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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 It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. Quote Right
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Quote Left For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends. Quote Right
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Quote Left Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length? Quote Right
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Quote Left The words of truth are simple. Quote Right
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Quote Left I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil. Quote Right
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