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Aeschylus

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Aeschylus was born at Eleusis of a noble family. He fought at the Battle of Marathon (490 b.c.), where a small Greek band heroically defeated the invading Persians. At the time of his death in Sicily, Athens was in its golden age. In all of his extant works, his intense love of Greece and Athens mostra altro finds expression. Of the nearly 90 plays attributed to him, only 7 survive. These are The Persians (produced in 472 b.c.), Seven against Thebes (467 b.c.), The Oresteia (458 b.c.)---which includes Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, and Eumenides (or Furies) --- Suppliants (463 b.c.), and Prometheus Bound (c.460 b.c.). Six of the seven present mythological stories. The ornate language creates a mood of tragedy and reinforces the already stylized character of the Greek theater. Aeschylus called his prodigious output "dry scraps from Homer's banquet," because his plots and solemn language are derived from the epic poet. But a more accurate summation of Aeschylus would emphasize his grandeur of mind and spirit and the tragic dignity of his language. Because of his patriotism and belief in divine providence, there is a profound moral order to his plays. Characters such as Clytemnestra, Orestes, and Prometheus personify a great passion or principle. As individuals they conflict with divine will, but, ultimately, justice prevails. Aeschylus's introduction of the second actor made real theater possible, because the two could address each other and act several roles. His successors imitated his costumes, dances, spectacular effects, long descriptions, choral refrains, invocations, and dialogue. Swinburne's (see Vol. 1) enthusiasm for The Oresteia sums up all praises of Aeschylus; he called it simply "the greatest achievement of the human mind." Because of his great achievements, Aeschylus might be considered the "father of tragedy." (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno

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Opere di Aeschylus

Orestea (0458) — Autore — 10,205 copie
Il Prometeo incatenato (0480) 1,234 copie
Tutte le tragedie (0499) 1,033 copie
Agamemnon (0458) 774 copie
The Persians (0472) — Autore — 448 copie
I sette contro Tebe (0467) 308 copie
Choephoroe (1923) 170 copie
ˆLe ‰supplici (1975) — Autore — 152 copie
Five Great Greek Tragedies (Thrift Edition) (1994) — Collaboratore — 81 copie
The House of Atreus (0524) 42 copie
L'Orestiade (1952) 25 copie
Görög drámák (1975) 16 copie
Obras completas (2012) 12 copie
Aeschylus 10 copie
Aeschylus Persae (1982) 8 copie
Tragödien und Fragmente (1938) — Autore — 7 copie
Aeschyli Supplices (1992) 5 copie
Greske dramaer (1975) 5 copie
Prometeo encadenado (2015) 5 copie
Los persas (1996) 5 copie
Grčke tragedije (2004) 5 copie
Teatro Grego 4 copie
Tragedie (2005) 3 copie
Aiszkhülosz drámái (1985) 3 copie
The Oresteia (2005) 3 copie
Drammi satireschi (2004) 3 copie
Aeschylus Choephoroi (2015) 3 copie
The dramas of Aeschylus (2018) 3 copie
Sengrieķu traģēdijas — Autore — 3 copie
De sju mot Thebe (0467) 3 copie
Antikinės tragedijos (1988) 3 copie
Las Euménides (1999) 3 copie
Three other Theban plays (2016) 3 copie
The Suppliants, Volume 2 (1980) 3 copie
Teatro completo (1990) 3 copie
Mourir pour Troie (2007) 3 copie
Aeschylus 3 copie
Görög drámák (1991) 2 copie
Aeschylus Complete Plays (1978) 2 copie
Πέρσαι (1992) 2 copie
Traxedias (1999) 2 copie
Coeforas 2 copie
Sämtliche Tragödien (1984) 2 copie
Los persas 2 copie
Tragedies 2 copie
Promencha 2 copie
Antike Tragödien (2013) 2 copie
Prométhée enchaîné (1999) 2 copie
The Complete Aeschylus (2013) 2 copie
Greek Drama (1982) 2 copie
Classic Greek drama (1996) 2 copie
Elektra 2 copie
Orestíada (2012) 2 copie
Prometeo incatenato (1994) 2 copie
SIETE TRAGEDIAS, LAS (2013) 2 copie
Prometeusz skowany (2002) 2 copie
Prometheus Bound (2017) 2 copie
Tragedie 2 copie
Eumeniderna 1 copia
Gravoffret 1 copia
COEFERE 1 copia
Orestia 1 copia
Perzen 1 copia
Le tragedie (1989) 1 copia
Coéforas 1 copia
Трагедии (2001) 1 copia
Antike Tragödien (1992) 1 copia
Orestien 1 copia
Das Totenopfer, (1944) 1 copia
Les Danas 1 copia
TRAGEDIES 1 copia
Théâtre d'eschyle (1956) 1 copia
Tragedias griegas (1983) 1 copia
Les perses 1 copia
The Persians 1 copia
Eumenides 1 copia
The Libation-Bearers (2013) 1 copia
The Oresteia (2018) 1 copia
Os Persas 1 copia
Théatre complet (1964) 1 copia
Les Euménides (2014) 1 copia
Tragici greci 1 copia
The Persae 1 copia
Electra 1 copia
Four Plays 1 copia
The Serpent Son - Oresteia — Autore — 1 copia
Aischylos 1 copia
Trageodiae. 1 copia
De Perzen 1 copia
The Oresteia 1 copia
Antígone 1 copia
Els Perses (2013) 1 copia
Tragèdies (1932) 1 copia
The Eumenides 1 copia
Agamemnon & Medea — Autore — 1 copia
Πέρσαι 1 copia
Περσαι 1 copia
ΠΕΡΣΑΙ 1 copia
Oresteia 1 copia
House of Atreus Trilogy (1949) 1 copia
The Plays 1 copia
Prometeo Ligita (1982) 1 copia
Les Perses 1 copia
Smeekelingen 1 copia
Eumenieden 1 copia
Agememnon; (2010) 1 copia
Agamemnon 1 copia

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Greek Tragedies, Volume 1 (1960) — Collaboratore — 1,426 copie
Electra [3 plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides] (1990) — Auteur, alcune edizioni689 copie
Greek tragedies, Volume 3 (1960) — Collaboratore — 655 copie
The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis (2001) — Collaboratore — 546 copie
Greek Drama (Bantam Classics) (0405) — Collaboratore — 487 copie
Greek tragedies, Volume 2 (1960) — Collaboratore — 484 copie
Seven Famous Greek Plays (1938) — Collaboratore — 429 copie
The Portable Greek Reader (1948) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni401 copie
Eight Great Tragedies (1957) — Collaboratore — 388 copie
Ten Greek Plays in Contemporary Translations (1957) — Collaboratore — 309 copie
The Complete Greek tragedies (1953) — Collaboratore — 204 copie
Masterpieces of the Drama (1966) — Collaboratore — 180 copie
An Anthology of Greek Drama: First Series (1949) — Autore — 134 copie
Four Greek Plays (1960) — Collaboratore — 78 copie
Four Famous Greek Plays (1777) — Collaboratore — 77 copie
Treasury of the Theatre: From Aeschylus to Ostrovsky (1967) — Collaboratore — 48 copie
An Anthology of Greek Drama: Second Series (1954) — Autore — 47 copie
Nine Great Plays: From Aeschylus to Eliot (Revised Edition) (1950) — Collaboratore; Collaboratore — 26 copie
East and Other Plays (Playscripts) (1977) — Adapted from, alcune edizioni16 copie
Drama (Outline of Knowledge, Vol. XVII) (2007) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
Agamenon / Hippolytus / Oedipus the King (1960) — Collaboratore — 8 copie
Drie Griekse tragedies (1961) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Grieksche lyriek in Nederlandsche verzen — Collaboratore — 3 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale
Αἰσχύλος
Altri nomi
Esquilo
Data di nascita
c. 525 BCE
Data di morte
c. 456 BCE
Luogo di sepoltura
Gela, Sicily
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
Greece
Luogo di nascita
Eleusis, Attica, Greece
Luogo di morte
Gela, Sicily
Causa della morte
Hit in head with shellfish dropped by a passing eagle
Luogo di residenza
Athens, Greece
Eleusis, Greece
Syracuse, Sicily
Gela, Sicily
Attività lavorative
tragedian
soldier
Premi e riconoscimenti
13 victories at the Athens Dionysia
Breve biografia
Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright. He is credited with an estimated 92 plays, though only seven have survived into modern times. He is known to have fought at the Battle of Marathon (490 BCE), which influenced his Persians (the only surviving Greek tragedy based on contemporary events) and probably at the Battle of Salamis (480).
Born at Eleusis in 525 BCE, he started producing tragedies at Athens in 499, and had his first victory in 484. He visited Sicily at least twice, and died there at Gela in 456.

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633
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Utenti
20,362
Popolarità
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Voto
3.9
Recensioni
189
ISBN
953
Lingue
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