Æschylus
Family: Greek · Role: tragic dramatist · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 2
When he was quite young, Dionysus appeared to Æschylus and commanded him to write tragedy, and he obeyed. Later, he taught the Greeks the Egyptian tradition that Artemis was the daughter of Demeter, rather than Leto.
Æschylus journeyed with Simonides to the court of Hiero in Syracuse. His works described Polynices and celebrated Glaucus, drawing on traditions from the people of Anthedon. He was the son of Euphorion and the father of Æsimides, Symmachus and Asterion.
Relationship record
Book 1 · Chapter 2
- patron: Hiero (court of Syracuse) “Æschylus and Simonides journeyed to Syracuse to the court of Hiero”
Book 1 · Chapter 21
- with Dionysus (Dionysus instructed Æschylus to write tragedy.) “Dionysus appeared to him and bade him write tragedy”
Book 2 · Chapter 20
- with Polynices (Æschylus described Polynices and the warriors associated with him.) “These men Æschylus has described as only seven in number, though more must have come from Argos and Messene and Arcadia.”
Book 2 · Chapter 24
- parent: Euphorion (Euphorion is Æschylus's father.) “And Æschylus the son of Euphorion calls him also Zeus of the sea.”
- with Zeus (interaction) “And Æschylus the son of Euphorion calls him also Zeus of the sea.”
Book 4 · Chapter 5
- child: Æsimides “At the time of the capture of Amphea Æsimides, the son of Æschylus, was in the fifth year of his government over the Athenians.”
Book 6 · Chapter 1
- child: Symmachus (parent->child) “the wrestler Symmachus, the son of Æschylus, a native of Elis.”
Book 6 · Chapter 3
- child: Asterion (son of Æschylus) “The inscription also states that the statue was by Asterion, the son of Æschylus.”
Book 8 · Chapter 37
- parent: Euphorion “It was Æschylus the son of Euphorion that taught the Greeks the Egyptian legend, that Artemis was the daughter of Demeter and not of Leto.”
Book 9 · Chapter 22
- with Glaucus (of Anthedon) (Æschylus made Glaucus the subject of a play.) “Pindar and Æschylus have celebrated Glaucus from these traditions of the people of Anthedon, Pindar not so much, but Æschylus has made him the subject of one of his plays.”
Book 10 · Chapter 4
- with Glaucus (of Anthedon) (interaction) “Hence Æschylus calls the beard of Glaucus (the son of Anthedonius) daulus.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.