Aeschylus

Aeschylus (c. 525 BC – 456 BC) was a renowned ancient Greek poet, dramatist, and tragedian. His surviving works include The Persians, about the Persian Wars, and The Oresteia, a trilogy recounting the death of Agamemnon and his son Orestes' revenge.

Works[edit]

The author Aeschylus composed seven major works that have survived until this day. They include the following;^[1]

• Prometheus Bound - 430 BC
• The Choephori - 450 BC
• Eumenides - 458 BC
• The Suppliants - 463 BC
• The Seven Against Thebes - 467 BC
• The Persians - 474 BC

See also[edit]

• Sophocles
• Euripides

References[edit]