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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: Aeschylus I: The Persians, the Seven Against Thebes, the Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound

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  • Cover of: The Prometheus bound of Æschylus

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  • Cover of: Aeschylus I: Oresteia (The Complete Greek Tragedies)

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  • Cover of: Aeschylus I, II.: Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore.

    First published in 1942 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1925 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The suppliant maidens.: The Persians. The seven against Thebes. The Prometheus bound of Aeschylus

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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.

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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, 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.

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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