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Aeschylus

c. 525 BC - c. 456 BC

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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  • Cover of: The Oresteia of Aeschylus

    First published in 1845 132 editions in 10 languages — 33 previewable Cover of edition oresteiaofaeschy00aesciala Cover of edition oresteiatranslat00aescuoft Cover of edition oresteiaofaeschy00aescrich Cover of edition cu31924026459614 Cover of edition ores00teiaofaeschyaescrich Cover of edition cu31924026461420 Cover of edition oresteiaofaeschy00aescuoft Cover of edition houseofatreusbei00aesciala Cover of edition schylosorestie13aescuoft
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  • Cover of: The Prometheus bound of Aeschylus

    First published in 1559 111 editions in 11 languages — 27 previewable Cover of edition prometheusgriech00aescuoft Cover of edition schyliprometheus00aesc Cover of edition denbundnepromet00aesc Cover of edition prometheusbound00aesc Cover of edition prometheusboundt00aescuoft Cover of edition prometheusboundw00aescuoft Cover of edition geschichtedersla00safr Cover of edition prometheuswithin00aescuoft Cover of edition prometheusofaesc00aesciala
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  • Cover of: Seven against Thebes.

    First published in 1812 50 editions in 6 languages — 14 previewable Cover of edition septemcontrathe00aesc Cover of edition septemcontratheb00aescuoft Cover of edition aischylouheptaep00aescuoft Cover of edition sevenagainstth00aesc Cover of edition septemadthebased00aescuoft Cover of edition heptaepithebasse00aescuoft Cover of edition septemcontrathe00tyrwgoog Cover of edition sevenagainstthe00aescgoog Cover of edition sevenagainsttheb00aesc_1
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  • Cover of: Aeschylus

    First published in 1833 43 editions in 4 languages — 10 previewable Cover of edition aeschylusexnovis00aescuoft Cover of edition aeschylus02palegoog Cover of edition aeschyluswithan00smytgoog Cover of edition aeschylus00smytgoog Cover of edition aeschylus00palegoog Cover of edition aeschylus01palegoog Cover of edition aeschylus0000aesc_k0j5 Cover of edition aeschyluscomplet0001aesc Cover of edition aeschylus0001aesc
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  • Cover of: The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

    First published in 2016 2 editions
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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: Aeschylus I: Oresteia (The Complete Greek Tragedies)

    First published in 1942 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Perser

    First published in 1816 55 editions in 13 languages — 12 previewable Cover of edition perser190100aesc Cover of edition persaipersaeadfi00aescuoft Cover of edition persae01aesc Cover of edition persianstranslat00aescuoft Cover of edition persaipersaeadf00aesc Cover of edition lespersesdeschyl00aescuoft Cover of edition persae00aescgoog Cover of edition deperzendramati00costgoog Cover of edition persians00aesc_0
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  • Cover of: Aeschylus II: The suppliant maidens ; The Persians ; Seven against Thebes ; Prometheus bound

    First published in 1956 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition aeschylusii00aesc
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  • Cover of: The Eumenides

    First published in 1844 40 editions in 7 languages — 14 previewable Cover of edition eumenides00aescuoft Cover of edition eumenides00aescrich Cover of edition eumenideseumenid00aesc Cover of edition eumenide00aesc Cover of edition eumenides1844aesc Cover of edition cu31924026461156 Cover of edition eum00enidesaescrich Cover of edition eumenideswithint01aescuoft Cover of edition aischyloueumenid00aescrich
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  • Cover of: The Choephoroe ("the Libation Bearers')

    First published in 1979 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes

    First published in 2006 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Persians

    First published in 2016 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Eumenides

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  • Cover of: Las siete tragedias

    First published in 1976 1 edition in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus

    First published in 2023 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: 'Agamemnon' of Aeschylus; with an Introduction, Commentary, and Translation, by A. W. Verrall

    First published in 2023 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Orestias Trilogie of Aeschylos Metwisk Oversat Af Peter Oluf Bronsted

    First published in 2023 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Die Tragödien und Fragmente

    First published in 1977 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1970 4 editions in 1 language
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Subjects
Drama, Greek Mythology, Translations into English, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Greek drama (Tragedy), Orestes (Greek mythology), Greek drama, Prometheus (Greek deity), Drama (dramatic works by one author), 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, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes
  • . Aeschylus.
  • Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes (Edited by Charles W. Eliot)

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December 21, 2020 Edited by Lisa merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import