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noun - Greek tragedian
AESCHYLUS - Aeschylus (UK: , US: ; Greek: Aiskhulos; Ancient Greek: [ais.ký.los]; c. 525/524 c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is often descri...
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| This ancient dramatist is known for his innovative use of a second actor in his plays |
| This Grecian fought at Salamis & Marathon, & his 70 plays include the "Oresteia" & "Prometheus Bound" |
| "The Seven", a hip-hop reworking of his "Seven Against Thebes", is a "risky adventure in aesthetic cross-pollination" |
| The only extant trilogy we have by this ancient Greek is the "Oresteia" |
| This "Oresteia" man was the first to use 2 actors in a tragedy to create dialogue, instead of having one just play to the chorus |
| The "Oresteia" tragedian:525-456 B.C. |
| Possible dropping of a tortoise on his head by an eagle, in 456 B.C. |
| Athenian drama king(9) |
| The "Oresteia", first performed in 458 B.C. |
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| Aeschylus (UK: , US: ; Greek: Aiskhulos; Ancient Greek: [ais.ký.los]; c. 525/524 c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is often described as the father of tragedy. Academics' knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in the theater and allowed conflict among them; characters previously had interacted only with the chorus.Only seven of his estimated seventy to ninety plays have survived, and there is a long standing debate regarding his authorship of one of these plays, Prometheus Bound, which some believe his son Euphorion actually wrote. Fragments of some other plays have survived in quotations 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; his Oresteia is the only ancient example of the f |