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Aeschylus
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?525/4-465/5 BCE
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Aeschylus was an Athenian tragic dramatist. He was probably born in Eleusis, and died in Gala. His plays include Seven Again Thebes, Suppliants, the Oresteia play cycle, and Women of Aetna.
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US DLC n 79055702
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, SJB, 3-Jun-2022
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Alan H. Sommerstein, 'Aeschylus, Athenian tragic dramatist (?525/4-456/5 BCE)', Oxford Classical Dictionary, accessed online 3-Jun-2022.