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Aeschylus was Greek 5th century bc athenian greek tragedian. Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek tragedy is largely based on inferences made from reading his surviving plays. Read more on Wikipedia →

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