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... Aeschylus ( D.E.Bu. ) The first of classical Athens ' three great writers of trag- edy , Aeschylus lifted the art from its dim origins as choral and largely static recitative to fully developed drama , the presentation of action . At ...
... Aeschylus ( D.E.Bu. ) The first of classical Athens ' three great writers of trag- edy , Aeschylus lifted the art from its dim origins as choral and largely static recitative to fully developed drama , the presentation of action . At ...
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... Aeschylus saw service , fighting at Artemisium ( on northernmost Euboea , off Greece's east coast ) and at Salamis ( near Athens ) , his role in the latter battle being attested by the poet Ion . Aeschylus thus saw at firsthand how ...
... Aeschylus saw service , fighting at Artemisium ( on northernmost Euboea , off Greece's east coast ) and at Salamis ( near Athens ) , his role in the latter battle being attested by the poet Ion . Aeschylus thus saw at firsthand how ...
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... Aeschylus himself for Orestes in Eu- menides - for revealing the content of the secret rites held at Eleusis . All of this seems to be sheer fiction . The chronographers recorded his death at Gela ( on Sicily's south coast ) in 456/455 ...
... Aeschylus himself for Orestes in Eu- menides - for revealing the content of the secret rites held at Eleusis . All of this seems to be sheer fiction . The chronographers recorded his death at Gela ( on Sicily's south coast ) in 456/455 ...
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