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Definition: Aeschylus |
AeschylusNoun1. Greek dramatist; the father of Greek tragedy (525-456 BC). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Aeschylus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Crosswords: Aeschylus |
| English words defined with "Aeschylus": Aeschylean. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. Aeschylus' work has a strong moral and religious emphasis. Many of his plays end more "happily" than those of the other two; namely, his masterpiece The Oresteia trilogy. Besides the literary merit of his work, Aeschylus' greatest contribution to the theater was the addition of a second actor to his scenes. Previously, the action took place between a single actor and the Greek chorus.
Aeschylus is known to have written over 70 plays, only six of which remain extant:
In 2003 another Aeschylus play was discovered in the wrappings of a mummy in Egypt. The play, Achilles, was part of a trilogy about the Trojan War. It was known to exist due to mentions in ancient sources, but had been lost for over 2000 years.
Aeschylus frequently travelled to Sicily, where the tyrant of Gela was a patron. In 458 he travelled there for the last time; according to traditional legend, Aeschylus was killed in 456 when an eagle (or more likely a Lammergeier), mistaking the playwright's bald crown for a stone, dropped a tortoise on his head.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Aeschylus."
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Clever | A great ox stands on my tongue. (references; author: Aeschylus) Do not kick against the pricks. (references; author: Aeschylus) Call no man happy till he is dead. (references; author: Aeschylus) Myriad laughter of the ocean waves. (references; author: Aeschylus) Wisdom comes alone through suffering. (references; author: Aeschylus) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aeschylus | A great ox stands on my tongue. |
| Do not kick against the pricks. | |
| Call no man happy till he is dead. | |
| Myriad laughter of the ocean waves. | |
| Wisdom comes alone through suffering. | |
| A prosperous fool is a grievous burden. | |
| Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new. | |
| Time as he grows old teaches all things. | |
| He who goes unenvied shall not be admired. | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Jesus Christ made a pun on St. Peter, Moses on Isaac, Aeschylus on Polynices, Cleopatra on Octavius. |
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| "Aeschylus" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 75.56% of the time. "Aeschylus" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 75.56% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Noun (singular) | 13.33% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (plural) | 11.11% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 45 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aeschylus | 74 |
aeschylus persian | 13 |
aeschylus oresteia | 5 |
agamemnon aeschylus | 4 |
aeschylus play | 3 |
aeschylus persian summary | 3 |
aeschylus by persian | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "Aeschylus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 阿奇里斯 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aeschylusay эсхил. (various references) Esquilo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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"Aeschylus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dascyllus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-l-s-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: causeys, cayuses, clashes, clauses. | |
-3 letters: cashes, caules, causes, causey, cayuse, chases, chasse, chelas, chyles, classy, clause, hassel, hassle, laches, lashes, leachy, lehuas, lushes, lyases, sauces, sauchs, scales, selahs, shales, shaley, shauls, sheals, slushy. | |
-4 letters: aches, acyls, alecs, ascus, ashes, cases, casus, cauls, cause, chase, chays, chela, chess, chyle, clash, class, clays, clues, cushy, essay, hales, hauls, heals, hulas, hussy, hylas, laces, lacey, lases, leach, leash, lehua, luces, lyase, lycea, lyses, lyssa, sales, sauce, sauch, saucy, sauls, scale, scaly, schul, seals, selah, shale, shaly, shaul, shays, sheal, sheas, shuls, slash, slays, slues, slush, syces, yechs, yucas, yules. | |
-5 letters: aces, ache, achy, acyl, alec, ales, ashy, ayes, case, cash, caul, cays, cels, cess, chay, clay, clue, cues, cuss, each, easy, ecus, eyas, haes, hale, haul, hays, heal, hues, hula, hyla, lace, lacs, lacy, lase, lash, lass, lays, leas, lech, less, leys, luce, lues, lush, lyes, lyse, sacs, sale, sals, sash, saul, says, seal, seas, secs, sels, shay, shea, shes, shul, slay, slue, such, sues, syce, uses, yeah, yeas, yech, yuca, yuch, yule. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-l-s-s-u-y" | |
+3 letters: psychosexual. | |
+4 letters: superphysical. | |
+5 letters: psychosexually. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 65 73 63 68 79 6C 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- . ... -.-. .... -.--. .-.. ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100101 01110011 01100011 01101000 01111001 01101100 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A e s c h y l u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0065 0073 0063 0068 0079 006C 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357185697491788785 |
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