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January 13, 2025 | History
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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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Photo of Aeschylus

ancient Athenian playwright

Born c. 525 BC
Died c. 456 BC

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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) Translations from Greek Aeschylus Translations into German English drama Greek language materials Danaus (Greek mythology) History and criticism Polyneices (Greek mythology) Translations into Italian Criticism and interpretation

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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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  • Αἰσχύλος
  • Aiskhulos
  • Eschyle
  • Aischylos
  • Æschylus
  • Aeschylus Aeschylus
  • Aeschylus (Aiskhylos)
  • . Aeschylus.
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