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
greek-poet mother obedience parent success
Obedience is the mother of success, and success the parent of salvation.
positive wisdom world-suffering
Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
destiny long praying
Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.
kindness kind
Everyone, to those weaker than themselves, is kind.
women dying rumor
Overly persuasive a woman's ordinance spreads far, traveling fast; but fast dying a rumor voiced by a woman perishes.
lessons late discreet
You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
eye home hands
Justice shines in very smoky homes, and honors the righteous; but the gold-spangled mansions where the hands are unclean she leaves with eyes averted.
justice afar looks
On him who wields power gently, the god looks favorably from afar.
tongue stranger slander
The tongue of slander is too prompt with wanton malice to wound the stranger.
heart blow wind
For in the voyage of the heart, there is a freight of hatred, and the wind of wrath blows shrill.
eye knowing bed
For in pure maidens, knowing not the marriage-bed, the glance of the eyes sinks from shame.
clouds shadow passing
The seed of mortals broods o'er passing things, and hath nought surer than the smoke-cloud's shadow.
children soul arrogance
Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.
judgment fortune
Fortune is for all, judgment is theirs who have won it for themselves.