Aeschylus, a renowned Greek tragic poet, is hailed as the 'Father of Tragedy'. His works have had a profound impact on the development of drama, with masterpieces such as 'Prometheus Bound' and 'Agamemnon'.
Related Quotes
Source: Prometheus Bound
“But concern not thou thyself vainly with matters that are of no advantage.”
Source: Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes
“For pride grows rankly, and to ripeness brings The curse of fate, and reaps, for harvest, tears!”
Source: The Persians
Source: The Persians
Source: Prometheus Bound
Source: The 'Agamemnon' of Aeschylus: A radical interpretation, translation and commentary
Source: The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
Source: Agamemnon
Source: The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
“Trust my folly then, since it is best for a man truly wise to be thought a fool.”
Source: Prometheus Bound
“Learning comes through pain.”
Source: The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
Source: The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
Source: Agamemnon
Source: Agamemnon
Source: The Oresteia Trilogy: Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers and the Furies
Source: The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
“How fain I'd speak to those who know mythought, And silence keep to those who yet know nought.”
Source: Agamemnon
Source: The Seven Against Thebes
Source: Agamemnon
“Time shell be the limit of my suffering.”
Source: Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes
“But you cannot speak of any glory for happenings that are at once evil and held in dishonor.”
Source: The Seven Against Thebes
Source: The Seven Against Thebes
“When one is wise, it's wisest to seem foolish.”
Source: Prometheus Bound
“The successful are not tolerated.”
Source: The Ancient Greek Drama Collection: The Plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
“He who is not enviable is not admirable.”
Source: Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus: Ad Fidem Manuscriptorum (1812)
“Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.”
Source: Prometheus Bound
“Thou beholdest a spectacle ill-sighted to the eye. (Vulcan)”
Source: Prometheus Bound and Seven Against Thebes
“Ye waves That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe Your crisped smiles.”
Source: The Tragedies of Æschylus translated into English verse, with notes . By R. Potter
“Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.”
“For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow: it is for him who has done a deed to suffer.”
“For a single path leads to the house of Hades.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)
“Unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)
“Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.”
Source: The Tragedies of Æschylos: A New Translation, with a Biographical Essay, and an Appendix of Rhymed Choral Odes
Source: The Tragedies of Aeschylos: The Persians. The seven who fought against Thebes. Prometheus bound. The suppliants. Fragments. Appendix of rhymed choruses
Source: The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides
“For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)
“Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.”
Source: The Oresteia: Agamemnon, Choephoroe, Eumenides
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)
Source: The Complete Aeschylus: Volume I: The Oresteia
“Truly even he errs that is wiser than the wise.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)
Source: The Complete Aeschylus: Volume I: The Oresteia
“This is the law: blood spilt upon the ground cries out for more.”
Source: The Libation Bearers: And The Eumenides: The Oresteia, Parts II and III.
Source: The Oresteia: Agamemnon, Choephoroe, Eumenides
“In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain.”
Source: Nine Greek Dramas by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes