Aeschylus, father of tragic drama Aeschylus is the earliest of the three great Greek tragic dramatists (the others are Sophocles and Euripides). ... Aeschylus enriched the drama with his technical innovations. ... His influence toward creating a more realistic drama was powerful. ... Thucydides believed that studying events of the past could help men understand similar events in the future and perhaps avoid similar mistakes. ...

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