aeschylus

IPA: ˈɛʃˈaɪɫʌs

Root Word: Aeschylus

noun

  • A Greek dramatic poet (525 BCE—456 BCE); Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians.
  • (historical) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Advertisement

Examples of "aeschylus" in Sentences

  • one response to these bottlenecks was to compose anthologies, chrestomathies, greatest hits compilations. why copy over the plays of sophocles that were less than brilliant? that competes with resources for copying any of aeschylus. so instead of the 123 plays Sophocles wrote, we have the seven that were considered his greatest hits. and seven by aeschylus, too.

Related Links

synonyms for aeschylusdescribing words for aeschylus
Advertisement
#AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz

© 2025 Copyright: WordPapa