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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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. Go to Quote / Comment
Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy. Go to Quote / Comment
In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. Go to Quote / Comment
For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life. Go to Quote / Comment
I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery. Go to Quote / Comment