Aeschylus





Aeschylus

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born
December 30, 0524 in Eleusis, Attica, Greece

died
December 31, 0455

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Aeschylus (525 BC – 456 BC) was an ancient Greek playwright. He is often recognized as the father or the founder of tragedy, and is the earliest of the three Greek tragedians whose plays survive extant, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in plays to allow for conflict among them; previously, characters interacted only with the chorus. Unfortunately, only seven of an estimated 70 plays by Aeschylus have survived into modern times; one of these plays, Prometheus Bound, is sometimes thought not to be the work of Aeschylus.

At least one of Aeschylus' works was influenced by the Persian invasion of Greece, which took place during his lifetime. His play The Persians remains a good...more


Average rating: 3.91 · 15,330 ratings · 558 reviews · 122 distinct works
The Oresteia: Agamemnon / T...
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Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
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The Persians
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Agamemnon Χοηφόροι - Ευμενίδες
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“Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.”
Aeschylus

“He who learns must suffer
And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget
Falls drop by drop upon the heart,
And in our own despite, against our will,
Comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.”
Aeschylus

“Oh, the torment bred in the race,
the grinding scream of death
and the stroke that hits the vein,
the hemorrhage none can staunch, the grief,
the curse no man can bear.

But there is a cure in the house, and not outside it, no,
not from others but from them,
their bloody strife. We sing to you,
dark gods beneath the earth.

Now hear, you blissful powers underground --
answer the call, send help.
Bless the children, give them triumph now.”
Aeschylus, The Oresteia Trilogy: Agamemnon/The Libation-Bearers/The Furies

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