“Arrogance in full bloom bears a crop of ruinous folly from which it reaps a harvest all of tears.”
Source: The Persians (472 BC), lines 821–822 (tr. Christopher Collard)
Quotes from workThe Persians
AeschylusOriginal title Πέρσαι
The Persians is an ancient Greek tragedy written during the Classical period of Ancient Greece by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. It is the second and only surviving part of a now otherwise lost trilogy that won the first prize at the dramatic competitions in Athens' City Dionysia festival in 472 BC, with Pericles serving as choregos.
Source: The Persians (472 BC), lines 818–820 (tr. S. G. Benardete)
“But when a man
speeds toward his own ruin,
a god gives him help.”
Source: The Persians (472 BC), line 742 (tr. Janet Lembke and C. J. Herington)
Source: The Persians (472 BC), lines 598–602 (tr. Christopher Collard)
“The walls of Athens are impregnable,
Their firmest bulwarks her heroic sons.”
Source: The Persians (472 BC), line 349 (tr. Robert Potter)
Source: The Persians (472 BC), lines 168–169 (tr. Christopher Collard)
“Bitter, being first to tell you bitter news.”
Source: The Persians (472 BC), line 253 (tr. Janet Lembke and C. J. Herington)
