AESCHYLUS Aeschylus lived between 525 BC and 456 BC. ... Aeschylus was born in Eleusis, near Athens. ... Aeschylus is said to have written about 90 plays. ... The remaining three plays, Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides, produced in 458 BC, form the trilogy known as the Oresteia, or story of Orestes. ... Ajax, Electra, Philoctetes, and Trachiniae in varying forms repeat the themes of Antigone. ...

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There were three massive playwrights that survived, Aeschylus (525-456BC), Sophocles (ca. 495-406BC), and Euripides (ca. 485-406BC). One of Aeschylus' works was, The Oresteia (485BC.), which was a trilogy. The three plays were Agamemnon, The Choephori, and The Eumenides. The theme of the plays was about justice. ...

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