Definitions for aeschylus
ˈɛs kə ləsaeschy·lus

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1. Aeschylusnoun

   Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic drama (525-456 BC)

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1. Aeschylusnoun

   A Greek dramatic poet (525 BC - 456 BC); Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians.

2. Aeschylusnoun

   A Greek dramatic poet; Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians.

3. Aeschylusnoun

   A male given name from Ancient Greek.

4. Etymology: From Αἰσχύλος.

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1. aeschylus

   Aeschylus (525/524 BC - 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek playwright and is often recognized as the father of tragedy. He is one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, along with Sophocles and Euripides. Aeschylus' most famous works include "The Persians," "Seven Against Thebes," "The Suppliants," and the trilogy known as "The Oresteia." His plays were often characterized by their exploration of religious and moral issues. He won his first victory at the City Dionysia, Athenian dramatic festival, in 484 BC.

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1. Aeschylus

   Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: Our knowledge of the genre begins with his work and our understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in plays to allow for conflict amongst them, whereas previously characters had interacted only with the chorus. Only seven of his estimated seventy to ninety plays have survived into modern times, and there is a longstanding debate about his authorship of one of these plays, Prometheus Bound. Fragments of some other plays have survived in quotes and more continue to be discovered on Egyptian papyrus, often giving us surprising insights into his work. He was probably the first dramatist to present plays as a trilogy and his Oresteia is the only ancient example of the form to have survived. At least one of his works was influenced by the Persian invasion of Greece, which took place during his lifetime. This play, The Persians, is the only extant classical Greek tragedy concerned with recent history and it is a useful source of information about that period. So important was the war to Aeschylus and the Greeks that, upon his death, around 456 BC, his epitaph commemorated his participation in the Greek victory at Marathon rather than his success as a playwright.

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1. aeschylus

   Quotes by aeschylus -- Explore a large variety of famous quotes made by aeschylus on the Quotes.net website.

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1. • Dramatist

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How to pronounce aeschylus?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of aeschylus in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of aeschylus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Aeschylus
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=aeschylus
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=aeschylus