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
kicks
Do not kick against the pricks.
drinking water environmental
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
hens boast
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.
deceit causes holy
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
compulsion destroyed
Whoever is just willingly and without compulsion will not lack happiness; he will never be utterly destroyed.
greek-poet grows teaches time
Time as he grows old teaches all things.
greek-poet man
The man who does ill must suffer ill.
punishment feet justice
Respect the altar of Justice and do not, looking to profit, dishonor it by spurning with godless foot; for punishment will come upon you.
women burning spirit
The burning gaze of a young woman, such as hath tasted man, shall not escape me; for I have a spirit keen to mark these things.