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
evil ignorant knowledgeable
I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
evil evil-thoughts best-gift
To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.
wings evil literature
The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.
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.
feet evil offence
Truly upon mortals cometh swift of foot their evil and his offence upon him that trespasseth against Right.
evil sin young
The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
evil far ignorant rather wise
I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.
pain wall suffering
Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.
pain ends extremity
Take courage; pain's extremity soon ends.
pain memories rain
In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain.
blood law cry
This is the law: blood spilt upon the ground cries out for more.
mother children nursing
The so-called mother of the child isn't the child's begetter, but only a sort of nursing soil for the new-sown seed. The man, the one on top, is the true parent, while she, a stranger, foster's a stranger's sprout.
wise wiser
Truly even he errs that is wiser than the wise.
spring night law
The people's awe and innate fear will hold injustice back by day, by night, so long as the people leave the laws intact, just as they are: muddy the cleanest spring, and all you'll have to drink is muddy water.