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Aeschylus was born at Eleusis near Athens in 525 BCE and died in Sicily in 456 BCE. He took part in the Persian Wars and fought at Marathon. Considered the father of Greek tragedy, he wrote more than seventy plays, of which seven have survived.
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230374132
- ISBN 13 9781230374130
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages42
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