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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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ancient Athenian playwright

Born c. 525 BC
Died c. 456 BC

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  • Cover of: Werke.

    First published in 1968 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Zwei Chorgesänge aus des Aeschylos Agamemnon

    First published in 1858 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Aeschylus' Prometheus bound and The seven against Thebes

    First published in 1897 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The suppliant maidens, the Persians, the seven against Thebes, the Prometheus bound of Aeschylus

    First published in 1908 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes.

    First published in 1955 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: L'Orestie d'Eschyle: Traduction nouvelle

    First published in 1903 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Orestes plays of Aeschylus: The Agamemnon ; The libation bearers ; The Eumenides

    First published in 1963 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Aeschyli tragoediae quae supersunt

    First published in 1830 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Aeschylus ex novissima recensione

    First published in 1867 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Aeschylus' Prometheus nebst den Bruchstücken des [Prometheus luomenos

    First published in 1878 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Agamemnon: Griechisch und deutsch mit Einleitung, einer Abhandlung zur aeschylischen Kritik und ...

    First published in 1863 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Agamemnon of Aeschylus: the Greek text

    First published in 1848 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Four plays: The suppliant maidens, The Persians, The seven against Thebes, Prometheus bound. Rendered into English verse by G.M. Cookson.

    First published in 1922 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The House of Atreus: Being The Agamemnon, Libation-bearers and Furies of Aeschylus

    First published in 1901 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Pentalogia graeca: Sophoclis Œdipus tyrannus, Œpidus Coloneus, et Antigone ...

    First published in 1825 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Poetae scenici Graeci: Accedunt perditarum fabularum fragmenta

    First published in 1830 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prometheus nebst den Bruchstücken des Promētheus Lyomenos

    First published in 1878 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Prometheus of Aeschylus: With Notes for the Use of Colleges in the United States

    First published in 1860 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Prometheus of Æschylus, and the Electra of Sophocles, tr. with notes by G.C. Fox

    First published in 1835 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Septem contra Thebas: with introduction and notes

    First published in 1903 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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ancient Athenian playwright

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.

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May 25, 2024 Edited by Marla Removed incorrect alternate names
February 27, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
February 27, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
November 3, 2021 Edited by LeadSongDog merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import