AESCHYLUS

AESCHYLUS

Eleusis, 525 - 456 B.C.
WE MUST CURSE THE ONE WHO CURSES US
WE MUST CURSE THE ONE WHO CURSES US - AESCHYLUS

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The father of Greek tragedy and the greatest of tragic eupatrides, from the genus Kodrid. He was born and raised in Eleusis and had a father named Euforion. The site of the Eleusinian Mysteries contributed to the development of the poet's high, brave and pious morals, which is why he participates in all the pro-freedom struggles of the nation, in Marathon, Artemisium, Salamis and Plataea. His entire poem depicts the brave and proud attitude of the Marathon warrior. He is the representative par excellence of that pure and brave generation of Marathon fighters, in whose name the Athenians swore "by the Marathon fighters", says Demosthenes. Contrary to Pindar, who praised the athletes, the great tragedian praises the liberators of Greece.

Aeschylus, heroically fighting in Marathon "and heavily wounded, fled on a horse from battle". And his brother was Kynegeiros, who had amazed the ancient world with his superhuman heroism. Thus, the entire family of the poet was ablaze with patriotism and bravery. The poet is proud of these qualities, as shown by the epitaph, which he wrote: "alken d' eudokimon Marathonion alsos an eipoi / eta tyuchetises Medos espistamenos".

He wrote 70 to 90 tragedies and dramas. His first play was staged at 500, when he was twenty-five years old. From then until 468 he was the only hero of the theater. This year he was defeated by Sophocles, who was making his debut in the theatrical competition. Since then, sometimes one wins, sometimes the other. In the meantime, he was invited by the philosophe tyrant of Syracuse, Hiero, and went to Syracuse, where he wrote the tragedy "Aitnaia".

And in 456, when Aeschylus died, Euripides was presented for the first time in the theater of Gela (Sicily), to win 13 victories, half of his entire life. Aeschylus' greatest asset is his poetic genius, and his almost Dionysian enthusiasm. His works, which he wrote as if possessed by a divine rage, are more gifts of divine inspiration than works of art.

From his tragedies that have survived, and are known throughout the world, Aeschylus truly convinces that he is the greatest tragedian of the ancient world, the poet unparalleled in greatness, power and prophetic visions. With "Prometheus" he presented, for the first time, the painful human epic on Earth.

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  1. MISTAKES TEACH
  2. HAPPINESS IS FOR PEOPLE MORE THAN A DIVINE GIFT
  3. WEALTH DOES NOT BENEFIT THE DEAD
  4. DEATH IS BETTER THAN A LIFE FULL OF STRUGGLE AND PAIN
  5. HAPPINESS IS FOR THE MORTAL TO DIE GLORIFIED
  6. HAPPINESS IS INSATIABLE
  7. HE IS WISE WHO KNOWS THE USEFUL THINGS NOT THE MANY
  8. A WISE, JUST, GOOD MAN SHOULD KEEP QUIET AND SAY ONLY WHAT IS NECESSARY
  9. THE STRONGER A MIND A PERSON HAS THE MORE EASILY TO BE HAPPY
  10. IF YOU ARE HAPPY, OTHERS CAN'T TOLERATE YOU
  11. HUMANS ARE MADE TO TRAMBLE ON THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN
  12. THE BEST THING FOR A PERSON WHO IS HURT, IS TO FEEL PURE IN HIS HEART AND NOT TO BE DISTRESSED ABOUT HIS LUCK
  13. FROM DISCIPLINE GOOD DEEDS ARE BORN
  14. SPEAKING IS PAIN BUT SO IS SILENCE
  15. FOR THE USELESS IT IS POINTLESS TO TRY
  16. HE WHO RISES TO POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME IS ALWAYS CRUEL
  17. YOUR LANGUAGE IS AS WILD AS YOUR FORM
  18. WE CAN EXPECT EVERYTHING, EXCEPT SUBORDINATING THE GODS
  19. WHATEVER FATE ORDERS, A PERSON SHOULD ACCEPT CALMLY, KNOWING THAT THE POWER OF NECESSITY IS INVINCIBLE
  20. IT IS NOT BAD FOR ONE TO DARE EVEN WHEN IT IS IN VAIN
  21. IT IS NATURAL PASSION OF KINGS, TO BE DISTRUSTING OF THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR OWN
  22. IT IS NOT DIFFICULT FOR ONE IN MISFORTUNE TO ADVISE WITH SWEET WORDS ONE WHO IS SUFFERING
  23. OF SICK ANGER, WORD IS A DOCTOR
  24. EVERYONE'S MEMORY IS INDUSTRIOUS, MUSE-GENERATING
  25. YOU SHOULD DISTINGUISH WHICH DREAMS ARE VISIONS
  26. ART IS MUCH WEAKER THAN NECESSITY
  27. TO HIS FRIEND ONE SHOULD SPEAK, TELL THE TRUTH
  28. THE MOST UGLY DISEASE IS PRETENTIOUS WORDS
  29. WHEN YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING GOOD, DON'T TAKE IT BACK LATER
  30. WE MUST CURSE THE ONE WHO CURSES US
  31. YOU MUST EXHIBIT PROPORTIONAL TO YOUR SUFFERING, RIGHT JUDGMENT
  32. IT IS SHAMEFUL FOR A WISE MAN TO BE OFTEN WRONG
  33. BEFORE APPROPRIATE TIME DO NOT SPEAK, AND DO NOT PROLONG YOUR WORDS
  34. THE WEAK SHOULD NEVER SPEAK CLEARLY
  35. OF SORTS ARE HUMAN ERRORS AND YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE SAME FORM OF PAIN HERE AND THERE
  36. TOO MUCH TRUST CAN HARM YOU
  37. THE TONGUE THAT HURTS WITH INAPPROPRIATE SPEECH CAN FIND A WAY TO SWEETEN ITS BITTER WORDS
  38. FRUIT THAT IS RIPE, IS NOT EASY TO KEEP
  39. THE NIGHT BRINGS SORROW TO THE GOOD SAILOR TOO
  40. IT IS A BIG PROFIT TO HAVE PRUDENCE AND OTHERS TO LACK IT
  41. IT IS BETTER TO BE CALLED COWARD, THAN MURDERER
  42. TRAGEDY SIMILARLY COMES, SOMETIMES ON ONE, SOMETIMES ON THE OTHER
  43. WHEN THOUGHT GOES WRONG, IT HAS NO POWER
  44. SWEET IS TO TRAVEL THE ROAD OF A LONG LIFE WITH STRONG HOPES
  45. DON'T STRESS IN VAIN WITH SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T BENEFIT YOU IN ANYTHING
  46. THE TIME THAT AGES US TEACHES US EVERYTHING
  47. ONLY THE GODS GO THROUGH ETERNITY WITHOUT SUFFERING
  48. DON'T KICK NAILS, THEY MIGHT HURT YOU
  49. GODS TAKE CARE OF WHAT IS NEEDED
  50. TIME MAKES EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR, AS IT AGES WITH THEM
  51. DO NOT RESPECT ANARCHY NOR DESPOTISM
  52. IT IS GOOD FOR THE OLD MAN TO LEARN THE WISE THINGS TOO
  53. TEARS RELIEVE THE PAIN
  54. WHEN YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE OF A REPUBLIC WHISPERING, THEY ARE VERY ANGRY
  55. GOD HELPS THOSE THAT WORK
  56. THE RUMOR THAT MAKE THE PEOPLE REVOLT IS IN A MUCH HURRY
  57. JUST AND WISE PEOPLE EVEN IN GREAT TROUBLES DO NOT ACCUSE GOD
  58. THE ALTAR IS BETTER THAN THE TOWER
  59. RIGHT THINKING IS A GIFT FROM GOD
  60. AS AN EAGLE SOMETIME, SO WE ARE HURT, NOT BY OTHERS, BUT BY AN ARROW MADE FROM OUR OWN FEATHERS
  61. IT IS A HEAVY OFFENSE TO DEFY THE WORD OF THE FATHER
  62. JUSTICE DOES NOT GO WITH KINSHIP
  63. FREE SPEECH DOES NOT GO UNPUNISHED
  64. THE ONE WHO IS BOUND IS AFRAID OF EVERYTHING THAT APPROACHES HIM