Aeschylus
was born in Eleusis, a Greek town near Athens, in 525 B.C. He
first of the great Greek tragedians, preceding both Sophocles and Euripides,
credited with inventing tragic drama. Prior to , plays were
primitive, consisting
of a single actor and a chorus offering commentary. In his works, he added a
"second
actor" (often more than one) thus creating endless new dramatic
possibilities. He lived
until 456 B.C., fighting in the wars against Persia, and attaining great
acclaim in the world
of the Athenian theater.
Aeschylus wrote nearly ninety plays; however, only seve ....
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