Poems by Aeschylus
Lament For The Two Brothers Slain By Each Other's Hand
... Even to the bourne of all, to the unbeholden land ...
The Sacrifice Of Iphigenia
... Their sceptres dashed to earth, and each broke out in tears, ...
The Lament Of The Old Nurse
... . . And then the shrill cries rousing me o' nights, ...
The Decree Of Athena
... What time 'gainst Theseus, breathing hate, they came, ...
Song Of The Furies
... Though 'neath the earth our realm in unsunned regions pale ...
Prometheus Amid Hurricane And Earthquake
... And the whirlwinds are whirling the dust round and round- ...
The Battle Of Salamis
... The reefs and headlands were with corpses filled, ...
The Beacon Fires
... Stalk, in stern tumult, through the halls of Troy! ...
The Defiance Of Eteocles
... Guided his deeds and thoughts, this might have been ...
The Complaint Of Prometheus
... Sweeping up to this rock where the earth has her bound, ...
A Prayer For Artemis
... Fraught with black fate to man's speech-gifted race ...
Fragment from Aeschylus
... Will not be grieved, can never wholly sink in wretchedness ...
The Vision Of Cassandra
... From my slaughtered kinsmen, fallen throne, insulted shrine, ...