
judgment fortune
Fortune is for all, judgment is theirs who have won it for themselves.
blood hands flow
And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain.
leadership men power
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
tongue
A great ox stands on my tongue.
hate hands enemy
There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.
literature fortune rejoice
Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.
men fallen mankind
It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.