1. Sophocles and His Precursors
... on stage, they had to arrive and leave in a godly manor. They included mostly comedies, and innovations such as exit rooms and trap doors (ruben). Aeschylus, the first of these play writers, was born in Eleusis around 525 B.C (Helaine) in a city near Athens. He is known as "the father of ... survive of the over ninety plays were The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, The Orchestra, Agamemnon, and The Prometheus (Smith). Among them is most famous work, Agamemnon. Aeschylus's plays held a recurring set of traits. Each character was clear and direct, the plays usuall...
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- Approx Pages: 4
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School