Αἰσχύλος
Aeschylus
The earliest of the three great Athenian tragedians, seven of whose plays survive complete.
Oresteia City Dionysia, 458 BC · first prize
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First play
Agamemnon ἈγαμέμνωνAgamemnon returns from Troy in triumph, and his wife Clytemnestra kills him.
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Second play
Libation Bearers ΧοηφόροιOrestes returns from exile and kills his mother Clytemnestra to avenge his father.
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Third play
Eumenides ΕὐμενίδεςThe Furies hound Orestes to Athens, where Athena convenes the first murder trial.
- Persians Πέρσαι
News of the rout at Salamis reaches the Persian court, and Xerxes comes home in rags.
City Dionysia, 472 BC · first prize
- Seven Against Thebes Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας
Eteocles holds Thebes against his brother, and the two kill each other at the seventh gate.
City Dionysia, 467 BC · first prize
- Suppliant Women Ἱκέτιδες
Danaus and his fifty daughters flee forced marriage and beg Argos for shelter.
City Dionysia, c. 463 BC · first prize
- Prometheus Bound Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης
Chained to a crag for stealing fire, Prometheus defies Zeus and foretells his fall.
Date unknown · authorship disputed