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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: The agamemnon
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  • Cover of: The Oresteia of Aeschylus
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  • Cover of: The Prometheus bound of Aeschylus
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  • Cover of: Persae
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  • Cover of: Seven against Thebes.
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  • Cover of: Aeschylus
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  • Cover of: The Eumenides
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  • Cover of: Choephoroi, with introd. and notes by A. Sidgwick.
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  • Cover of: Nine Greek dramas
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  • Cover of: The suppliants
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  • Cover of: Lyrical dramas of Æschylus: from the Greek
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  • Cover of: The tragedies of Aeschylus
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    Cover of edition tragediesofaesch00aescrich First published in 1777 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: Aeschyli Tragoediae
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  • Cover of: The Tragedies
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  • Cover of: Eschyle
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    First published in 1872 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: The lyrical dramas of Aeschylus
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    First published in 1850 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: The Orestes plays of Aeschylus: The Agamemnon ; The libation bearers ; The Eumenides
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    First published in 1962 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Suppliant Maidens and Other Plays

    First published in 2003 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Aeschylus' Prometheus bound and the Seven against Thebes
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    Cover of edition aeschylusprometh00aesciala First published in 1892 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: The plays of Aeschylus
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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), Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Orestes (Greek mythology), Greek drama, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Prometheus (Greek deity), Agamemnon (Greek mythology), Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology), History, Greek drama, translations into english, Electra (Greek mythology), Erinyes (Greek mythology), Aeschylus, Translations from Greek, Translations into German, Greek language materials, English drama, Danaus (Greek mythology), History and criticism, Polyneices (Greek mythology), Translations into Italian, Eteocles (Greek mythology)

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), Danaus King of Argos (Mythological character), Xerxes I King of Persia (519-465 or 4 B.C), Eteocles King of Thebes (Mythological character), Polynices (Greek mythological figure), John Lewin, Aeschylus. Prometheus bound, Apollo (Deity), Iphigenia, 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., 19th century, 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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January 13, 2025 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import