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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: Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides

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  • Cover of: Aeschylus Persae

    First published in 1982 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Tragoediae superstites et deperditarum fragmenta, ex recensione G. Dindorfii.
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    First published in 1832 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Aeschylus, with an English translation by Herbert Weir Smyth.
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    First published in 1930 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Aeschylus I: The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, the Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound

    First published in 2013 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Choephori

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  • Cover of: Griechische Tragoedien; Volume 2

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  • Cover of: Seven Against Thebes

    First published in 1935 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Agamemnon: Large Print

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  • Cover of: Prométhée enchaîné

    First published in 1965 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Prometheus bound of Æschylus
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  • Cover of: Aeschyli Tragoediae: cum fabularum deperditarum fragmentis, poetae vita et operum catalogo

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  • Cover of: The Complete Greek Tragedies: Aeschylus II (The Complete Greek Tragedies)
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  • Cover of: The Oresteian Trilogy
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    First published in 1962 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Eumenides (The furies) of Aeschylus
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    First published in 1925 — 3 editions
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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