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Aeschylus (525—456 BC; Greek: Αισχυλος) was a playwright of ancient Greece. Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC Events 529 BC - Cambyses II succeeds his father Cyrus as ruler of Persia. ...
Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC Years: 461 BC 460 BC 459 BC 458 BC 457 BC - 456 BC - 455 BC 454 BC...
A playwright is an author of plays for performance in the theater. ...
Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. ...
Tragedy is one of the oldest forms of drama. ...
A Roman bust of Sophocles. ...
Euripides (c. ...
Biography Born in Eleusis, a district of Athens, he wrote his first plays in 498 BC, but his earliest surviving play is possibly The Suppliants, written in approximately 490 BC. That same year, he participated in the Battle of Marathon, and in 480 BC he fought at the Battle of Salamis. Salamis was the subject of his play The Persians, written in 472 BC; it is possible that The Suppliants was written after this, making The Persians his earliest surviving play. Eleusis (Greek, Modern: Ελεύσινα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -is) was a small town about 30 km NW of Athens. ...
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The Suppliants (Greek Hiketides, also translated as The Suppliant Maidens) was probably first performed sometime after 470 BC. It was once thought to be the earliest play by Aeschylus due to the relatively anachronistic function of the chorus as the protagonist of the drama. ...
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC Years: 495 BC 494 BC 493 BC 492 BC 491 BC - 490 BC - 489 BC 488 BC...
Battle of Marathon Conflict Persian Wars Date September, 490 BC Place Marathon, Greece Result Greek victory The Battle of Marathon (490 BC) was the culmination of King Darius I of Persias first major attempt to conquer the remainder of the Greeks and add them to the Persian Empire, thereby...
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC - 480s BC - 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC Years: 485 BC 484 BC 483 BC 482 BC 481 BC _ 480 BC _ 479 BC...
Battle of Salamis Conflict Persian Wars Date September, 480 BC Place Off Salamis Result Greek victory The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle between the Greek city-states and Persia, fought in September, 480 BC in the straits between Piraeus and Salamis, a small island in the Saronic Gulf...
The Persians (Πέρσαι) is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. ...
Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 477 BC 476 BC 475 BC 474 BC 473 BC 472 BC 471 BC 470 BC 469...
Aeschylus frequently travelled to Sicily, where the tyrant of Gela was a patron. In 458 BC he travelled there for the last time; according to traditional legend, Aeschylus was killed in 456 BC when an eagle (or more likely a Lammergeier), mistaking the playwright's bald crown for a stone, dropped a tortoise on his head (though some accounts differ, claiming it was a stone dropped by an eagle or vulture that likely mistook his bald head for the egg of a flightless bird). Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. ...
A tyrant (from Greek τυραννος tyrannos) is a usurper of rightful power, possessing absolute power and ruling by tyranny. ...
Gela is a commune in the province of Caltanissetta, in the island of Sicily, Italy. ...
Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC Years: 463 BC 462 BC 461 BC 460 BC 459 BC - 458 BC - 457 BC 456 BC...
Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC Years: 461 BC 460 BC 459 BC 458 BC 457 BC - 456 BC - 455 BC 454 BC...
Genera Aquila Haliaeetus Pithecophaga Circaetus (*) Scientists argue whether Accipitriformes are a separate order, or belong to the Falconiformes. ...
Binomial name Gypaetus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Lammergeier or Bearded Vulture, Gypaetus barbatus is an Old World vulture, the only member of the genus Gypaetus (Storr, 1784). ...
Genera Chersina Dipsochelys Furculachelys Geochelone Gopherus Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria Psammobates Pyxis Testudo Tortoise is the name given to the land-dwelling reptiles most of whose body is shielded by a special shell. ...
Genera Aquila Haliaeetus Pithecophaga Circaetus (*) Scientists argue whether Accipitriformes are a separate order, or belong to the Falconiformes. ...
A Nubian Vulture Vultures are scavenging birds, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals. ...
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The inscription on his gravestone was written by himself before his death, and makes no mention of his theatrical renown. He chose to commemorate his military achievements only. It read:
"This gravestone covers Aeschylus, son of Euphorion, from Athens, who died in fertile Gela. The field of Marathon will speak of his bravery, and so will the longhaired Mede who learnt it well".
In Greek: "Αισχύλον Ευφορίωνος Αθηναίον τόδε κεύθει μνήμα, πεπνυμένον πυροφόροιο Γέλας. Αλκήν δ' ευδόκιμον μαραθώνειον άλσος αν είποι και βαθυχαιτήεις Μήδος επιστάμενος"
Works Aeschylus' work has a strong moral and religious emphasis. Many of his plays end more "happily" than those of the other two; namely, his masterpiece The Oresteia trilogy. The Suppliants, the Persians, the Seven Against Thebes and the first two parts of the Oresteia end unhappily. Besides the literary merit of his work, Aeschylus' greatest contribution to the theater was the addition of a second actor to his scenes. Previously, the action took place between a single actor and the Greek chorus. This invention was only attributed to him by later tradition, however. The Oresteia is a trilogy of tragedies about the end of the curse on the House of Atreus, written by Aeschylus. ...
In tragic plays of Ancient Greece, the chorus was, originally, made of 12 singing and dancing members. ...
Aeschylus is known to have written over 70 plays, only six of which remain extant:
In addition, the canon of Aeschylus' plays includes a seventh, Prometheus Bound. Attributed to Aeschylus in antiquity, it is generally considered by modern scholars to be the work of an unknown fourth-century playwright. Its language in no way resembles that of Aeschylus, and its hostility to the figure of Zeus is completely at odds with the religious views of the other six plays. The Suppliants (Greek Hiketides, also translated as The Suppliant Maidens) was probably first performed sometime after 470 BC. It was once thought to be the earliest play by Aeschylus due to the relatively anachronistic function of the chorus as the protagonist of the drama. ...
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC Years: 495 BC 494 BC 493 BC 492 BC 491 BC - 490 BC - 489 BC 488 BC...
The Persians (Πέρσαι) is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. ...
Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC - 470s BC - 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 477 BC 476 BC 475 BC 474 BC 473 BC 472 BC 471 BC 470 BC 469...
Seven Against Thebes is a play by Aeschylus concerning the battle between Eteocles and the army of Thebes and Polynices and his supporters, traditional Theban enemies. ...
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 510s BC 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC - 460s BC - 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 472 BC 471 BC 470 BC 469 BC 468 BC - 467 BC - 466 BC 465 BC 464...
The Oresteia is a trilogy of tragedies about the end of the curse on the House of Atreus, written by Aeschylus. ...
Centuries: 4th century BC - 5th century BC - 6th century BC Decades: 500s BC 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC - 450s BC - 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC Years: 463 BC 462 BC 461 BC 460 BC 459 BC - 458 BC - 457 BC 456 BC...
The Oresteia is a trilogy of tragedies about the end of the curse on the House of Atreus, written by Aeschylus. ...
The Oresteia is a trilogy of tragedies about the end of the curse on the House of Atreus, written by Aeschylus. ...
The Oresteia is a trilogy of tragedies about the end of the curse on the House of Atreus, written by Aeschylus. ...
Traditionally attributed to Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound is now considered by most scholars to be the work of another hand, perhaps one as late as the 4th century BC. It is still included in collected editions of Aeschylus. ...
(5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - other centuries) (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium AD) Events Invasion of the Celts into Ireland Gauls sack Rome Kingdom of Macedon conquers Persian empire The Scythians are beginning to be absorbed into the Sarmatian people. ...
In early 1990s fragments of another Aeschylus play, which had been mentioned in ancient sources, were discovered in the wrappings of a mummy in Egypt. The play, Achilles, was part of a trilogy about the Trojan War. It had been lost for over 2,000 years. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A mummy is a preserved corpse that, due to shielding from decomposition by either natural or artificial means, has retained its physical form. ...
Achilles is a trilogy of plays written by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. ...
The Trojan War was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor by the armies of Greece, following the kidnapping (or elopement) of Helen of Sparta by Paris of Troy. ...
External links - Selected Poems of Aeschylus (http://www.poetseers.org/the_great_poets/the_classics/aeschylus/)
- Works by Aeschylus (http://www.gutenberg.org/author/Aeschylus) at Project Gutenberg
- Available by .pdf file at Textkit:
- The Suppliants (http://www.textkit.com/learn/ID/42/author_id/5/)
- The Persians (http://www.textkit.com/learn/ID/40/author_id/5/)
- Seven Against Thebes (http://www.textkit.com/learn/ID/30/author_id/5/)
- Agamemnon (http://www.textkit.com/learn/ID/6/author_id/5/)
- The Libation Bearers (http://www.textkit.com/learn/ID/50/author_id/5/)
- The Eumenides (http://www.textkit.com/learn/ID/13/author_id/5/)
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Fragments - Photo of a fragment of The Net-pullers (http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/POxy/VExhibition/2161.htm)
Prometheus Bound - Prometheus Bound (http://www.textkit.com/learn/ID/28/author_id/5/)
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