Aeschylus (disambiguation)

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Several people or things bear the name Aeschylus:

  • Aeschylus, Athenian playwright of the 5th century BC, best known for the Oresteia trilogy
  • Aeschylus of Athens, King of Athens from 778-755 BC
  • Aeschylus of Alexandria, epic poet in the 2nd century
  • Aeschylus of Cnidus, contemporary of Cicero, and one of the most celebrated rhetoricians in Asia Minor
  • Aeschylus of Rhodes, governor of that city after its conquest by Alexander the Great
  • 2876 Aeschylus, asteroid named after the playwright