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
hate disease traitor
I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
simple literature
The words of truth are simple.
justice customs dies
The adulterer dies. An old custom, justice.
wise men knowing
The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
power literature harsh
Whoever is new to power is always harsh.
god work together
God always strives together with those who strive.
house guilt demise
A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.
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.
wise wisdom literature
The wisest of the wise may err.
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.
tears gains trouble
To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.
ruins literature free-will
And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.