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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: Théatre complet

    First published in 1964 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Tragödien.: Mit einem Commentare von Aug. Lafontaine.

    First published in 1822 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Tragedias

    First published in 1921 2 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Tragoediae quae supersunt

    First published in 1823 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition tragoediaequaes00aescgoog
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  • Cover of: Aeschyli Cantica

    First published in 1907 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition aeschylicantica00schrgoog
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  • Cover of: Aeschyli Fabulae: cum lectionibus et scholiis, codicis Medicei et in Agamemnonem codicis Florentini ab Hieronymo Vitelli denuo collatis

    First published in 1885 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Aeschyli septem quae supersunt tragoedias

    First published in 1972 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Aeschyli tragoediae superstites et deperditarum fragmenta

    First published in 1832 2 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: Aeschylos Eumeniden

    First published in 1833 2 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition aeschyloseumeni00aescgoog
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  • Cover of: Choephoroe (Prentice-Hall Greek drama series)

    First published in 1970 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Choëphoroe (Libation-bearers) of Aeschylus

    First published in 1923 2 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: Die Perser ; Die Orestie: vier Tragödien

    First published in 1953 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Aischylos.: Aeschylus. Recensuit Jacobus Scholefield.

    First published in 1830 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Quae supersunt omnia: recensuit et brevi commentario instruxit Fredericus A. Paley.

    First published in 1846 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Tragoediae, ad fidem optimorum librorum diligenter recognitae.: Accedit varia lectio codicis Florentini.

    First published in 1827 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Tragoidiai: Tragoediae. Racognovit et praefatus est Guilielmus Dindorfius

    First published in 1882 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: [Tragoediae]; Appendix ad editionem Aeschyli Cantabrigiensem novissimam

    First published in 1833 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Aeschylus, 1 : The Oresteia : Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, the Eumenides (Penn Greek Drama Series)

    First published in 1997 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Prometheus Of Aeschylus And The Electra Of Sophocles

    First published in 2007 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Eschyle, texte établi par Paul Mazon.

    First published in 1920 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition eschyletexteta02aesc
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ancient Athenian playwright

Born c. 525 BC
Died c. 456 BC
Subjects
Drama, Greek Mythology, Translations into English, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Greek drama (Tragedy), Orestes (Greek mythology), Greek drama, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Prometheus (Greek deity), Agamemnon (Greek mythology), Greek drama, translations into english, History, Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology), Electra (Greek mythology), Erinyes (Greek mythology), Aeschylus, Translations from Greek, Greek language materials, Translations into German, English drama, History and criticism, Eteocles (Greek mythology), Polyneices (Greek mythology), Textual Criticism, Translations into Italian
Places
Greece, Thebes (Greece), Israel, Thebes, Thēvai (Greece)
People
Aeschylus, Agamemnon King of Mycenae (Mythological character), Orestes King of Argos (Mythological character), Electra (Greek mythological figure), Prometheus (Greek deity), Xerxes I King of Persia (519-465 or 4 B.C), Eteocles King of Thebes (Mythological character), Polynices (Greek mythological figure), Danaus King of Argos (Mythological character), John Lewin, Aeschylus. Prometheus bound, Apollo (Deity), Jupiter (Greek deity), Prometheus (Greek mythology), Promethius (Greek deity), Sophocles, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848-1931), Vulcan (Greek deity), Xerxes I King of Persia (519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C), Zeus
Time
Persian Wars, 500-449 B.C., Persian Wars, 500 B.C.-449 B.C., Ancient Greece, Persian wars, 500-449 B.C., 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