Aeschylus Quotes
When a match has equal partners then I fear not.
Aeschylus. Prometheus Bound. Translated by Herbert Weir Smyth, Harvard University Press, 1926, line 901.
Lebanon had been ravaged by a religious civil war between the Muslims and the Christians. It had just ended when Salam made this famous pronouncement which set the tone for most Lebanese.
Aeschylus (UK: /ˈiːskɪləs/, US: /ˈɛskɪləs/; Greek: Αἰσχύλος Aiskhylos, pronounced [ai̯s.kʰý.los]; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek author of Greek tragedy, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academics' 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. Before this, characters interacted only with the chorus.
