title: Classical Tragedy - Greek and Roman: Eight Plays in Authoritative Modern Translations
author: Aeschylus
description: Text: English (translation)<br /> Original Language: Greek, Latin
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   C ontents
   
  Brief Biography
   
   
  THE PERSIANS
   
  THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
   
  THE SUPPLIANTS
   
  AGAMEMNON
   
  EUMENIDES
   
  THE CHOEPHORI
   
  PROMETHEUS BOUND
   
   
   
  Other Delphi Classics available on K indle:
  
   
  ·         The Complete Works of Aeschylus
  ·         The Complete Works of Sophocles
  ·         The Complete Works of Aristophanes
   
  Dual tex ts
  ·         The Works of Pindar (Greek and English version)
  ·         The Works of Sappho (Greek and English version)
  ·         The Works of Alcaeus (Greek and English version)
  ·         The Works of Catullus (Latin and English version)
   
   
  
  Brief  Biog rap h y
    
  Aeschylus (ca. 524BC-456BC) was the first of the three (with Sophocles
  and Euripides) ancient Greek tragedians and he is often termed as the father
  of tragedy. According to Aristotle, he increased the number of characters on
  stage to allow conflict.  Beforehand characters would only interact with the
  chorus. Sadly, only seven plays by Aeschylus have survived from Antiquity,
  although h