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Aeschylus ( UK: / ˈiːskɪləs /, US: / ˈɛskɪləs /; Greek: Αἰσχύλος Aiskhýlos; c. 525 /524 – c. 456 /455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek tragedy is largely based on inferences made from reading his surviving plays.
Aeschylus. Often described as the father of tragedy by both Ancient Greek authors and modern scholars, Aeschylus is the earliest playwright whose works have survived to this day and age. Born into a well-to-do family at Eleusis in 525/4 BC, he debuted on the stage in the twenty-sixth year of his life, but achieved his first victory only fifteen ...
Aeschylus, marble bust. Aeschylus, (born 525/524—died 456/455 bc, Gela, Sicily), Greek tragic dramatist. He fought with the Athenian army at Marathon (490) and in 484 achieved the first of his many victories at the major dramatic competition in Athens.
Introduction. Aeschylus (also spelled Aischylos or Aiskhylos) was born c . 525/4 BCE to an aristocratic family in Eleusis, a town in western Attica, part of the territory controlled by Athens. He was one of the earliest tragic poets.
Apr 5, 2010 · Perseus Encyclopedia, Aeschylus. alphabetic letter: entry group: entry: Aeschylus, father of Aesimedes. Paus. 4.5.10. Aeschylus (2), father of sculptor Asterion. Paus. 6.3.1. Aeschylus (3), father of Symmachus. Paus. 6.1.3. Aeschylus (4), son of Euphorion. life of Aeschylus. Birth of Aeschylus at Eleusis in Attica c. 525/524.
Mar 4, 2019 · Aeschylus was the first of the three great ancient Greek writers of tragedy. Born at Eleusis, he lived from about 525-456 B.C., during which time the Greeks suffered invasion by the Persians in the Persian Wars. Aeschylus fought at the major Persian War Battle of Marathon . The Fame of Aeschylus.
Aeschylus - Ancient Greek, Tragedy, Oresteia: One of a trilogy of unconnected tragedies presented in 472 bc, Persians (Greek Persai) is unique among surviving tragedies in that it dramatizes recent history rather than events from the distant age of mythical heroes. The play treats the decisive repulse of the Persians from Greece in 480, in ...
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