Aeschylus

Father of tragedy — the Oresteia

Transformed choral performance into drama by adding a second actor and giving dialogue dramatic weight. The Oresteia trilogy — the only surviving trilogy from antiquity — traces justice from blood vengeance to the rule of law.

Key works

• Oresteia458 BC— Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides
• Prometheus Bound~460 BC— Titan's defiance of Zeus
• The Persians472 BC— Earliest surviving play

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