A Biography of Aeschylus (1836 words, 14 pages)
Aeschylus was born in Eleusis, a Greek town near Athens, in 525 B.C. He was thefirst of the great Greek tragedians, preceding both Sophocles and Euripides, and is oftencredited with inventing tragic drama. Prior to Aeschylus, plays were primitive, consistingof a single actor and a chorus offering commentary. In his ...
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