One of his plays concerns King Pelasgus of Argos' protection of the fleeing Danaids. Another of his plays is about the defeat of Xerxes at the Battle of Salamis. One of his greatest contributions was the addition of the second actor to allow more con
One of his plays concerns King Pelasgus of Argos' protection of the fleeing Danaids. Another of his plays is about the defeat of Xerxes at the Battle of Salamis. One of his greatest contributions was the addition of the second actor to allow more conflict on stage. In addition to The Suppliant Maidens and The Persians, he wrote a play in which two brothers kill each other outside the gates of the title city, Seven Against Thebes. FTP, name this Greek playwright, the author of a trilogy about the death of Agamemnon and its aftermath, the Orestia, who is considered the first of the great tragedians.          |
One of his plays concerns King Pelasgus of Argos' protection of the fleeing Danaids.
{Aeschylus}