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| Name: |
Aeschylus | | Birth Date: |
524 B.C. | | Death Date: |
456 B.C. | | Place of Death: |
Gela, Italy | | Nationality: |
Greek | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
dramatist |
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 Biography of Aeschylus
1,390 words, approx. 5 pages
 The Greek playwright Aeschylus (524-456 BC) is the first European dramatist whose plays have been preserved. He is also the earliest of the great Greek tragedians, and more than any other he is concerned with the interrelationship of man and the gods.... summary from source:
Biography of Aeschylus
9,877 words, approx. 33 pages
 In the city of Athens in the fifth century B.C., Aeschylus, the Father of Tragedy, developed a spectacle in which choral song and dance alternated with solo speeches into one of the major genres of world literature. The ninety plays that Aeschylus... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Aeschylus Information
4,742 words, approx. 16 pages
Aeschylus (pronounced /ˈɛskɨləs/ or /ˈiːskɨləs/, Greek: <b>Αἰσχύλος</b>, 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,<sup id="cite_ref-F243_0-0"...
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 AP News Greek archaeologists discover theater
2/16/2007: 300 words, approx. 1 pagesSections of an ancient Greek theater were discovered on Thursday during construction work in an Athens suburb, archaeologists said.Until now, only two such buildings were known in the ancient city where western theater originated more than 2,500 years ago.Fifteen rows of concentric stone seats have... summary from source:
AP News Uzbek theater director killed
9/7/2007: 433 words, approx. 1 pagesMark Weil, an Uzbek theater director whose productions caused controversy in the tightly controlled former Soviet republic, was stabbed to death outside his home, a theater spokeswoman said Friday. He was 55.Weil was attacked in front of his apartment building in Uzbekistan's capital, Tashkent, late...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Bernhard Zimmermann
9,618 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following, which was first published in German in 1986, Zimmermann provides an overview of the plots and themes of Aeschylus's plays.
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Critical Essay by Anthony J. Podlecki
8,652 words, approx. 29 pages
In this essay, Podlecki examines Aeschylus's presentation of women in his plays, in a effort to "refute any charge of male chauvinism against the dramatist. " Aeschylus's female characters, he insists, "are handled in a life-like and convincing way, with sensitivity and understanding. "
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Critical Essay by Richard S. Caldwell
6,436 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Caldwell discerns an "oedipal pattern" operating in all of Aeschylus' plays. The "effect of a father upon his children," he claims, is "the most important single element in the total work of Aeschylus."
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 Essay Grade: 96%Fighting Injustice in Ancient Greece
1,516 words, approx. 5 pages
The different views of using violence as justice in ancient Greece as portrayed in the works of Aeschylus and Homer. Homer's works condone violence as a form of justice, while Aeschylus attempts to show the harm of counteracting violence with more violence.
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