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Aeschylus

Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright. He is often recognized as the father of tragedy and is the earliest of the three Greek tragedians whose plays survive, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

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Born c. 525 BC
Died c. 456 BC

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  • Cover of: Eschilo: la trilogia di Prometeo, ...

    First published in 1839 6 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition prometheusnebstd00aesc Cover of edition prometheusvinct00aesc Cover of edition prometheus00woolgoog
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  • Cover of: Persians and other plays

    First published in 2008 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition completeaeschylu00aesc Cover of edition aeschyluspersian00coll
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  • Cover of: The dramas

    First published in 1881 5 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition dramasaesc00aesc Cover of edition dramas00aescgoog
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  • Cover of: Prometheus bound

    First published in 1985 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Les perses

    First published in 1899 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Persae of Aeschylus

    First published in 1879 4 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition persaeaeschylus01pricgoog
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  • Cover of: The tragedies of AEschylos: a new translation, with a biographical essay, and an appendix of rhymed choral odes

    First published in 1880 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition tragediesofaesch00aesc_0
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  • Cover of: The tragedies of Æschylus: (complete)

    First published in 1779 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The seven against Thebes of Aeschylus

    First published in 1885 4 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Tragedies and Fragments

    First published in 1901 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition tragediesandfra00plumgoog
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  • Cover of: The Prometheus bound of Æschylus

    First published in 1899 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition pro00metheusboundoaescrich
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  • Cover of: The Eumenides (The furies) of Aeschylus

    First published in 1925 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Aeschyli fabulae, cum lectionibus et scholiis codicis Medicei et in Agamemnonem codicis Florentini ab Hieronymo Vitelli denuo collatis, edidit N. Wecklein.

    First published in 1822 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition seventragediesli00aescuoft
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  • Cover of: Aeschyli tragoediae quae supersunt ac deperditarum fragmenta

    First published in 1782 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition aeschylitragoed00schgoog
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  • Cover of: Tragoediae superstites et deperditarum fragmenta, ex recensione G. Dindorfii.

    First published in 1832 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Aeschylus, with an English translation by Herbert Weir Smyth.

    First published in 1930 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Seven famous Greek plays

    First published in 1950 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Eschyle

    First published in 1963 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition eschyle0000aesc
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  • Cover of: Prometheus Bound

    First published in 2014 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Three Other Theban Plays: Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes; Euripides' Suppliants; Euripides' Phoenician Women

    First published in 2016 2 editions — 1 previewable
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Born c. 525 BC
Died c. 456 BC
Subjects
Drama, Greek Mythology, Translations into English, Greek drama (Tragedy), Orestes (Greek mythology), Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Agamemnon (Greek mythology), Greek drama, Erinyes (Greek mythology), Greek drama, translations into english, Electra (Greek mythology), History, Prometheus (Greek deity), Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology), Greek language materials, Aeschylus, Clytemnestra (Greek mythology), Drama (dramatic works by one author), History and criticism, 882/.01, Criticism and interpretation, Eteocles (Greek mythology), Polyneices (Greek mythology), Textual Criticism, open_syllabus_project
Places
Thebes (Greece), Greece, Thēvai (Greece)
People
Aeschylus, Aeschylus. Prometheus bound, Agamemnon King of Mycenae (Mythological character), Jupiter (Greek deity), Orestes King of Argos (Mythological character), Prometheus (Greek mythology), Promethius (Greek deity), Vulcan (Greek deity), Xerxes I King of Persia (519-465 or 4 B.C), Zeus
Time
Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C., Ancient Greece, Scythia, the uttermost verge of the Earth

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Alternative names

  • Αἰσχύλος
  • Aiskhulos
  • Eschyle
  • Aischylos
  • Æschylus
  • Aeschylus Aeschylus
  • Aeschylus (Aiskhylos)
  • Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes
  • . Aeschylus.
  • Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes (Edited by Charles W. Eliot)

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February 27, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
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November 3, 2021 Edited by LeadSongDog merge authors
December 21, 2020 Edited by Lisa merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import