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Pages in category "Plays by Aeschylus" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Achilleis (trilogy)
These include the comedies of Aristophanes and Menander, the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and the Roman adaptations of Plautus, Terence and Seneca. In total, there are eighty-three mostly extant plays, forty-six from ancient Greece and thirty-seven from ancient Rome. Furthermore, there are six lost plays with extensive ...
Modern picture of the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens, where many of Aeschylus's plays were performed Tragoediae septem (1552) The seeds of Greek drama were sown in religious festivals for the gods, chiefly Dionysus, the god of wine. [16] During Aeschylus' lifetime, dramatic competitions became part of the City Dionysia, held in spring. [16]
The Oresteia (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies (also called Erinyes or Eumenides).
Aeschylus (c. 525–456 BC): The Persians (472 BC) Seven Against Thebes (467 BC) The Suppliants (463 BC) The Oresteia (458 BC, a trilogy comprising Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides.) Prometheus Bound (authorship and date of performance is still in dispute) Phrynichus (~511 BC): The Fall of Miletus (c. 511 BC) Phoenissae (c. 476 ...
Plays by Aeschylus (31 P) Pages in category "Aeschylus" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Character identification can be seen in many of Aeschylus' plays, such as Prometheus Bound. [46] In this play, Prometheus, the Titan god of forethought and the inventing fire, stole the inventing flame from Hephaestus and gave it to humanity. [46] Thereby, bestowing upon humanity knowledge of the arts, angering the gods. [46]
Prometheus Unbound (Aeschylus) Psyché (play) R. Rhesus (play) S. The Seven (play) Seven Against Thebes (play) Slavic Orpheus; The Suppliants (Aeschylus) The ...