{"slug": "aeschylus", "label": "Aeschylus", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40939", "qid": "Q40939", "description": "ancient Athenian playwright", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [-524, -418], "span_label": ["525 BCE", "419 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "sophocles", "label": "Sophocles", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -524, "year_label": "525 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Aeschylus, author of Greek tragedies", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1304644880#Births", "title": "525 BC", "revid": 1304644880, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -483, "year_label": "484 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Athenian playwright, Aeschylus, wins first prize in drama at the Dionysia festival.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129371#Literature", "title": "484 BC", "revid": 1350129371, "section": "Events › By place › Literature"}}, {"year": -471, "year_label": "472 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The tragedy The Persians is produced by Aeschylus. It is the oldest surviving classical Greek play.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305121900#Literature", "title": "472 BC", "revid": 1305121900, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}, {"year": -467, "year_label": "468 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sophocles, Greek playwright, defeats Aeschylus for the Athenian Prize.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326558406#Literature", "title": "468 BC", "revid": 1326558406, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}, {"year": -466, "year_label": "467 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Aeschylus writes Seven Against Thebes and wins the Dionysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362862672#Literature", "title": "467 BC", "revid": 1362862672, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}, {"year": -457, "year_label": "458 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Athenian playwright Aeschylus completes his trilogy The Oresteia (which comprise Agamemnon, Choephoroi (The Libation Bearers) and The Eumenides).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1306222884#Literature", "title": "458 BC", "revid": 1306222884, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}, {"year": -455, "year_label": "456 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Aeschylus, Greek playwright (b. 525 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1000478716#Deaths", "title": "456 BC", "revid": 1000478716, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -418, "year_label": "419 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Sophocles' play Electra is performed. The play takes its theme from The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363151383#Drama", "title": "419 BC", "revid": 1363151383, "section": "Events › By topic › Drama"}}]}