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Aeschylus

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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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Quote Left Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. Quote Right
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Quote Left The reward of suffering is experience. Quote Right
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Quote Left My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair. Quote Right
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Quote Left When a match has equal partners then I fear not. Quote Right
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Quote Left Whoever is new to power is always harsh. Quote Right
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