Aeschylus Birth:
Aeschylus was born in the city of Eleusis, near Athens in 525 BC.
Aeschylus was born in the city of Eleusis, near Athens in 525 BC.
Aeschylus Death:
In 490 BC, 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 in 456 BC. A monument was later erected there in his memory.
In 490 BC, 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 in 456 BC. A monument was later erected there in his memory.
Aeschylus Achievements:
Aeschylus was the first of three great Greek writers of tragedy, which included Sophocles and Euripides. 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 play.
Aeschylus was the first of three great Greek writers of tragedy, which included Sophocles and Euripides. 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 play.
Aeschylus Quotes:
"In war, truth is the first casualty."
"It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish."
"In war, truth is the first casualty."
"It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish."
Lines from "Agamemnon":
"Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny."
"I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope."
"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered."
"Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy."
"Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny."
"I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope."
"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered."
"Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy."
Lines from "Prometheus Bound":
"For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends."
"Time as he grows old teaches all things."
"Words are the physicians of the mind diseased."
"For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends."
"Time as he grows old teaches all things."
"Words are the physicians of the mind diseased."
(525?-456 BC) Greek writer. Aeschylus was the first of three great Greek writers of tragedy, which included Sophocles and Euripides. He wrote perhaps 90 plays (7 survive in full) and won 13 first prizes at the Greater Dionysia.
