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Aeschylus

ancient Athenian playwright

8 dated entries naming Aeschylus, drawn from 8 separate years between 525 BCE and 419 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century BC

5th century BC

  • 484 BCEThe Athenian playwright, Aeschylus, wins first prize in drama at the Dionysia festival.source
  • 472 BCEThe tragedy The Persians is produced by Aeschylus. It is the oldest surviving classical Greek play.source
  • 468 BCESophocles, Greek playwright, defeats Aeschylus for the Athenian Prize.source
  • 467 BCEAeschylus writes Seven Against Thebes and wins the Dionysia.source
  • 458 BCEThe Athenian playwright Aeschylus completes his trilogy The Oresteia (which comprise Agamemnon, Choephoroi (The Libation Bearers) and The Eumenides).source
  • 456 BCEAeschylus, Greek playwright (b. 525 BC)source
  • 419 BCESophocles' play Electra is performed. The play takes its theme from The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus.source

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