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.
evil far ignorant rather wise
I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.
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.
men envy
The unenvied man is not enviable.
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.
men talking mind
Out of respect, a man must veil his words when talking with a woman, but with a man he can frankly say whatever's on his mind.
men afterlife justice
For Hades is mighty in calling men to account below the earth, and with a mind that records in tablets he surveys all things.
feet evil offence
Truly upon mortals cometh swift of foot their evil and his offence upon him that trespasseth against Right.