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Aeschylus

Also known as: Αἰσχύλος, Aiskhulos

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Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright. He is often recognized as the father of tragedy and is the earliest of the three Greek tragedians whose plays survive, the others being Sophocles and Euripides.

Elefsina, Classical Athens
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SCENE: Argos, Greece, in front of the palace of AGAMEMNON, the king, high on a hill overlooking the sea.

— from Agamemnón

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The Classical Department produced the play Agamemon, performed in the stadium on June 16 and 19, 1906

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