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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: Suppliants; Persians; and, Seven Against Thebes, of Aeschylus

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  • Cover of: Four Plays Of Æschylus

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  • Cover of: Aeschylus. Choephoroi, with Intr. and Notes by A. Sidgwick

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  • Cover of: Aeschylus I - Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

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  • Cover of: Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus, Tr. in the Original Metres, by C. B. Cayley

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  • Cover of: Aeschyli Tragoediae

    First published in 1958 1 edition in 3 languages
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  • Cover of: Aischylos übersetzt, Vierte Auflage

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  • Cover of: Hepta epi Thebas: The seven against Thebes

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  • Cover of: Fabula Aeschylea, quae Persae inscribitur, in Suethicum conversa com prooemio commentariisque

    First published in 1860 1 edition in 2 languages
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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