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
agamemnon rumours
Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
kicks
Do not kick against the pricks.
winning tears fortune
To make wail and lament for one's ill fortune, when one will win a tear from the audience, is well worthwhile.
mankind misfortunes
The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage.
hands agony blood
The cure is in the house, not brought by other hands from distant places, but by its own, in agony and blood.
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.
drinking water environmental
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
simple literature
The words of truth are simple.
justice customs dies
The adulterer dies. An old custom, justice.
war giving witness
Ares gives his verdict without witnesses.
fate justice anvils
The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
motivational success god
When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.
hens boast
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.