Aeschylus

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Aeschylus

Aeschylus (525 BC—456 BC) was an Ancient Greek writer who wrote about 76 plays. But only 6 of his tragedies have survived complete. Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Ancient Greek writers of tragedies, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

[edit] Surviving plays

  • The Persians (Persai) (472 BC)
  • Seven Against Thebes (Hepta epi Thebas) (467 BC)
  • The Suppliants (Hiketides) (463 BC?)
  • Oresteia (458 BC)
    • Agamemnon
    • The Libation Bearers (Choephoroi)
    • The Eumenides

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