Æschylus (es′ki-lus) or Aeschylus was the father of the Greek tragedy, who distinguished himself as a soldier both at Marathon and Salamis before he figured as a poet; wrote, it is said, some seventy dramas, of which only seven are extant—the "Suppliants," the "Persæ," the "Seven against Thebes," the "Prometheus Bound," the "Agamemnon," the "Choephori," and the "Eumenides," his plays being trilogies; born at Eleusis and died in Sicily (525-456 B.C.).
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Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence. Go to Quote / Comment
Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy. Go to Quote / Comment
Call no man happy till he is dead. Go to Quote / Comment
When one is willing and eager, the Gods join in. Go to Quote / Comment
And she, after swan-like singing her last and dying song, lies beside him, her lover. Go to Quote / Comment