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Aeschylus
Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright known for writing powerful tragedies. He is often referred to as the “father of tragedy” for his transformative contributions to the development of Greek theater, particularly in the area of tragedy. Aeschylus was born around 525 BCE in Eleusis, a small town near Athens.
PeopleAeschylus
Aeschylus stages one of liberty’s great turning points: the passage from vengeance and private power to public law and judgment. By dramatizing the replacement of blood feud with lawful courts, he advanced a foundational insight of free societies—that justice must be institutionalized, impartial, and accountable rather than enforced by force or revenge.
PeopleAvicenna
Avicenna (c. 980 – 1037 CE), known in the Islamic world as Ibn Sina, was a Persian thinker whose influence spanned philosophy, medicine, science, and theology. Born near Bukhara in the village of Afshana (modern Uzbekistan), he displayed remarkable intellect early on—memorizing the Quran and mastering diverse sciences by age 16.
PeopleSophocles
Master of Greek Tragedy : Sophocles, one of the three great ancient Greek tragedians, is celebrated for his innovative contributions to drama, including the introduction of a third actor and complex character development, as seen in works like Oedipus Rex and Antigone .
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Aeschylus
Aeschylus · 1922–1926 (Smyth trans., Loeb) · With an English translation by Herbert Weir Smyth. London: Heinemann; New York: Putnam's Sons, 1922–26. Greek and English on opposite pages.
Books & WorksPlays of the Greek Dramatists
Various · 1946 · Selections from Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes. New York, 1946.
Books & WorksPrometheus Bound
Aeschylus · 1950 (Browning trans.) · Translated by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; introduction by Walter S. Landor. New York: Liberal Arts Press, 1950. The Little Library of Liberal Arts.
Books & WorksThe Complete Greek Tragedies
David Grene (ed.) · 1959 (Grene & Lattimore eds.) · Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1959. Vol. II. Contains: Aeschylus v.2; Sophocles v.3–4; Euripides.
Resources
Aeschylus
Aeschylus · 1922–1926 (Smyth trans., Loeb) · With an English translation by Herbert Weir Smyth. London: Heinemann; New York: Putnam's Sons, 1922–26. Greek and English on opposite pages.
ResourcesPrometheus Bound
Aeschylus · 1950 (Browning trans.) · Translated by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; introduction by Walter S. Landor. New York: Liberal Arts Press, 1950. The Little Library of Liberal Arts.