Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Aeschylus

Quote by Aeschylus

“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!”

Quote by Aeschylus

Work

The Persians

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Aeschylus
Aeschylus

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'. more

You May Also Like

“The most important difference between men and women is that men get benefit from risk, and women don't. Men wage war, hunt, go on trading expeditions; while women are weighed down firstly by child-bearing and are also just phisically weaker. In game theory terms this creates very different incentives for men is the formation of systems in which men can excel through doing stuff to make themselves more attractive as mates. To women is to mitigate risk as much as humanly possible.”

“...there is no certainty that as scientific progress accelerates and leisure increases, and as the world shrinks on our computer and television screens, there is any corresponding advance in wisdom or morality, much less radical improvement in innate human nature.”