Aeschylus Quotes

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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'.

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Famous Aeschylus Quotes

“No light thing is it, to come back from death, For, in good sooth, the gods of nether gloom Are quick to seize but late and loth to free!”

Life God Death Freedom Gods

Book:The Persians

Source: The Persians

“And there they ring the walls, the young, the lithe. The handsome hold the graves they won in Troy; the enemy earth rides over those who conquered.”

War Death Youth Greece Hubris Troy

Book:Agamemnon

Source: Agamemnon

“Oh, the torment bred in the race, the grinding scream of death and the stroke that hits the vein, the hemorrhage none can staunch, the grief, the curse no man can bear. But there is a cure in the house, and not outside it, no, not from others but from them, their bloody strife. We sing to you, dark gods beneath the earth. Now hear, you blissful powers underground -- answer the call, send help. Bless the children, give them triumph now.”

Death Invocation

Book:The Oresteia Trilogy: Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers and the Furies

Source: The Oresteia Trilogy: Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers and the Furies

“For a single path leads to the house of Hades.”

Death House Path Hades House Of Hades

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)

“A man dies not for the many wounds that pierce his breast, unless it be that life's end keep pace with death, nor by sitting on his hearth at home doth he the more escape his appointed doom.”

Men Ends Home Death Dies He Man Sitting Wounds Breasts Pace Doom Pierce

Book: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.”

Men Death Hate Defence

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)

“The field of doom bears death as its harvest.”

War Death Fields Bears Harvest Doom

Book:Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound

Source: Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound

“But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man's blood, there is no way to raise him up.”

Men Way Earth Death Blood Raises Dead Man

Author:Aeschylus

“Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.”

Doe Death Desire

Author:Aeschylus

“Call no man happy till he is dead.”

Men Happiness Death Died

Author:Aeschylus

“Pain lays not its touch upon a corpse.”

Pain Death Dying Lays Corpses

Book:The Tragedies of Aeschylos: The Persians. The seven who fought against Thebes. Prometheus bound. The suppliants. Fragments. Appendix of rhymed choruses

Source: The Tragedies of Aeschylos: The Persians. The seven who fought against Thebes. Prometheus bound. The suppliants. Fragments. Appendix of rhymed choruses