Aeschylus

[ es-kuh-luhsor, especially British, ee-skuh- ]

noun

1. 525–456 b.c., Greek poet and dramatist.

Aeschylus

/ ˈiːskələs; ˌiːskəˈliːən /

noun

1. Aeschylus?525 bc?456 bcMGreekTHEATRE: dramatist ?525–?456 bc , Greek dramatist, regarded as the father of Greek tragedy. Seven of his plays are extant, including Seven Against Thebes , The Persians , Prometheus Bound , and the trilogy of the Oresteia

Aeschylus

1. An ancient Greek poet, often considered the founder of tragedy . He was the first of the three great Greek authors of tragedies, preceding Sophocles and Euripides .

Derived Forms

• Aeschylean, adjective

Other Words From

• Aes·chy·le·an [es-k, uh, -, lee, -, uh, n, ee-sk, uh, -], adjective

Example Sentences

Perhaps Aeschylus and Euripides and the other big winners of fifth century B.C.

From New York Times

He’s also Black, which gets his books misfiled under “African American fiction” instead of “Mythology” and emboldens editors to insist he urbanize his Aeschylus.

From New York Times

In 1967 at Yale, he brought in Jonathan Miller to direct Robert Lowell’s radical reworking of Aeschylus’ “Prometheus Bound.”

From Los Angeles Times

Among the tragedians, there are extant works from only three: Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.

From New York Times

One lesson of history — and of ancient Greek playwrights such as Aeschylus — is that it’s dangerous to become too full of yourself.

From Seattle Times