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Aeschylus

Overview

Aeschylus (Ancient Greek: Αἰσχύλος 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. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in the theatre and allowed conflict among them. Formerly, characters interacted only with the chorus. Only seven of Aeschylus's estimated 70 to 90 plays have survived in complete form. There is a long-standing debate regarding the authorship of one of them, Prometheus Bound, with some scholars arguing that it may be the work of his son Euphorion. Fragments from other plays have survived in quotations, and more continue to be discovered on Egyptian papyri. These fragments often give further insights into Aeschylus' work. He was likely the first dramatist to present plays as a trilogy. His Oresteia is the only extant ancient example. At least one of his plays was influenced by the Persians' second invasion of Greece (480–479 BC). This work, The Persians, is one of very few classical Greek tragedies concerned with contemporary events, and the only one extant. The significance of the war with Persia was so great to Aeschylus and the Greeks that his epitaph commemorates his participation in the Greek victory at Marathon while making no mention of his success as a playwright.

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Writing
2022 The Furies Writing Story N/A
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2021 The Oresteia Writing Theatre Play N/A
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2021 Prometheus Bound Writing Theatre Play N/A
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2015 Prometheus Writing Theatre Play N/A
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2015 Le Supplici di Eschilo - Teatro greco di Siracusa Writing Theatre Play N/A
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2010 L'Orestie Writing Theatre Play N/A
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2004 Prometheus Bound Writing Author N/A
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1998 Prometheus Retrogressing Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1992 Prometheus Bound Writing Writer N/A
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1983 The Oresteia Writing Theatre Play 58
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1983 Seven Against Thebes Writing Writer N/A
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1978 Trails Writing Theatre Play 59
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1975 The Persians Writing Writer 58
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1975 Prometheus Second Person, Singular Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1972 Fragments of an Alms-Film Writing Original Story 58
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1972 Orestea Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1972 Orestea Writing Writer N/A
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1969 Forgotten Pistolero Writing Theatre Play 58
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1967 The Illiac Passion Writing Theatre Play 58
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1961 The Persians Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1959 Hercules Unchained Writing Theatre Play 58
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