The Aeschylus Page

Aeschylus and the Tortoise

Aeschylus meets his end by having a tortoise dropped on his head by an eagle.

Surviving Works
The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume I: Aeschylus. Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore. Chicago,1959. All seven of Aeschylus' surviving plays.
Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Series edited by William Arrowsmith and Herbert Golder. Oxford World Classics.c. 1973-. Series in progress.
But don't miss The Oresteia. Translated by Robert Fagles. Introductory essay, notes, and glossary with W.B. Stanford. See also The Oresteia. Translated with notes by Hugh Lloyd-Jones. California, 1979.

Agamemnon On Line
The Choephori On Line
Eumenides On Line
The Persians On Line
Prometheus Bound On Line
The Seven Against Thebes On Line
The Suppliants On Line

About Aeschylus
Thomas Berger, Orrie's Story. Little, Brown, 1990. The Oresteian Trilogy in a modern American setting by a foremost American novelist.
Aeschylus Page from Bartleby.com.
Aeschylus Bio, etc. from About.com.
AeschylusTexts and Links from Great Books.
House of Atreus by Michael Valente.

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