Aeschylus (525-456 B.C.) - Ranked with Sophocles and Euripides as one of the
greatest Greek dramatists, he is often called the father of Greek tragic
drama. Aeschylus is distinguished for his grand imagination that dwelled
habitually in the loftiest regions of theology and ancient mythology.
The Eumenides (458 B.C.) - The last part of the trilogy of plays called
"Orestia," the only extant trilogy of Greek dramas. Completes the cycle of
family murders that comprised this tragic history of the fate of Orestes.
