1. Aeschylus - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Many of aeschylus works were influenced by the Persian invasion of Greece, which took place during his lifetime. His play The Persians remains a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus

Aeschylus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Aeschylus Bust of Aeschylus from the Capitoline Museums Rome Born c. 525 BC/524 BC Eleusis Died c. 456 BC Sicily Occupation Playwright and Soldier This article is about the ancient Greek playwright. For other uses, see Aeschylus (disambiguation) Aeschylus pronounced /ˈɛskɨləs/ or /ˈiːskɨləs/ Greek Aiskºlos , 525 BC/524 BC – 456 BC/455 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, the others being Sophocles and Euripides . He expanded the number of characters in plays to allow for conflict among them; previously, characters interacted only with the chorus . No more than seven of the estimated seventy plays written by Aeschylus have survived into modern times. Many of Aeschylus' works were influenced by the Persian invasion of Greece , which took place during his lifetime. His play The Persians remains a quintessential primary source of information about this period in Greek history. The war was so important to Greeks and to Aeschylus himself that, upon his death around 456 BC, his epitaph included a reference to his participation in the Greek victory at Marathon but not to his success as a playwright.

2. Aeschylus (c. 525-456 BC) Biography of Greek playwright aeschylus, plus links to all of his works currently in print. http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc3.htm

Home Theatre Links Advertise Here Email Us Aeschylus The "Father of Tragedy," Aeschylus was born in 525 B.C. in the city of Eleusis. Immersed early in the mystic rites of the city and in the worship of the Mother and Earth goddess Demeter, he was once sent as a child to watch grapes ripening in the countryside. According to Aeschylus, when he dozed off, Dionysus appeared to him in a dream and ordered him to write tragedies. The obedient young Aeschylus began a tragedy the next morning and "succeeded very easily." When Aeschylus first began writing, the theatre had only just begun to evolve. Plays were little more than animated oratorios or choral poetry supplemented with expressive dance. A chorus danced and exchanged dialogue with a single actor who portrayed one or more characters primarily by the use of masks. Most of the action took place in the circular dancing area or "orchestra" which still remained from the old days when drama had been nothing more than a circular dance around a sacred object. It was a huge leap for drama when Aeschylus introduced the second actor. He also attempted to involve the chorus directly in the action of the play. In

3. GradeSaver: ClassicNote: Biography Of Aeschylus Although no contemporary writers or biographers provide much reliable information about the life of aeschylus as it actually unfolded, it has been possible http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/authors/about_aeschylus.html

My Account Home Free Online Study Guides Best Editing Anywhere Getting you the grade since 1999. Study Guides Editing Services ... Help Search: Biography of Aeschylus Aeschylus Aeschylus is known to have fought with his brother for Greece against Persian invaders at Marathon in 490. It was the first successful major repulsion of the Persians by Greeks; Aeschylus was around thirty-five years old at the time. He went to war again at Salamis and Artemisium in 480 and possibly the next year at Plataea. By this time, however, his career as a dramatist was already well underway. Aeschylus is thought to have written his first plays around the year 500, for the legendary dramatic competition, the Great Dionysa, at the Festival of Dionysus in Athens, where they were performed. The competition, held in the annually in the spring, drew the most talented playwrights from around Greece for several decades. Plays were composed in trilogies, three lofty tragedies in unsequential arrangement or on a common theme, and one satyr play, or burlesque comedy. They were then judged according to high aesthetic criteria as well as the approval of the general audience. Aeschylus won his first victory in 484 and went on to win twelve more after that. In total, Aeschylus wrote approximately ninety plays, the titles of about eighty of which are known. However, only seven tragedies of the prodigious playwright's works survive. Aeschylus's innovations in the ancient dramatic form were fundamental. Chiefly, he was responsible for the introduction of a second actor. Whereas, previous to Aeschylus, plays had been more like recitations between a single actor and a chorus, the use of a second actor increased immensely the possiblities for flexible dramatic action and dialogue. He also expanded the presentation of drama by means of more elaborate costuming, stage machinery, and scenery. Majesty, profundity, and loft of language and theme are characteristic of the grand style of the so-called "Father of Tragedy."

4. Aeschylus A biography of the Greek dramatist aeschylus and collection of related links. http://www.theatredatabase.com/ancient/aeschylus_001.html

Home Ancient Theatre Medieval Theatre 16th Century ... 20th Century AESCHYLUS (C. 525 - 456 B.C.) This article was originally published in Minute History of the Drama IN the lives of the three great Greek tragedians, tradition is so mixed with fact, and the facts themselves frequently so uncertain, that it is hard to tell where one leaves off and the other begins. According to tradition the great service of Aeschylus to Greek drama had its beginnings in a dream. One night when he was watching his father's flocks, the gods in a vision commanded him to write tragic dramas for their glorification in the religious festivals. Whether there is anything of truth in the story or not, Aeschylus must have begun writing plays at an early age for we find him when scarcely twenty-five years old competing in the dramatic contests held yearly in honor of the god Dionysus. It was fifteen years, however, before he carried off first prize. Meanwhile, he had learned his craft so well that from his first success in 484 B.C. he continued to win almost continuously until his death. The parents of Aeschylus belonged to the old Attic nobility so that family life and traditions tended to make him a broadminded conservative, both in politics and religion. The circumstance that his birthplace, Eleusis, was the center of the worship of the goddess, Demeter, probably is largely responsible for his keen religious consciousness, and the fact that in all his extant plays the unvarying motive is the relentless power of Fate and the ultimate justice of Providence.

5. Aeschylus Quotes - The Quotations Page aeschylus; It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish. info add mail. aeschylus; Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Aeschylus/

Quotation Search by keyword or author: Home Weblog Quotes of the Day Motivational ... Read books online at our other site: The Literature Page Quotations by Author Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC) Greek tragic dramatist [more author details] Showing quotations 1 to 12 of 12 total 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 despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. Aeschylus In war, truth is the first casualty. Aeschylus It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish. Aeschylus Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. Aeschylus Agamemnon - More quotations on: [ Death I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope. Aeschylus Agamemnon - More quotations on: [ Dreams Hope It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. Aeschylus Agamemnon - More quotations on: [ Jealousy Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy. Aeschylus Agamemnon For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends.

6. Great Books Index - Aeschylus Discusses four plays by aeschylus the Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, Eumenides) and Prometheus Bound. Prepared by Lewis Stiles. http://books.mirror.org/gb.aeschylus.html

GREAT BOOKS INDEX Aeschylus (524455 BC) An Index to Online Great Books in English Translation AUTHORS/HOME TITLES ABOUT GB INDEX BOOK LINKS Plays by Aeschylus Persians Seven Against Thebes Suppliant Maidens Agamemnon ... Articles The Persians (472 BC) HTML edition in small sections (Perseus, Tufts) Translated by Herbert Weir Smith. Greek text also available. HTML edition in one document (Classics Archive, 90KB) Translated by Robert Potter. Text of play in one file (Adelaide, 60KB) Translated by Robert Potter. [Back to Top of Page] Seven Against Thebes (468 BC) HTML edition in small sections (Perseus, Tufts) Translated by Herbert Weir Smith. Greek text also available. HTML edition in one document (Classics Archive, 90KB) Translated by E.D.A. Morshead. Text of play in one file (Adelaide, 60KB) Translated by E.D.A. Morshead. [Back to Top of Page] The Suppliant Maidens (about 463 BC) HTML edition in small sections (Perseus, Tufts) Translated by Herbert Weir Smith. Greek text also available. HTML edition in one document (Classics Archive, 100KB) Translated by E.D.A. Morshead.

7. Aeschylus - Crystalinks aeschylus (525456 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 http://www.crystalinks.com/aeschylus.html

Aeschylus (525-456 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, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He expanded the number of characters in plays to allow for conflict between them; previously, characters interacted only with the chorus. Unfortunately, only seven of the estimated 70 plays written by Aeschylus have survived into modern times. Many of Aeschylus' works were influenced by the Persian invasion of Greece, which took place during his lifetime. His play The Persians remains an important primary source of information about this period in Greek history. The war was so important to Greeks and to Aeschylus himself that, upon his death around 456 BC, his epitaph included a reference to his participation in the Greek victory at Marathon but not to his success as a playwright. Born in Eleusis, a district of Athens, he wrote his first plays in 498 BC, but his earliest surviving play is possibly The Suppliants, written in approximately 490 BC. That same year, he participated in the Battle of Marathon, and in 480 BC he fought at the Battle of Salamis. Salamis was the subject of his play The Persians, written in 472 BC; it is possible that The Suppliants was written after this, making The Persians his earliest surviving play.

8. Aeschylus Collection At Bartleby.com Includes brief biography, etexts of the Orestian trilogy and Prometheus Bound from the Harvard Classics, and quotations. http://www.bartleby.com/people/Aeschylu.html

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9. Aeschylus And His Tragedies Biography of ancient Greek dramatist aeschylus and analysis of his poetic qualities. http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/aeschylus001.html

AESCHYLUS AND HIS TRAGEDIES This document was originally published in The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, vol. 1 . ed. Alfred Bates. London: Historical Publishing Company, 1906. pp. 53-59. Purchase Plays by Aeschylus This tomb the dust of Aeschylus doth hide, Euphorion's son and fruitful Gela's pride; How tried his valor Marathon may tell, And long-haired Medes, who knew it all too well. In a trilogy, or set of three connected plays, of which only his survives, he celebrated the glorious contests which he had witnessed, and for this also he gained the prize. Though defeated by Sophocles at his first attempt, the veteran Aeschylus regained his position with the series of which Seven Against Thebes was a part, and thenceforth his supremacy was undisputed. The real "father of tragedy" Aeschylus has been justly termed, certainly deserving this title far more than Thespis, for he it was who, as Aristophanes says, "first decked out tragedy with magificence." Improvements Introduced by Aeschylus Many were the improvements which Aeschylus introduced, especially in diminishing the importance of the chorus and in adding a second actor, thus giving prominence to the dialogue and making it the leading feature of the play. He removed all deeds of bloodshed from the public view, and in their place provided many spectacular elements, improving the costumes, making the masks more expressive and convenient, and probably adopting the cothurnus to increase the stature of the performers. Finally, he established the custom of contending for the prize with trilogies, or series of three independent dramas.

10. The Internet Classics Archive | Works By Aeschylus List of works by aeschylus, part of the Internet Classics Archive. http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/browse-Aeschylus.html

Home Search Buy Books and CD-ROMs ... Help Works by Aeschylus Agamemnon Written 458 B.C.E Translated by E. D. A. Morshead Read discussion : 55 comments The Choephori Written 450 B.C.E Translated by E. D. A. Morshead Read discussion : 1 comment Eumenides Written 458 B.C.E Translated by E. D. A. Morshead Read discussion : 10 comments The Persians Written 472 B.C.E Translated by Robert Potter Read discussion : 6 comments Prometheus Bound Written ca. 430 B.C.E Read discussion : 39 comments The Seven Against Thebes Written 467 B.C.E Translated by E. D. A. Morshead Read discussion : 5 comments The Suppliants Written ca. 463 B.C.E Translated by E. D. A. Morshead Read discussion : 2 comments

11. Perseus Encyclopedia Later sources (the Life of aeschylus and a scholarly commentary on Aristoph. During aeschylus’ lifetime, Sicily was home to some of the richest and most http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0004:id=aesc

12. AESCHYLUS aeschylus was the earliest of the great Greek tragedians and the principal creator of Greek drama. He is called the Father of Tragedy . http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/people_n2/persons1_n2/aeschylus.html

AESCHYLUS 525 - 456 BC Greek Playwright Aeschylus was the earliest of the great Greek tragedians and the principal creator of Greek drama. He is called the 'Father of Tragedy'. Aeschylus fought for Athens at Marathon (490 BC), helping defeat invading Persia. His first prize in a dramatic contest came in 484 BC, followed eight years later by his earliest extant work, 'The Persians'. Before Aeschylus, tragedies had a single actor, who could only respond to suggestions of the chorus. By adding a second actor, Aeschylus was able to show intrigue and conflict. He reduced the chorus in size, lessening its importance in favour of dramatic dialogue. The chorus assumed a secondary role, commenting, warning or setting the mood for the action of the play which was now carried by the actors. Of the 90 or so plays Aeschylus wrote, only seven have survived in complete form, among them the 'Oresteia' trilogy, 'The Seven against Thebes' and 'Prometheus Bound'. www link : Aeschylus

13. Aeschylus - Wikiquote Æschylus (525 BC 456 BC) was a playwright of ancient Greece, the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians, the others being Sophocles and Euripides http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aeschylus

Aeschylus From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search Time waxing old can many a lesson teach. †schylus (525 BC - 456 BC) was a playwright of ancient Greece, the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians , the others being Sophocles and Euripides Contents Sourced The Suppliants Prometheus Bound Agamemnon ... edit Sourced His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best. Variant: To be rather than to seem. Seven Against Thebes , l. 592 edit The Suppliants I would far rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evil. l. 453 "Reverence for parents" stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness. l. 707 edit Prometheus Bound On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble. O holy Mother Earth, O air and sun, behold me. I am wronged. Innumerable twinkling of the waves of the sea. line 89 For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends. Variant:In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. line 224 Words are the physicians of a mind diseased. line 378 For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.

14. The Dramas Of Aeschylus aeschylus, called the father of tragedy, was one of the three greatest tragic dramatists of the ancient world, along with Euripides and Sophocles. http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/aesch/index.htm

Topics Home Catalog African Age of Reason ... Hesiod Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides Plato Virgil ... Classics The Dramas of Aeschylus Aeschylus, called "the father of tragedy," was one of the three greatest tragic dramatists of the ancient world, along with Euripides and Sophocles . Born at Eleusis in 525 B.C.E. to a noble family, Aeschylus fought at Marathon and other battles of the Persian war. He introduced the concept of the dramatic trilogy (so he could also be called the "father of the sequel"). The Oresteia is the only trilogy of his that we still have intact; for instance, the Persians is part of a lost trilogy about the Persian war. Aeschylus employed dialog rather than the chorus to move the narrative along, which was a key step towards modern drama. He spent most of his career in Athens but exiled himself to Sicily after writing the Eumenides . He died in 456 B.C.E. THE ORESTEIA Agamemnon translated by Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead The Choephori (Libation Bearers) translated by Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead Eumenides translated by Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead Other Plays Prometheus Bound translated by Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead The Seven Against Thebes translated by Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead The Suppliants translated by Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead The Persians translated by Robert Potter Sign up for sacred-texts updates by email Enter your Email Preview Powered by FeedBlitz search powered by sacred-texts Web Sponsored Links Books are selected by Amazon.com and are not necessarily endorsed by this site

15. Aeschylus --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on aeschylus first of classical Athens great tragic dramatists, who raised that emerging art to great heights of http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9109426/Aeschylus

var britAdCategory = "literature"; Already a member? LOGIN Encyclopædia Britannica - the Online Encyclopedia Home Blog Advocacy Board ... Free Trial Britannica Online Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Introduction Life and career Dramatic and literary achievements The plays Persians Seven Against Thebes Suppliants Oresteia ... Prometheus Bound Major Works Works Texts Recommended editions Additional Reading ... Print this Table of Contents Linked Articles Great Dionysia Marathon Hieron I's Shopping New! Britannica Book of the Year The Ultimate Review of 2007. 2007 Britannica Encyclopedia Set (32-Volume Set) Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. New! Britannica 2008 Ultimate DVD/CD-ROM The world's premier software reference source. Aeschylus Page 1 of 11 born 525/524 BC died 456/455 BC , Gela, Sicily Aeschylus, frontispiece of a bust. Hulton Archive/Getty Images first of classical Athens' great tragic dramatists, who raised that emerging art to great heights of poetry and theatrical power. Aeschylus...

16. The Classics Pages - Aeschylus' Agamemnon: Themes And Plot aeschylus Oresteia trilogy (Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides) is Total Theatre using every resource open to the producer language, metaphor, http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/agamemnon.htm

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17. Aeschylus - MSN Encarta aeschylus (525?456 bc), Greek dramatist, the earliest of the great tragic poets of Athens. As the predecessor of Sophocles and Euripides, he is http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761555605/aeschylus.html

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18. Greek Tragedy II: Aeschylus Feature Greek Tragedy II aeschylus. aeschylus. Chorus O suitablyattired-in-leather-boots Head of a traveller, wherefore seeking whom http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa111197.htm

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19. Bibliography Smith, Peter M. On the Hymn to Zeus in aeschylus Agamemnon, Scholars Press, 1980. much less thorough because he deals with all of aeschylus plays. http://pirate.shu.edu/~cottereu/bibliography.htm

AESCHYLUS BIBLIOGRAPHY (for titles in CAPS, see Comments at the end) Armstrong, D. and E. A. Ratchford, "Iphigenia's Veil: Aeschylus, Agamemnon 228-48," BICS Buxton, R. G. A. PERSUASION IN GREEK TRAGEDY: A STUDY OF PEITHO, Cambridge UP, 1982. Conacher, D. J. AESCHYLUS' ORESTEIA: A LITERARY COMMENTARY Toronto:University of Toronto Press, 1987. Conacher, D. J. Aeschylus' Prometheus bound: a Literary Commentary, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980. Euben, J. Peter. THE TRAGEDY OF POLITICAL THEORY: THE ROAD NOT TAKEN Princeton UP, 1990. Fagles, Robert and W. B. Stanford. "THE SERPENT AND THE EAGLE," in Aeschylus. THE ORESTEIA . Trans. Fagles. New York: Viking Penguin, 1979, pp. 13-97. Finley, John H. PINDAR AND AESCHYLUS , Martin Classical Lectures 14. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1966. Gagarin, Michael. AESCHYLEAN DRAMA , Univ California Pr, 1976. Goldhill, Simon

20. Aeschylus Reliable biographical details of aeschylus life are few. We know aeschylus was born into a wealthy, well established family of Eleusis, http://www.wayneturney.20m.com/AESCHYLUS.htm

Home Page Acting Resume Playwrighting Resume Directing Resume Teaching Resume Hickory Hideout Theatre Administration Biography Essays, etc. Olio Actor's Equity Association, SAG, AFTRA A Glimpse of Theater History AESCHYLUS (ca. 525-456bc) Reliable biographical details of Aeschylus' life are few. We know Aeschylus was born into a wealthy, well established family of Eleusis, and that his father's name was Euphorion. Aeschylus' home town was a suburb of Athens where the Eleusinian mysteries were celebrated. These gnostic rites may well have influenced Aeschylus' religious views. He fought in the Persian War at Marathon and a decade later at Salamis. The victory of the Athenians at Salamis marked the beginning of the Golden Age of Athens, establishing the city as the dominant force in Greece and launching her imperial ambitions, and Aeschylus was there. Aristophanes gives us, in the Frogs , a portrait of a thoughtful, kind man with a decidedly passionatenot to say querulousnature that squares with other contemporary anecdotes of the dramatist. Georgias, for example, remarked that Aeschylus' plays were "full of Dionysos," lending credence to the popular notion that he wrote his plays while "under the influence." He wrote over 80 plays (some say 90), and he won his first victory at the

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