Aeschylus, the father of ancient Greek tragedy

Aeschylus was born in 525 BC in Eleucius, Attica, Greece. He is a tragic poet in ancient Greece. Together with Sophocles and euripides, he is known as the greatest tragic writer in ancient Greece, and has the reputation of "the father of tragedy" and "the poet with strong inclination". Representative works include Prometheus Bound, Agamemnon, The Goodman (or Nemesis) and so on.

Aeschylus was born into an ancient aristocratic family, and his boyhood was spent under the tyranny of hippias (525-51 BC). At that time, the struggle between the aristocrats and civilians in Athens was very fierce, and Ulysses was the center of the aristocratic forces in Athens. In 59 BC, Cleisthenes carried out reforms, which led Athens to a new stage of democratic development. He began to like drama and the poems of Agassocles and Apollo very early. Legend has it that Dionysus personally taught him the art of poetry in his dream. He also played a role in his plays in his early years. At the age of 25, he took part in the poet competition in Athens for the first time, but he didn't win.

Shortly thereafter, the increasingly sharp and fierce contradiction between Greece and Persia led to the famous "Greek-Persian War" in ancient history. He took part in the marathon in the first 49 years, in which his brother was killed. After the destruction of Athens 48 years ago, he participated in the naval battle of Salamis in the Greek fleet. Aeschylus went to Sicily many times, where he met the poets Simonides Of Ceos and Pindar in 475.

472 years ago, he returned to Athens, where his Persian was first staged, which was his recollection of his wartime experience. The play won the highest prize in the poet competition. He lost to Sophocles in the first 468 years, but he won the best prize in 13 Athens poet competitions in his life.

When he went to Sicily for the last time, he failed to return to Athens in time. It is said that he was killed by a turtle falling from the sky. He was buried in Guerra.

When Aeschylus started writing, Greek tragedy was still in its early stage of development. Poets have made many important contributions to the art of drama. His tragic style is lofty, his language is beautiful, and he is full of lyrical atmosphere, which makes the tragedy have a complete form. First of all, he pays attention to the image-building. All the characters he created have strong will, and their characters are resolute. Aeschylus praised Athenian democracy, opposed tyranny, and was slightly conservative in the struggle between old and new ideas. Most of his tragedies are based on myths, and he likes to create in the form of drama, which is closely linked. The plot of the script is not complicated, but the contradictions and conflicts are fierce, the expression is strong, the style is solemn and lofty, and the characters are majestic and tall. Secondly, the lyrical atmosphere in the play is very strong. Almost all his tragedies are trilogy. The trilogy adopts three stories that develop continuously in myth as the theme. As far as Orris Theia is concerned, the overall structure is complete, but the structure of many parts is relatively loose, and the plot develops slowly, which obviously reflects the characteristics of early Greek tragedy. Aeschylus's creation is still in the early development stage of Greek tragedy. He increased the number of actors in the play from one to two, thus starting a real dramatic dialogue, and was therefore known as the founder of Greek tragedy. His language, style and stories in Greek mythology have also deeply influenced future generations. His characters are not ordinary people, and their feelings, characteristics and their powerful, short, elegant and vivid language are superior to ordinary people. It is said that it was also from him that actors wore high-heeled boots and colorful clothes.

In his comedy Frog, 46 years ago, Aristophanes said that Aeschylus was a representative of noble times and an example of tragic poets. In the 4th century before, the statue of Aeschylus stood side by side with Sophocles and euripides in front of the Dionysus Theatre.

Aeschylus' famous saying:

People should not be arrogant, arrogance will blossom and form a shattered fruit. In the harvest season, you will get unstoppable tears, and your timidity will disappear with the disappearance of time.

The power needed is irresistible, and the power of art is far weaker than that needed.

a bed, a warm bed, can magically drive away fatigue.