Aeschylus

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ancient Greek tragedian dramatist person playwright

Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian, often called the father of tragedy, known for pioneering dramatic structure and writing plays such as the Oresteia trilogy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Aeschylus canonical	42
Aeschylus (attributed)	1
works of Aeschylus	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek tragedian ⓘ dramatist ⓘ person ⓘ playwright ⓘ
awardReceived	victories at the City Dionysia ⓘ
birthPlace	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece Attica ⓘ Eleusis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
culture	Classical Greek culture ⓘ
dateOfBirth	c. 525 BC ⓘ
dateOfDeath	c. 456 BC ⓘ
deathPlace	Gela ⓘ Magna Graecia ⓘ Sicily ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
floruit	5th century BC ⓘ
genre	tragedy ⓘ
hasPart	Agamemnon ⓘ Oresteia ⓘ surface form: Oresteia trilogy The Eumenides ⓘ Oresteia ⓘ surface form: The Libation Bearers
honorificTitle	father of tragedy ⓘ
influenced	Euripides ⓘ Sophocles ⓘ later Western drama ⓘ
knownFor	developing theatrical costuming and staging ⓘ expanding the number of actors on stage ⓘ introducing the second actor in Greek drama ⓘ pioneering dramatic structure ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
movement	Athenian tragedy ⓘ
notableWork	Agamemnon ⓘ Oresteia ⓘ Prometheus Bound ⓘ Seven Against Thebes ⓘ Oresteia ⓘ surface form: The Eumenides Oresteia ⓘ surface form: The Libation Bearers The Persians ⓘ The Suppliants ⓘ
numberOfExtantPlays	7 ⓘ
numberOfKnownPlays	around 70 to 90 ⓘ
occupation	poet ⓘ tragedian ⓘ
participatedIn	Athenian dramatic festivals ⓘ Dionysia ⓘ surface form: City Dionysia
residence	Athens ⓘ
subjectOf	ancient biographical traditions ⓘ
workPreservationStatus	only a small portion of his plays survive ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

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Attic Greek → usedBy → Aeschylus ⓘ

Classical Athens → notablePlaywright → Aeschylus ⓘ

Greek Antiquity → hasNotablePlaywright → Aeschylus ⓘ

Pericles → patronOf → Aeschylus ⓘ

Prometheus Bound → traditionallyAttributedTo → Aeschylus ⓘ

Prometheus Bound → author → Aeschylus ⓘ

Hesiod → influenced → Aeschylus ⓘ

Oceanids → sourceAuthor → Aeschylus ⓘ

Classical Greece → hasNotablePlaywright → Aeschylus ⓘ

Sophocles → sharesGroupWith → Aeschylus ⓘ

Euripides → contemporaryOf → Aeschylus ⓘ

Euripides → influencedBy → Aeschylus ⓘ

Works of Hesiod → usedAsSourceBy → Aeschylus ⓘ

Classical period → hasMajorFigure → Aeschylus ⓘ

Age of Pericles → hasAssociatedPerson → Aeschylus ⓘ

Pindar → contemporaryOf → Aeschylus ⓘ

Xerxes I → knownFromSource → Aeschylus ⓘ

Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης → traditionalAuthor → Aeschylus ⓘ

Io → appearsInWorkBy → Aeschylus ⓘ

Scythian wilderness → describedBy → Aeschylus ⓘ

Scythian wilderness → workAuthor → Aeschylus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aeschylus (attributed)

Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy → creator → Aeschylus ⓘ

Theatre of Dionysus → notablePlaywrightsPerformed → Aeschylus ⓘ

The Fragility of Goodness → examinesWorkOf → Aeschylus ⓘ

Seven Against Thebes → author → Aeschylus ⓘ

subject surface form: Seven Against Thebes (play)

The Apotheosis of Homer → depicts → Aeschylus ⓘ

Greek tragedy → majorPlaywright → Aeschylus ⓘ

Aegisthus → appearsIn → Aeschylus ⓘ

this entity surface form: works of Aeschylus

Oresteia → author → Aeschylus ⓘ

Iphigenia → portrayedInWorkBy → Aeschylus ⓘ

Classical antiquity → hasKeyLiteraryFigure → Aeschylus ⓘ

Ancient Greek literary criticism → hasNotableSubject → Aeschylus ⓘ

The Persians → author → Aeschylus ⓘ

The Suppliants → author → Aeschylus ⓘ

The Suppliants → traditionalAttribution → Aeschylus ⓘ

The Eumenides → author → Aeschylus ⓘ

Greek Theatre of Syracuse → associatedWith → Aeschylus ⓘ

Mourning Becomes Electra → basedOnWorkBy → Aeschylus ⓘ

The Frogs → featuresCharacter → Aeschylus ⓘ

polis of Athens → notableCitizen → Aeschylus ⓘ

Athenians → notableDramatists → Aeschylus ⓘ

The Persians (play) by Aeschylus → author → Aeschylus ⓘ

subject surface form: The Persians

Classical Greek literature → majorAuthor → Aeschylus ⓘ

Shame and Necessity → influencedBy → Aeschylus ⓘ