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Aeschylus en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• ĕskĭlŭs
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɛ.skə.ləs/
• /ˈɛs.kə.ləs/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Aeschylus, from Ancient Greek Αἰσχύλος (Aiskhúlos).

Meanings

1. A Greek dramatic poet (525 BCE—456 BCE); Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians.
   • Sophocles is indeed the greater artist, but Aeschylus is the greater genius; yet not solely by reason of his priority in time. 1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “I. Introduction”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 2:
2. (historical) A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Forms

Deriveds

Aeschylean

Relateds

Sophocles · Euripides

Translations (38)

or ଏସ୍କାଇଲସ୍ (Greek tragedian) · ko 아이스퀼로스 (Greek tragedian) · eo Esĥilo (Greek tragedian) · pl Ajschylos (Greek tragedian) · sv Aischylos (Greek tragedian) · et Aischylos (Greek tragedian) · gsw Aischylos (Greek tragedian) · pt Ésquilo (Greek tragedian) · sh Eshil (Greek tragedian) · xcl Եսքիղոս (Greek tragedian) · hy Էսքիլես (Greek tragedian) · ia Eschylo (Greek tragedian) · it Eschilo (Greek tragedian) · lt Aischilas (Greek tragedian) · bg Есхил (Greek tragedian) · nl Aischylos (Greek tragedian) · hy Էսքիլոս (Greek tragedian) · el Αισχύλος (Greek tragedian) · de Äschylus (Greek tragedian) · ca Èsquil (Greek tragedian) · an Esquilo (Greek tragedian) · ru Эсхи́л (Greek tragedian) · fi Aiskhylos (Greek tragedian) · he אייסכילוס (Greek tragedian) · cmn 埃斯庫羅斯 /埃斯库罗斯 (Greek tragedian) · lb Aischylos (Greek tragedian) · ja アイスキュロス (Greek tragedian) · sh Есхил (Greek tragedian) · de Aischylos (Greek tragedian) · li Aischylos (Greek tragedian) · es Esquilo (Greek tragedian) · hu Aiszkhülosz (Greek tragedian) · la Aeschylus (Greek tragedian) · grc Αἰσχύλος (Greek tragedian) · uk Есхі́л (Greek tragedian) · kea Eskilo (Greek tragedian) · fr Eschyle (Greek tragedian) · mk Есхил (Greek tragedian)