"Aeschylus (/\u02C8i\u02D0sk\u0268l\u0259s/ or /\u02C8\u025Bsk\u0268l\u0259s/; Greek: \u0391\u1F30\u03C3\u03C7\u03CD\u03BB\u03BF\u03C2 Aiskhulos; Ancient Greek: [ai\u032Fs.k\u02B0\u00FD.los]; c. 525/524 \u2013 c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is also the first whose plays still survive; the others are Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: critics and scholars' knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays."@en . . "Aeschylus"@en . "-525Z"^^ . . "-456Z"^^ . . . "-523Z"^^ . . . . . "Major ancient Greek playwright, one of only three whose works have survived into modern times." . .