1989306
Aeschylus
- Who was he?
- Was the the first of three
ancient Greek tragedians
whose plays can still be
read or performed today
- Other two tragedians are
Sophocles and Euripides
- Other two tragedians are
Sophocles and Euripides
- Born in 523 BC
- Died in 456 BC
- Parents?
- Father was
Euphorion
- Mother is unknown
- He fathered two children
- Euphorion (named after
his father)
- Euaeon
- Euphorion (named after
his father)
- Father was
Euphorion
- Parents?
- Had two brothers and one sister
- Sister was called Philiopatho
- Brothers were called
Ameinias and Cynaegirus
- Sister was called Philiopatho
- Died in 456 BC
- Was the the first of three
ancient Greek tragedians
whose plays can still be
read or performed today
- Wrote Tragedies in Ancient Times
- Orestaia
- Agamemnon
- Plot: Agamemnon came back from
Trojan War and was killed by the lover of
his wife Clytemnestra, Aegisthus
- Plot: Agamemnon came back from
Trojan War and was killed by the lover of
his wife Clytemnestra, Aegisthus
- Elektra
- Orestes
- Agamemnon
- The Persians
- Influenced by the Persian
invasion of Greece
- Influenced by the Persian
invasion of Greece
- The Suppliants
- Orestaia
- Influences
- The Persian War
- One of the only poets to
concern his tragedies with
recent political events
- He and his brother fought to
defend Greece in the Persian wars
- He used his experiences to
add drama to his tragedies
- He and his brother fought to
defend Greece in the Persian wars
- One of the only poets to
concern his tragedies with
recent political events
- The Persian War
- His life
- Born in a small
town North West of
Athens
- Had a
wealthy
family
- Suggests education?
- Suggests education?
- He worked at a vineyard
- Pausanius wrote about
his story of enlightenment
- That the God Dionysus came to
him in his sleep and told him to
turn to the art of tragedies
- OH Good Old Pausanius
- That the God Dionysus came to
him in his sleep and told him to
turn to the art of tragedies
- Pausanius wrote about
his story of enlightenment
- Had a
wealthy
family
- Born in a small
town North West of
Athens
- Competitions
- Won
- This great playwright won his first
victory at the City Dionysia in 484BC
- He was said to have won first
prize at the City Dionysia 13 times
- This great playwright won his first
victory at the City Dionysia in 484BC
- Lost
- He lost to other competitors
- Such as Sophosles
who won over 18 times
at the City of Dionysia
- Such as Sophosles
who won over 18 times
at the City of Dionysia
- He lost to other competitors
- Won
- His First play
- Was written when he
was only 26 years old
- Only 7 of his estimated
70-90 plays survived
- His plays were written in verse
- Most of which had strong moral,
religious and political emphasis
- Most of which had strong moral,
religious and political emphasis
- Only 7 of his estimated
70-90 plays survived
- The performance first
took place in 449BC
- This was at the festival
of the City Dionysia
- This was at the festival
of the City Dionysia
- Was written when he
was only 26 years old
Want to create your own Mind Maps for free with GoConqr? Learn more.