21. Aeschylus - LoveToKnow 1911 aeschylus (5 2 545 6 B.C.), Greek poet, the first of the only three Attic Tragedians of whose work entire plays survive, and in a very real sense (as we shall see) the founder of http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Aeschylus

Aeschylus From LoveToKnow 1911 AESCHYLUS (5 2 5-45 6 B.C.), Greek poet, the first of the only three Attic Tragedians of whose work entire plays survive, and in a very real sense (as we shall see) the founder of the Greek drama, was born at Eleusis in the year 525 B.C. His father, Euphorion , belonged to the " Eupatridae " or old nobility of Athens , as we know on the authority of the short Life of the. poet given in the Medicean Manuscript (see note on Life " authorities" at the end). According to the same tradition he took part as a soldier in the great struggle of Greece against Persia ; and was present at the battles of Marathon , Artemisium, Salamis and Plataea , in the years 490-479. At least one of his brothers, Cynaegirus, fought with him at Marathon, and was killed in attempting a conspicuous act of bravery; and the brothers' portraits found a place in the national picture of the battle which the Athenians set up as a memorial in the Stoa Poecile (or "Pictured Porch ") at Athens The vigour and loftiness of tone which mark Aeschylus' poetic work was not only due, we may be sure, to his native genius and gifts, powerful as they were, but were partly inspired by the personal share he took in the great actions of a hercic national uprising. In the same way, the poet's brooding thoughtfulness on deep questions - the power of the gods, their dealings with man, the dark mysteries of fate, the future life in Hades - though largely due to his turn of mind and temperament, was doubtless connected with the place where his childhood was passed. Eleusis was the centre of the most famous worship of

22. Aeschylus In English - Dictionary And Translation aeschylus. Dictionary terms for aeschylus in English, English definition for aeschylus, Thesaurus and Translations of aeschylus to English, Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch http://www.babylon.com/definition/Aeschylus/English

23. Prometheus Bound Summary and analysis of the play by aeschylus. http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/bates019.html

PROMETHEUS BOUND A summary and analysis of the play by Aeschylus This document was originally published in The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, vol. 1 . ed. Alfred Bates. London: Historical Publishing Company, 1906. pp. 70-78. Purchase Prometheus Bound PROMETHEUS BOUND An original painting by A. Russell The Prometheus Bound stands midway between Prometheus the Fire-giver and Prometheus Unbound . In grandeur of conception and imagery it has never been surpassed, not even in the works of Shakespeare , for here is the very essence of tragedy, her inmost spirit revealed in its sternest mood, in all its prostrating and annihilating force. The subject of the first play is the transgression of Prometheus, who brings fire to mankind, whereby they become no better, and confers on them other benefits, as he himself relates to the chorus when bound to the rocks. From love of mortals he roused their reason; he taught them to make dwellings, showed them the stars, the use of number and writingmother of the Muses. He tamed horses and built ships, taught the virtues of healing potions, the various modes of divination, and how to turn to account things dug out of the earth. He it was who taught mortals all they know. To the chorus of sea-nymphs Prometheus thus relates what he has done for mankind: Think not it is through pride or stiff self-will That I am silent. But my heart is worn

24. Aeschylus Biography Summary | BookRags.com aeschylus summary with 177 pages of lesson plans, quotes, chapter summaries, analysis, encyclopedia entries, essays, research information, and more. http://www.bookrags.com/Aeschylus

25. MythNET - Other Writers Of Mythology Read this page for information about the writers Hesiod, aeschylus, Apuleius, Apollonius of Rhodes and Theocritus. http://www.classicsunveiled.com/mythnet/html/writers_o.html

MythNET Gods Game Feedback ... Theocritus Hesiod Hesiod, a poor farmer, was believed to have written in the ninth, sometimes eighth century. Hesiod was the author of several significant poems, the most meaningful being the Iliad Odyssey , and Theogony . Hesiod was believed to have been the first man in Greece to wonder how everything had happened, the world, the sky, the gods, mankind, and to think out an explanation. The Theogony is an account of the creation of the universe and the generations of gods, and this has been proven to be very useful in increasing our knowledge about Greek mythology. Aeschylus Aeschylus was the oldest of the three tragic poets, the other two being Sophocles and Euripides. Except for Aeschylus' Persians , written to celebrate the Greeks victory over the Persians, all of his plays contain mythological subjects. Along with Homer , these works provide the main foundation of our knowledge of Greek mythology. Apuleius Apuleius, a Latin writer, was believed to have written in the second century AD. The famous love story of Cupid and Psyche is told only by Apuleius, who writing style and patterns have often said to have mimicked

26. Agamemnon A synopsis of the play by aeschylus. http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc3w2.html

Home Theatre Links Advertise Here Email Us Agamemnon A synopsis of the play by Aeschylus This article was originally published in Minute History of the Drama The opening play in the Oresteian Trilogy, which one first place in the City Dionysia in 458 B.C. The Trilogy was completed on that occasion by a satyr-drama, PROTEUS, on the same theme, making it a tetralogy. PROTEUS, however, has been lost. MORE than ten years before the action of the play begins, Paris, Prince of Troy, had betrayed the hospitality of Menelaus, King of Sparta, by eloping with Menelaus' wife, the beautiful Helen. Menelaus' brother, Agamemnon, King of Argos, had been elected head of the armies promptly assembled from all the Greek cities for the purpose of avenging the injury to Menelaus. For ten long years the Grecian hosts had besieged the walls of Troy, but as the play opens their signal fires announcing Troy fallen and Menelaus avenged have just been sighted by the watchman on the roof of the palace in Argos. During these ten years Clytemnestra, Agamemnon's faithless queen, had taken for her lover, Aegisthus, blood enemy of Agamemnon's house. Now when the watchman rushes down from the roof of the palace to wake the sleeping household and to announce the imminent return of the rightful king, Clytemnestra immediately makes plans for his reception. Almost on the heels of the announcement Agamemnon himself arrives with many captives and loads of booty in his train. Clytemnestra greets him with great show of wifely affection, has purple tapestries laid for him to walk upon as befits a conqueror, and bids him come within to refresh himself from his travels.

27. Aeschylus aeschylus The First Dramatist from The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton When Nietzsche made his famous definition of tragic pleasure he fixed his eyes, like all the other philosophers in http://www.english.emory.edu/DRAMA/Aesch.html

Aeschylus The First Dramatist from The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton When Nietzsche made his famous definition of tragic pleasure he fixed his eyes, like all the other philosophers in like case, not on the Muse herself but on a single tragedian. His "reaffirmation of the will to live in the face of death, and the joy of its inexhaustibility when so reaffirmed" is not the tragedy of Sophocles nor the tragedy of Euripides, but it is the very essence of the tragedy of Aeschylus. The strange power tragedy has to present suffering and death in such away as to exalt and not depress is to be felt in Aeschylus' play as in those of no other tragic poet. He was the first tragedian; tragedy was his creation, and he set upon it the stamp of his own spirit. It was a soldier-spirit. Aeschylus was a Marathon-warrior, the title given to each of the little band who had beaten back the earlier tremendous Persian onslaught. As such, his epitaph would seem to show, he merited honor so lofty, no mention of his poetry could find place beside it. Aeschylus, the Athenian, Euphorion's son, is dead. This tomb in Gela's cornlands covers him. His glorious courage the hallowed field of Marathon could tell, and the longhaired Mede had knowledge of it.

28. Aeschylus (Greek Dramatist) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia aeschylus (Greek dramatist), 525/524 bc456/455 bcGela, Sicilythe first of classical Athens’ great dramatists, who raised the emerging art of tragedy to great heights of http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/7413/Aeschylus

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29. Rivendell Is Moving Brief biography, articles and etexts of plays. http://www.watson.org/rivendell/dramagreekaeschylus.html

Rivendell Educational Archive has moved its resources ... Some of the sections have been taken offline because they no longer provide useful information, while others have been updated, expanded, and moved to separate sites. The following sections have been moved: Drama: Greek Drama (now History and Culture in Ancient Athens) Shakespeare History: Ancient Egypt Celtic Europe The following sections are now offline: Art Botany Math Philosophy (but you can find the Athenian Philosophers at the new Ancient Athens site.) Science

30. Aeschylus Definition Of Aeschylus In The Free Online Encyclopedia. aeschylus (ĕs`kĭləs, ēs`–), 525–456 B.C., Athenian tragic dramatist, b. Eleusis. The first of the three great Greek writers of tragedy, aeschylus was the predecessor of http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Aeschylus

31. Aeschylus home index ancient Greece aeschylus aeschylus (Neues Museum, Berlin) aeschylus (525456) Athenian poet, author of many tragedies, of which seven survive. http://www.livius.org/ad-af/aeschylus/aeschylus.html

home index ancient Greece Aeschylus Aeschylus ( Neues Museum , Berlin) Aeschylus (525-456): Athenian poet, author of many tragedies, of which seven survive. Together with Sophocles and Euripides , Aeschylus (525-456) is one of the best-known Athenian tragic poets. In his plays, he addresses complex theological problems. For example, in the trilogy Agamemnon Choephoroi Eumenides , he describes how the gods punish a family for a series of murders. The Persians is a superb play, in which the Athenian victory at Salamis (480) is celebrated, written seven years after the event; the remarkable aspect is that Persians are "round" characters, whereas their opponents are almost faceless. Of his remaining tragedies, the Seven against Thebes is a very static play, the Suppliants celebrates the legendary past of Athens , whereas the Prometheus asks why an all-powerful god should be good (the authorship is disputed). Aeschylus was highly esteemed; fifty years after his death, the comic poet Aristophanes wrote a play, The Frogs , in which Aeschylus and Euripides are presented as the greatest playwrights. Aeschylus himself did not care about his fame: he wanted to be remembered not for his tragedies, but for the fact that he had fought at

32. Enjoying "The Seven Against Thebes", By Aeschylus Provides a general overview of contemporary issues and major themes, compiled by Ed Friedlander. http://www.pathguy.com/7thebes.htm

Enjoying "The Seven Against Thebes", by Aeschylus Ed Friedlander MD scalpel_blade@yahoo.com No texting or chat messages, please. Ordinary e-mails are welcome. Readers of "The Seven Against Thebes" might enjoy this little introduction to the themes and personalities in ths play. Aeschylus wrote this play for presentation in 467 BC, where it won first prize in the tragedy division of the annual Athenian dramatic contest. Before Aeschylus, Greek plays featured a single character in dialogue with the chorus. Aeschylus is supposed to have originated the idea of having a second character onstage (Eteocles and the scout, Antigone and Ismene), talking with each other. Background "There are many things that are worse than war. They all begin with defeat." Before we had reliable birth control, population pressures made war between neighboring communities inevitable. Whole towns would be enslaved or exterminated so that the conquerors could expand. The chorus in "The Seven Against Thebes" describes, in vivid detail, what happened to the conquered people. Real security was offered only by the "empires", i.e., huge protection rackets such as contemporary Persia. In return for keeping peace, empires would bleed communities of their resources. And even this security was only temporary, since empires themselves often were at war with each other. When Aeschylus wrote this play, the Athenians and Spartans had just successfully resisted Persia's attempts at domination. The Greeks felt that this represented a triumph for a freer way fo life. In Sparta, independence was maintained by an extremely disciplined military culture. Athens, by contrast, experimented with democracy and cultural innovation.

33. About Aeschylus The Life and Work of aeschylus. aeschylus messageboard, complete text of aeschylus's books and short stories, links to other information on aeschylus http://aeschylus.classicauthors.net/index.html

NoCC About Aeschylus Works Online Agamemnon Eumenides Furies, The Libation-Bearers, The ... The Suppliants Resources On The Web Aeschylus - Contains Biography, links Study Guide for The Oresteia - Contains background info, study topics. Study guide for Prometheus Bound - Offers insight, study topics. About Aeschylus - Contain biography About.com Aeschylus - Good bio, general information Theatre History - Contains realy good info on AESCHYLUS AND HIS TRAGEDIES Monologue Arcive - MONOLOGUES BY AESCHYLUS as well as other links Menu Search Options Advertisement Attention Students Wondering how to cite this page? Click here for the proper citation for this page, following the guidelines set for Humanities citations from Columbia Guide to Online Style by Janice R. Walker Considering donating your report on Aeschylus. For more information, email the webmaster Survey Newsletter Want to stay current with what's happening with us? Sign up for our newsletter, and get notified, once a month, of all the new books and authors we have added to the classicauthors.net family. To subscribe, enter your email address and click Go.

34. Prometheus Bound -- Thoreau Translation Henry David Thoreau s translation of the play by aeschylus. http://www.diacenter.org/kos/thoreau.html

Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus translated by Henry D. Thoreau PERSONS OF THE DRAMA KRATOS and BIA, (Strength and Force) HEPHAISTUS, (Vulcan) PROMETHEUS CHORUS OF OCEAN NYMPHS OCEANUS IO, Daughter of Inachus HERMES KRATOS and BIA, HEPHAISTUS, PROMETHEUS KR. We are come to the far-bounding plain of earth, To the Scythian way, to the unapproached solitude. Hephaistus, orders must have thy attention, Which the father has enjoined on thee, this bold one To the high-hanging rocks to bind, In indissoluble fetters of adamantine bonds. For thy flower, the splendor of fire useful in all arts, Stealing, he bestowed on mortals; and for such A crime 't is fit he should give satisfaction to the gods; That he may learn the tyranny of Zeus To love, and cease from his man-loving ways. HEPH. Kratos and Bia, your charge from Zeus Already has its end, and nothing further in the way; But I cannot endure to bind A kindred god by force to a bleak precipice,-

35. Aeschylus - Greek Tragedies By Aeschylus - Father Of Greek Tragedies An overview of the seven surviving plays of aeschylus, the father of tragedy. The plays are The Persians, The Suppliants, Seven for Thebes, The Orestia (a trilogy), and http://plays.about.com/od/playwrights/a/aeschylus.htm

zWASL=1;zGRH=1 zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 Home Education Plays / Drama Plays / Drama Search Plays / Drama Acting and Monologues Plays and their Authors Share w(x2+zWl+'?p=1" zT="18/1[N" rel="nofollow">Print') Free Plays / Drama Newsletter! Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Aeschylus By Wade Bradford , About.com Guide Filed In: Playwrights Aeschylus zSB(3,3) Born: Approx. 525 B.C. (Location: Attica) Died: Approx. 456 B.C. (Location: Sicily) The Persians: Have you seen the movie ? You know, the one with all those blood-thirsty, abs-of-steel Spartans. Well, think of this play as a thoughtful supplement to that violent comic book-turned-movie. This play teaches the concept of hubris. King Xerxes of Persia loses the war due to his excessive pride. Seven Against Thebes: Antigone , then this Greek tragedy has all the answers. (Spoiler: Eteocles and Polynices kill each other. There, now you can rest easy, my friend!) The Supplicants: So, like any reasonable father-of-fifty-brides, he tells his daughters to murder their new husbands on the wedding night. Typical romantic comedy stuff. The Orestia: This trilogy contains three plays: Agamemmon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides.

36. The Oresteia: Introduction Summary and analysis of the dramatic trilogy by aeschylus consisting of Agamemnon, The Cho phor , and The Eumenides. http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/bates021.html

THE ORESTEIA A summary and analysis of the dramatic trilogy by Aeschylus This document was originally published in The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, vol. 1 . ed. Alfred Bates. London: Historical Publishing Company, 1906. pp. 78-104. Introduction Agamemnon Libation Bearers Eumenides Overview Introduction CLYTEMNESTRA SLAYING HER HUSBAND An original painting by A. Russell Of all the works of Aeschylus the strongest in dramatic force is the Oresteia , a series consisting of the Agamemnon , the (or Libation Bearers ) and the Eumenides , the only one of his trilogies that has come down to us. It was probably the last that he exhibited at Athens, and upon it he seems to have lavished all the splendors of his genius, that he might leave to his fellow citizens something worthy of his country and himself. Says William von Humboldt of the Agamemnon , and his remarks might be applied to the entire trilogy: "Among all the products of the Greek stage none can compare with it in tragic power; no other play shows the same intensity and pureness of belief in the divine and good; none can surpass the lessons it teaches, and the wisdom of which it is the mouthpiece." Continue...

37. Aeschylus - Greek Playwright Aeschylus Basic information on aeschylus and Greek tragedy. aeschylus was the first of the three great ancient Greek writers of tragedy. http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/drama/p/Aeschylus.htm

zWASL=1;zGRH=1 zGCID=this.zGCID?zGCID+" test11":" test11" zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 Home Education Ancient / Classical History Ancient / Classical History Search Ancient History Wars Share w(x2+zWl+'?p=1" zT="18/1[N" rel="nofollow">Print') Free Ancient History Newsletter! Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Aeschylus By N.S. Gill , About.com Guide See More About: greek tragedy aeschylus playwrights greek theater Aeschylus - Greek Playwright Aeschylus Clipart.com zSB(3,3) Who Was Aeschylus?: Aeschylus was the first of the three great ancient Greek writers of tragedy. Born at Eleusis Battle of Marathon Occupation : Playwright Aeschylus Vitals: Aeschylus was born near Athens , at Eleusis, in 525/524 B.C. and died at Gela, in Sicily, in 456/455 B.C. The Fame of Aeschylus: Aeschylus was the first of the 3 renowned prize-winning Greek writers of tragedy (Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides). Aeschylus is said to have won either 13 or 28 prizes. The smaller figure may refer to prizes Aeschylus won at the Great Dionysia , and the larger figure to prizes he won there and also at other smaller festivals. The smaller number represents awards for 52 plays: 13 * 4, since each award at the Dionysia is for a tetralogy (= 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play). Exceptional Honor Paid to Aeschylus: In the context of the festivals at Athens during the Classical period , each tetralogy (the tragedy trilogy and satyr play) was only performed once, except in the case of Aeschylus. When he died, allowance was made to re-stage his plays.

38. Libation Bearers Study Guide & Literature Essays | GradeSaver Summary and analysis of the aeschylus work written by students. Includes a biography, message board, and background information. http://www.classicnote.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/libation/

39. Oresteia - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia The Oresteia (Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. When originally performed it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agamemnon_(play)

redirectToFragment("#Agamemnon"); Oresteia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Agamemnon (play) Jump to: navigation search "The Eumenides" redirects here. For mythological deities, see Erinyes For the Russian-language opera, see Oresteia (opera) The Oresteia ) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus . When originally performed it was accompanied by Proteus , a satyr play that would have been performed following the trilogy; it has not survived. The term "Oresteia" originally probably referred to all four plays, but today is generally used to designate only the surviving trilogy. "The individual plays probably did not originally have titles of their own" The only surviving example of a trilogy of ancient Greek plays, the Oresteia was originally performed at the Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BC , where it won first prize. Overall, this trilogy marks the shift from a system of vendetta in Argos to a system of litigation in Athens. Contents Agamemnon Introduction Storyline The Libation Bearers ... edit Agamemnon Agamemnon The murder of Agamemnon , from an 1879 illustration from Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Alfred Church.

40. Aeschylus — Poet Seers Poems by aeschylus; Books on aeschylus; Biography of Ovid. In the lives of the three great Greek tragedians, tradition is so mixed with fact, and the facts themselves http://www.poetseers.org/the_great_poets/the_classics/aeschylus/

Skip to content. Skip to navigation Site Map Accessibility ... Contact Sections Search Site Home Poetic Themes The Great Poets Spiritual Poets ... About Personal tools PoetSeers The Great Poets The Classic Poets Aeschylus Navigation Aeschylus The Battle Of Salamis The Beacon Fires ... Poems of Aeschylus Aeschylus Poems by Aeschylus Books on Aeschylus Biography of Ovid In the lives of the three great Greek tragedians, tradition is so mixed with fact, and the facts themselves frequently so uncertain, that it is hard to tell where one leaves off and the other begins. According to tradition the great service of Aeschylus to Greek drama had its beginnings in a dream. One night when he was watching his father's flocks, the gods in a vision commanded him to write tragic dramas for their glorification in the religious festivals. Whether there is anything of truth in the story or not, Aeschylus must have begun writing plays at an early age for we find him when scarcely twenty-five years old competing in the dramatic contests held yearly in honor of the god Dionysus. It was fifteen years, however, before he carried off first prize. Meanwhile, he had learned his craft so well that from his first success in 484 B.C. he continued to win almost continuously until his death. The parents of Aeschylus belonged to the old Attic nobility so that family life and traditions tended to make him a broadminded conservative, both in politics and religion. The circumstance that his birthplace, Eleusis, was the center of the worship of the goddess, Demeter, probably is largely responsible for his keen religious consciousness, and the fact that in all his extant plays the unvarying motive is the relentless power of Fate and the ultimate justice of Providence.

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