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AESCHYLUSEleusis, 525 - 456 B.C. |
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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.
Works
- Prometheus Bound
- Persians
- Supplicants
- Agamemnon
- Choreforae
- Eumenides
- Seven on Thenes
- Fragments
Quotes
- MISTAKES TEACH
- HAPPINESS IS FOR PEOPLE MORE THAN A DIVINE GIFT
- WEALTH DOES NOT BENEFIT THE DEAD
- DEATH IS BETTER THAN A LIFE FULL OF STRUGGLE AND PAIN
- HAPPINESS IS FOR THE MORTAL TO DIE GLORIFIED
- HAPPINESS IS INSATIABLE
- HE IS WISE WHO KNOWS THE USEFUL THINGS NOT THE MANY
- A WISE, JUST, GOOD MAN SHOULD KEEP QUIET AND SAY ONLY WHAT IS NECESSARY
- THE STRONGER A MIND A PERSON HAS THE MORE EASILY TO BE HAPPY
- IF YOU ARE HAPPY, OTHERS CAN'T TOLERATE YOU
- HUMANS ARE MADE TO TRAMBLE ON THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN
- THE BEST THING FOR A PERSON WHO IS HURT, IS TO FEEL PURE IN HIS HEART AND NOT TO BE DISTRESSED ABOUT HIS LUCK
- FROM DISCIPLINE GOOD DEEDS ARE BORN
- SPEAKING IS PAIN BUT SO IS SILENCE
- FOR THE USELESS IT IS POINTLESS TO TRY
- HE WHO RISES TO POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME IS ALWAYS CRUEL
- YOUR LANGUAGE IS AS WILD AS YOUR FORM
- WE CAN EXPECT EVERYTHING, EXCEPT SUBORDINATING THE GODS
- WHATEVER FATE ORDERS, A PERSON SHOULD ACCEPT CALMLY, KNOWING THAT THE POWER OF NECESSITY IS INVINCIBLE
- IT IS NOT BAD FOR ONE TO DARE EVEN WHEN IT IS IN VAIN
- IT IS NATURAL PASSION OF KINGS, TO BE DISTRUSTING OF THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR OWN
- IT IS NOT DIFFICULT FOR ONE IN MISFORTUNE TO ADVISE WITH SWEET WORDS ONE WHO IS SUFFERING
- OF SICK ANGER, WORD IS A DOCTOR
- EVERYONE'S MEMORY IS INDUSTRIOUS, MUSE-GENERATING
- YOU SHOULD DISTINGUISH WHICH DREAMS ARE VISIONS
- ART IS MUCH WEAKER THAN NECESSITY
- TO HIS FRIEND ONE SHOULD SPEAK, TELL THE TRUTH
- THE MOST UGLY DISEASE IS PRETENTIOUS WORDS
- WHEN YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING GOOD, DON'T TAKE IT BACK LATER
- WE MUST CURSE THE ONE WHO CURSES US
- YOU MUST EXHIBIT PROPORTIONAL TO YOUR SUFFERING, RIGHT JUDGMENT
- IT IS SHAMEFUL FOR A WISE MAN TO BE OFTEN WRONG
- BEFORE APPROPRIATE TIME DO NOT SPEAK, AND DO NOT PROLONG YOUR WORDS
- THE WEAK SHOULD NEVER SPEAK CLEARLY
- OF SORTS ARE HUMAN ERRORS AND YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE SAME FORM OF PAIN HERE AND THERE
- TOO MUCH TRUST CAN HARM YOU
- THE TONGUE THAT HURTS WITH INAPPROPRIATE SPEECH CAN FIND A WAY TO SWEETEN ITS BITTER WORDS
- FRUIT THAT IS RIPE, IS NOT EASY TO KEEP
- THE NIGHT BRINGS SORROW TO THE GOOD SAILOR TOO
- IT IS A BIG PROFIT TO HAVE PRUDENCE AND OTHERS TO LACK IT
- IT IS BETTER TO BE CALLED COWARD, THAN MURDERER
- TRAGEDY SIMILARLY COMES, SOMETIMES ON ONE, SOMETIMES ON THE OTHER
- WHEN THOUGHT GOES WRONG, IT HAS NO POWER
- SWEET IS TO TRAVEL THE ROAD OF A LONG LIFE WITH STRONG HOPES
- DON'T STRESS IN VAIN WITH SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T BENEFIT YOU IN ANYTHING
- THE TIME THAT AGES US TEACHES US EVERYTHING
- ONLY THE GODS GO THROUGH ETERNITY WITHOUT SUFFERING
- DON'T KICK NAILS, THEY MIGHT HURT YOU
- GODS TAKE CARE OF WHAT IS NEEDED
- TIME MAKES EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR, AS IT AGES WITH THEM
- DO NOT RESPECT ANARCHY NOR DESPOTISM
- IT IS GOOD FOR THE OLD MAN TO LEARN THE WISE THINGS TOO
- TEARS RELIEVE THE PAIN
- WHEN YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE OF A REPUBLIC WHISPERING, THEY ARE VERY ANGRY
- GOD HELPS THOSE THAT WORK
- THE RUMOR THAT MAKE THE PEOPLE REVOLT IS IN A MUCH HURRY
- JUST AND WISE PEOPLE EVEN IN GREAT TROUBLES DO NOT ACCUSE GOD
- THE ALTAR IS BETTER THAN THE TOWER
- RIGHT THINKING IS A GIFT FROM GOD
- AS AN EAGLE SOMETIME, SO WE ARE HURT, NOT BY OTHERS, BUT BY AN ARROW MADE FROM OUR OWN FEATHERS
- IT IS A HEAVY OFFENSE TO DEFY THE WORD OF THE FATHER
- JUSTICE DOES NOT GO WITH KINSHIP
- FREE SPEECH DOES NOT GO UNPUNISHED
- THE ONE WHO IS BOUND IS AFRAID OF EVERYTHING THAT APPROACHES HIM