Aeschylus
Aeschylus (, ; ; /524 – /455 BC) 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.Only seven of Aeschylus's estimated 70 to 90 plays have survived. There is a long-standing debate regarding the authorship of one of them, ''Prometheus Bound'', with some scholars arguing that it may be the work of his son Euphorion. Fragments from other plays have survived in quotations, and more continue to be discovered on Egyptian papyri. These fragments often give further insights into Aeschylus' work. He was likely the first dramatist to present plays as a trilogy. His ''Oresteia'' is the only extant ancient example. At least one of his plays was influenced by the Persians' second invasion of Greece (480–479 BC). This work, ''The Persians'', is one of very few classical Greek tragedies concerned with contemporary events, and the only one extant. The significance of the war with Persia was so great to Aeschylus and the Greeks that his epitaph commemorates his participation in the Greek victory at Marathon while making no mention of his success as a playwright. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1991
Published 1991
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Published 1978
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Published 1999
Published 1999
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Published 1959
Published 1959
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Published 1920
Published 1920
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Published 1960
Published 1960
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Published 1970
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Published 1919
Published 1919
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Published 1975
Published 1975
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Published 1975
Published 1975
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Published 1975
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Published 1890
Published 1890
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Published 1899
Published 1899
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Published 1936
Published 1936
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Published 1970
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Published 1952
Published 1952
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Published 1970
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Published 1953
Published 1953
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Published 1970
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