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{{#lemma: Philostratus | [[Philostratus, The Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.10-11]]}} says (in a playful passage) that the Athenians considered Aeschylus (ca. 525-456/5) ‘the father of tragedy’ because of his innovations in the genre. We have titles of over seventy plays; many fragments and seven complete tragedies survive. These include Prometheus Bound, whose attribution to Aeschylus is no longer accepted (see Griffith 1977), and the Oresteia, which, like all Aeschylus’ trilogies, is thematically connected. Sadly, the accompanying satyr play, Proteus, is lost. But we have substantial fragments of other satyr plays, {{#lemma: a genre in which Aeschylus was thought to excel | [[Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers 2.133]]<br />[[Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.13.6]]}}. In tragedy, {{#lemma: Aristotle | [[Aristotle, Poetics 4, 1449a15]]}} says that he introduced a second actor and reduced the role of the chorus. He won thirteen times in the Athenian dramatic festivals and, after his death, was afforded the unique honour of having his plays re-staged. | |||
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Philostratus Philostratus, The Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.10-11 says (in a playful passage) that the Athenians considered Aeschylus (ca. 525-456/5) ‘the father of tragedy’ because of his innovations in the genre. We have titles of over seventy plays; many fragments and seven complete tragedies survive. These include Prometheus Bound, whose attribution to Aeschylus is no longer accepted (see Griffith 1977), and the Oresteia, which, like all Aeschylus’ trilogies, is thematically connected. Sadly, the accompanying satyr play, Proteus, is lost. But we have substantial fragments of other satyr plays, a genre in which Aeschylus was thought to excel Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers 2.133
Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.13.6. In tragedy, Aristotle Aristotle, Poetics 4, 1449a15 says that he introduced a second actor and reduced the role of the chorus. He won thirteen times in the Athenian dramatic festivals and, after his death, was afforded the unique honour of having his plays re-staged.
