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Definition of Aeschylus
1. Noun. Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic drama (525-456 BC).
Definition of Aeschylus
1. Proper noun. A Greek dramatic poet (525 BC - 456 BC); Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians. ¹
2. Proper noun. (historical) (Ancient Greek male given name). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Aeschylus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Growth and Influence of Classical Greek Poetry: Lectures Delivered in by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1894)
"When the work of Aeschylus is viewed in regard to its form, ... We are reminded
of the time, then recent, before Aeschylus had introduced the second actor, ..."
2. The Classical World by Classical Association of the Atlantic States (1916)
"Dr. Krausse concluded (238) that, while Sophocles, as exponent of the tragic art,
was related to Aeschylus in much the same way as Plato was related to ..."
3. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1921)
"SHAKESPEARE AND Aeschylus Numerous parallelisms between Shakespeare and the Greek
tragedians have been indicated, especially by James Russell ..."
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