Aeschylus was known as the “Father of Tragedy”. He was born in 525 B.C in Eleusis, which was the city that primarily worshiped Demeter, the Goddess of Agriculture. He wrote many books, some including: The Suppliants, The Oresteia, Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides, and Prometheus Bound. Aeschylus' writing was inspired by the task that was given to him as a child by Dionysus during a dream when he was sent to watch grapes ripening in the coutryside; to write tradgedies. He continued to write until he died. According to the story told, his death was caused by an eagle who mistook his head for a stone and dropped a tortoise on it to break its’ shell.
Around the time that Aeschylu's started writing, the theatre had just begun to evolve. Aeschylus introduced the second actor. He also attempted to add the chorus in the plays he directed. Some of the plays that he directed were said to be so realistic that women who were watching had miscarraiges.
Some of his quotes are:
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theatredatabase.com
imagi-nation.com
quotationspage.com
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