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
prosperity fairs fortunate
We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.
men doors giving
What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.
marriage wedding memories
When a match has equal partners then I fear not.
wings evil literature
The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.
firsts news ill
It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.
feet light suffering
It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers.
blow literature
For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.
revenge war night
I pray for no more youth To perish before its prime; That Revenge and iron-heated War May fade with all that has gone before Into the night of time.
parent begets
For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.
literature forget speak
I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.
oil opponents vinegar
If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents.
pain lifetime length
Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?
pain forever without-pain
Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
health disease limits
There is a limit to the best of health, disease is always a near neighbor.