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
lying be-kind literature
There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
men blow glitter
Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
pain literature
What good is it to live a life that brings pains?
god destiny towns
The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.
hands zeus hephaestus
The will was of Zeus, the hand of Hephaestus.
doctors literature knows
Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
long silence harm
Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.
passion men victory
Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.
strength justice pairs
When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?
mind standing-alone obstinacy
Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.
fear stronger arms
Fear is stronger than arms.
fall pride riches
Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.
life men prosperity
Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.
blood law cry
This is the law: blood spilt upon the ground cries out for more.