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 evil suffering
If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.
men love-is fortune
For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying.
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.
force irresistible
The force of necessity is irresistible.
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.
literature born easier
Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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.
god work together
God always strives together with those who strive.