They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
But I will place this carefully fed pig Within the crackling oven; and, I pray, What nicer dish can e'er be given… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
The burning gaze of a young woman, such as hath tasted man, shall not escape me; for I have a spirit keen… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
For Hades is mighty in calling men to account below the earth, and with a mind that records in tablets he surveys… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
If a man should wanton walk with crime ... he shall find in death no great deliverance. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
When a man dies, flesh is frayed and broken in the fire, but not his will. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
But who can describe the overweening pride of men? Or women mad with passion, reckless in their hearts, soulmates to every kind… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
It's a man's jobno place for women's plans here!what lies outside. Stay home and cause no trouble. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
For this our task hath Fate spun without fail to last for ever sure, that we on man weighed down with deeds… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Out of respect, a man must veil his words when talking with a woman, but with a man he can frankly say… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Watchful are the Gods of all Hands with slaughter stained. The black Furies wait, and when a man Has grown by luck,… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Yet though a man gets many wounds in breast, He dieth not, unless the appointed time, The limit of his life's span,… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate,… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
When the black and mortal blood of man has fallen to the ground ... who then can sing spells to call it… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
May dawn, as the proverb goes, bring happy tidings coming from her mother night. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
The cure is in the house, not brought by other hands from distant places, but by its own, in agony and blood. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
The tongue of slander is too prompt with wanton malice to wound the stranger. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
The holy heaven yearns to wound the earth, and yearning layeth hold on the earth to join in wedlock; the rain, fallen from the… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals? — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
God planteth in mortal men the cause of sin whensoever he wills utterly to destroy a house. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
