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Aeschylus
[ es-kuh-luhsor, especially British, ee-skuh- ]
noun
- 525–456 b.c., Greek poet and dramatist.
Aeschylus
/ ˈiːskələs; ˌiːskəˈliːən /
noun
- Aeschylus?525 bc?456 bcMGreekTHEATRE: dramatist ?525–?456 bc , Greek dramatist, regarded as the father of Greek tragedy. Seven of his plays are extant, including Seven Against Thebes , The Persians , Prometheus Bound , and the trilogy of the Oresteia
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Derived Forms
- Aeschylean, adjective
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Other Words From
- Aes·chy·le·an [es-k, uh, -, lee, -, uh, n, ee-sk, uh, -], adjective
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Example Sentences
Aeschylus wrote some 90 plays and Sophocles about 120; seven from each of them have survived.
The earliest of the passages now in question comes from the poet Pratinas, a contemporary of Aeschylus.
Perhaps the gods and demons of Aeschylus may best bear a comparison with the angels and devils of Milton.
What the Greeks only suspected we know well; what their Aeschylus imagined our nursery children feel.
But certainly more sense and less syntax (good or bad) in translations of Aeschylus might be a relief.
For this liberty I have the example of Aeschylus, the creator of tragedy, and Sophocles, the greatest master of his art.
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