A-Z: General definitions
- Aegisthus
- Aelfric
- Aelred
- Aeneas
- Aeneid
- Aeolus
- Aerope
- Aeschylus
- Aesop
- Aesthetic
- Afterlife
- Agamemnon
- Agape
- Agave
- Age of Reason
- Agit-prop
- Agnostic
- Agnosticism
- Agnus Dei
- Agrarian
- Ahab
- Ahasuerus
- Ahaz
- Aisle
- Ajax
- Alb
- Alba Longa
- Albino
- Alchemical
- Alchemist
- Alchemy
- Alcmene
- Alcuin
- Aldhelm
- Alexander Pope
- Alexander the Great
- Alexandrine
- Alfred the Great
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- All Saints' Day
- Allah
- Allegorised
- Allegory
- Allies
- Alliteration
- Alliterative verse
- Allude
- Allusion
- Allusive
- Alms
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A-Z: General definitions: Aeschylus
Definition
(c. 525–455 BCE) Often called the Father of Tragedy, he was an ancient Greek tragedian, alongside Sophocles and Euripides. He developed the range of characters on stage and is associated with poetic grandeur, a dramatic atmosphere and the shocking downfall of his protagonists.
Greek dramatist, one of three famous tragedians
An ancient writer of tragedy
The 'protagonist' in Greek drama meant the chief contender, or main actor.
