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Also known as Æschylus, Aeschylos

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Aeschylus was a male warrior, playwright, and writer from Classical Athens who lived during classical antiquity. Born in Elefsina around 525 BCE and dying in Gela in 456 BCE, he wrote in Ancient Greek. His notable works include Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, Eumenides, and The Persians. He participated in the Battle of Salamis, the Battle of Marathon, and the Battle of Plataea.

His manner of death was accidental. He was a member of the deme of Eleusis and had a child named Euphorion. His siblings were Cynaegirus and Ameinias of Athens. The Victoria and Albert Museum holds works by Aeschylus in its collection. He is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Person · Open Library

Born: c. 525 BC
Died: c. 456 BC
Works: 1032

Top works

Prometheus Bound (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Agamemnon (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Libation Bearers (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
Prometheus Bound. The Suppliants. Seven Against Thebes. The Persians. Translated with an introduction by Philip Vellacott (Penguin Classics. no. L112.)
The Oresteian Trilogy. (Agamemnon; The Choephori; The Eumenides)

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Film & TV

Eleusis, Greece

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…

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Key facts

Person.name: Aeschylus
Person.image: Herma of Aeschylus, Klas08.jpg
Person.caption: Roman marble herma of Aeschylus dating to 30 BC, based on an earlier bronze Greek herma, dating to around 340-320 BC
Person.native_name_lang: Greek
Person.birth_date: /524 BC
Person.birth_place: Eleusis
Person.death_date: (aged approximately 67)
Person.death_place: Gela, Sicily
Person.occupation: Playwright and soldier
Person.parents: Euphorion (father)