Aeschylus Quotes

Ὡς ἑκὼν ἐγὼ
μαθοῦσιν αὐδῶ κοὐ μαθοῦσι λήθομαι.

βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ μέγας
βέβηκεν.

I pray the gods will give me some relief
And end this weary job. One long full year
I've been lying here, on this rooftop,
The palace of the sons of Atreus,
Resting on my arms, just like a dog.
I've come to know the night sky, every star,
The powers we see glittering in the sky,
Bringing winter and summer to us all,
As the constellations rise and sink.

If any one bear evil, let it be
Without disgrace, sole profit to the dead;
On base and evil deeds no glory waits.

Εἴπερ κακὸν φέροι τις, αἰσχύνης ἄτερ
ἔστω· μόνον γὰρ κέρδος ἐν τεθνηκόσι·
κακῶν δὲ κᾀσχρῶν οὔτιν᾽ εὐκλείαν ἐρεῖς.

γέροντα τὸν νοῦν, σάρκα δ᾽ ἡβῶσαν φύει

φιλεῖ δὲ σιγᾶν ἢ λέγειν τὰ καίρια.

Ἄτης ἄρουρα θάνατον ἐκκαρπίζεται.

ἐν παντὶ πράγει δ᾽ ἔσθ᾽ ὁμιλίας κακῆς
κάκιον οὐδέν

Oὐ γὰρ δοκεῖν ἄριστος, ἀλλ᾽ εἶναι θέλει

Ἀνὴρ ἄκομπος, χεὶρ δ᾽ ὁρᾷ τὸ δράσιμον.

Gain upon gain, and interest to boot!

Καὶ τῷδε κέρδει κέρδος ἄλλο τίκτεται.

κόσμον μὲν ἀνδρὸς οὔτιν᾽ ἂν τρέσαιμ᾽ ἐγώ,
οὐδ᾽ ἑλκοποιὰ γίγνεται τὰ σήματα
λόφοι δὲ κώδων τ᾽ οὐ δάκνουσ᾽ ἄνευ δορός.

Through want of heart fear seizes on my tongue.