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"Oὐ γὰρ δοκεῖν ἄριστος, ἀλλ᾽ εἶναι θέλει"
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AeschylusἜστι γὰρ πλοῦτός γ᾽ ἀμεμφής, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ὀφθαλμῷ φόβος· — Aeschylus
"Ἔστι γὰρ πλοῦτός γ᾽ ἀμεμφής, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ὀφθαλμῷ φόβος· ὄμμα γὰρ δόμων νομίζω δεσπότου παρουσίαν."
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Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek tragedy is largely based on inferences made from reading his surviving plays. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in the theatre and allowed conflict among them. Formerly, characters interacted only with
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"Θεοὺς μὲν αἰτῶ τῶνδ᾿ ἀπαλλαγὴν πόνων, φρουρᾶς ἐτείας μῆκος, ἣν κοιμώμενος στέγαις Ἀτρειδῶν ἄγκαθεν κυνὸς δίκην ἄστρων κάτοιδα νυκτέρων ὁμήγυριν, καὶ τοὺς φέροντας χεῖμα καὶ θέρος βροτοῖς λαμπροὺς δυνάστας, ἐμπρέποντας αἰθέρι, ἀστέρας ὅταν φθίνωσιν, ἀντολάς τε τῶν."
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"τὸν φρονεῖν βροτοὺς ὁδώ- σαντα, τὸν πάθει μάθος θέντα κυρίως ἔχειν. στάζει δ᾽ ἔν θ᾽ ὕπνῳ πρὸ καρδίας μνησιπήμων πόνος: καὶ παρ᾽ ἄ- κοντας ἦλθε σωφρονεῖν. δαιμόνων δέ που χάρις βίαιος σέλμα σεμνὸν ἡμένων."
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"εὐθυδίκαιοι δ᾿ οἰόμεθ᾿ εἶναι· τοὺς μὲν καθαρὰς ⟨καθαρῶς⟩ χεῖρας προνέμοντας οὔτις δ᾿ ἀλιτὼν ὥσπερ ὅδ᾿ ἁνὴρ χεῖρας φονίας ἐπικρύπτει, μάρτυρες ὀρθαὶ τοῖσι θανοῦσιν παραγιγνόμεναι πράκτορες αἵματος αὐτῷ τελέως ἐφάνημεν."
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"My favorite poet was Aeschylus."
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"Ἔστι· θεοῦ δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἰσχὺς καθυπερτέρα· πολλάκι δ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσι τὸν ἀμάχανον κἀκ χαλεπᾶς δύας ὕπερθ᾽ ὀμμάτων κρημναμενᾶν νεφελᾶν ὀρθοῖ."
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