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Aeschylus

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Known For: Writing
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Place of Birth: Eleusis, Greece
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Also Known As: Ésquilo, Esquilo, Αἰσχύλος, Eschyle, Eschilo, Aischylos

Biography: Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is also the first whose plays still survive; the others are Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: critics and scholars' knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier tragedies is largely...