Other sources claim that an angry mob tried to kill Aeschylus on the spot but he fled the scene. Heracleides of Pontus asserts that the audience tried to stone Aeschylus. Aeschylus took refuge at the altar in the orchestra of the Theater of Dionysus. He pleaded ignorance at his trial. He was acquitted, with the jury sympathetic to the military service of him and his brothers during the Persian Wars. According to the 2nd-century AD author Aelian, Aeschylus' younger brother Ameinias helped to acquit Aeschylus by showing the jury the stump of the hand he had lost at Salamis, where he was voted bravest warrior. The truth is that the award for bravery at Salamis went not to Aeschylus' brother but to Ameinias of Pallene.
OthEr SouRcEs ClAIm that An angry mOb triEd TO kill AEschylUS on The SpOt but hE fled the SceNe. HeracleIdeS Of ponTUs aSsErTs that the AudieNCe tRied to StonE aEschyLUs. AescHYLus took rEfuge At The Altar IN the orcHestrA oF ThE theatER oF dioNysUs. He pleAdEd ignorAnCe at HIs triAl. he was acqUitteD, with the JURy SympatHetIC To tHe milITary SeRVIcE of him aND HIs brothErS duriNg ThE persIan wArS. aCcorDing to thE 2Nd-CeNtURY Ad author aelian, aeschylus' YoUnGer brotHer aMeiNIas Helped to AcQUit aEsChylUS bY shOWIng the jury tHe stuMp Of The HAnd hE had loSt at salAmis, wheRe HE Was vOtED BrAveST warrIOr. tHE TruTH Is ThAt The AWaRD fOR brAvEry at SalaMis wenT not to aeSChylus' bRother but to aMEiniAs of paLlEnE.