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EncyclopediaAeschylusAeschylus (es'kilus, ēs'–) [key], 525–456 B.C., Athenian tragic dramatist, b. Eleusis. The first of the three great Greek writers of tragedy, Aeschylus was the predecessor of Sophocles and Euripides. Aeschylus fought at Marathon and at Salamis. In 476 B.C. he went to Sicily to live at the court of Hiero I, and he died at Gela. He wrote perhaps 90 plays (7 survive in full) and won 13 first prizes at the Greater Dionysia, the spring dramatic festival in which each dramatist submitted four connected plays—a tragic trilogy and a lighter satyr play. Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Aeschylus from Infoplease:
- Aeschylus: The Plays - The Plays The extant plays of Aeschylus are hard to date. The earliest is probably The Suppliants, ...
- Aeschylus: Bibliography - Bibliography See studies by G. Murray (1940), M. H. McCall, ed. (1972), T. G. Rosenmeyer (1982), R. ...
- Aeschylus: Achievements and Characteristics - Achievements and Characteristics Prior to Aeschylus, tragedy had been a dramatically limited ...
- Aeschylus - Biography of Aeschylus, "The father of Greek tragedy"
- Aeschylus - Biography of Aeschylus, "The father of Greek tragedy"
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