Author

← All Authors

Aeschylus

Αἰσχύλος

Aischýlos

Country

Classical Athens

Languages

Classical Attic Greek

Dates

525 BCE — 456 BCE

Aeschylus

Aeschylus 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.

Works

Πέρσαι

The Persians

Classical Attic Greek · 472 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας

Seven Against Thebes

Classical Attic Greek · 467 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

Ἱκέτιδες

The Suppliants

Classical Attic Greek · 463 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

Ἀγαμέμνων

Agamemnon

Classical Attic Greek · 460 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

Χοηφόροι

The Libation Bearers

Classical Attic Greek · 459 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

Εὐμενίδες

The Eumenides

Classical Attic Greek · 458 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

Ὀρέστεια

Oresteia

Classical Attic Greek · 458 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

αποσπάσματα (apospasmata)

Fragments

Classical Attic Greek · c. 456 BCDrama / Theatre / Plays

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης

Prometheus Bound

Classical Attic Greek · 454 BCEDrama / Theatre / Plays

Short Works