Aeschylus

[ es-kuh-luhsor, especially British, ee-skuh- ]

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525–456 b.c., Greek poet and dramatist.

Aeschylus

/ ˈiːskələs; ˌiːskəˈliːən /

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Aeschylus?525 bc?456 bcMGreekTHEATRE: dramatist ?525–?456 bc , Greek dramatist, regarded as the father of Greek tragedy. Seven of his plays are extant, including Seven Against Thebes , The Persians , Prometheus Bound , and the trilogy of the Oresteia

Aeschylus

An ancient Greek poet, often considered the founder of tragedy . He was the first of the three great Greek authors of tragedies, preceding Sophocles and Euripides .

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Derived Forms

Aeschylean, adjective

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Other Word Forms

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Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides illuminated how pride, injustice and failed leadership could threaten a community.

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The “Embarkation,” for instance, begins with a jubilant seven-member South African women’s chorus singing in Zulu lines from Aeschylus, Brecht and many others.

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Comedy and tragedy customarily share space in “Star Trek” — “Section 31” begins with a quote from Aeschylus and includes an extended discussion over whether the gizmo they’re after is called “Godsend” or “God’s End.”

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It should have read "Shakespeare is by no means inferior to Aeschylus".

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Even Aristotle, who could be said to have launched literary criticism, set forth the precepts of tragedy by empirically studying the indelible examples of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.

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Aeschines Aesculapian

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