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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: House of Atreus (Selections. )

    First published in 2021 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Agamemnon. ein Trauerspiel Von Aeschylos

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  • Cover of: Oresteia

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  • Cover of: Aeschyli Prometheus Vinctus

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  • Cover of: 'Agamemnon' of Aeschylus; with an Introduction, Commentary, and Translation, by A. W. Verrall

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  • Cover of: Choephori: The Libation Bearers

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  • Cover of: House of Atreus; Being the Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, and the Furies

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  • Cover of: Oresteian Trilogy: Agamemnon; the Choephori; the Eumenides

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  • Cover of: Aeschylus Plays : I: The Persians; Prometheus Bound; the Suppliants; Seven Against Thebes

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  • Cover of: House of Atreus

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  • Cover of: The oresteia

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  • Cover of: Aischylos. Dritte Auflage

    First published in 2018 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Aeschylos Agamemnon. Erklärt Von F. W. Schneidewin

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  • Cover of: Prometheus Bound

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  • Cover of: Prometheus bound

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  • Cover of: The tragedies of Aeschylus

    First published in 1779 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Esquilo: Agamemnón, Las Coéforas, Las Euménides, los siete sobre Tebas, Prometeo encadenado : traducción directa del griego en verso castellano

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  • Cover of: The Persians

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  • Cover of: Prometheus bound

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  • Cover of: Agamemnon of Aeschylus

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Photo of Aeschylus

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