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
learning law suffering
Making it a valid law to learn by suffering.
destiny knowing bears
But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.
punishment feet justice
Respect the altar of Justice and do not, looking to profit, dishonor it by spurning with godless foot; for punishment will come upon you.
pain rewards
The reward of pain is experience.
block fate blow
But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow.
women burning spirit
The burning gaze of a young woman, such as hath tasted man, shall not escape me; for I have a spirit keen to mark these things.
wine water house
Jars neither of wine nor of water shall fail in the houses of the rich.
destiny wealth stealth
Nought is there in wealth That serves as bulwark 'gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom.
teacher acceptance moderation
If you will take me as your teacher, you will not kick against the pricks.
wine fate tears
And now it goes as it goes and where it ends is Fate. And neither by singeing flesh nor tipping cups of wine nor shedding burning tears can you enchant away the rigid Fury.
time aging all-things
Time in his aging overtakes all things alike.
dream children men
Beyond age, leaf withered, man goes three footed no stronger than a child is, a dream that falters in daylight.
winning technicalities
Wrong must not win by technicalities.
ocean wave
Ye waves That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe Your crisped smiles.