Aeschylus
Dramatist
Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian and is often described as the father of tragedy. He expanded dramatic structure and is the earliest Greek tragedian whose works survive substantially. His plays include the Oresteia trilogy.
Books by Aeschylus
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Oresteia
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Prometheus Bound
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Agamemnon
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Quotes by Aeschylus
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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I know how men in exile feed on dreams
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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.
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For Ares, lord of strife, Who doth the swaying scales of battle hold, War's money-changer, giving dust for gold, Sends back, to hearts that held them dear, Scant ash of warriors, wept with many a tear, Light to the hand, but heavy to the soul; Yea, fills the light urn full With what survived the flame— Death's dusty measure of a hero's frame!
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My heart's a dance of fear.
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain
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Oh, the torment bred in the race, the grinding scream of deathand 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.
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Wisdom comes through suffering.Trouble, with its memories of pain,Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,So men against their willLearn to practice moderation.Favours come to us from gods.
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Nothing forces us to knowWhat we do not want to knowExcept pain
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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.
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In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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Nothing forces us to knowWhat we do not want to knowExcept pain
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Oh, the torment bred in the race, the grinding scream of deathand 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.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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