Index of ' Events
Between 525 and 524 BC
Aeschylus was born in Eleusis.
Between 500 and 497 BC
Choerilus, Pratinas and Aeschylus competed at the tragic contest of the City Dionysia.
- Poet(s):
Choerilus (*),Pratinas (*),Aeschylus (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance
- Source(s): Choerilus Test. 2, Pratinas Test. 1
484 BC
Aeschylus' first victory at the City Dionysia during the archonship of Philocrates.
- Poet(s):
Aeschylus (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory
- Source(s):
472 BC
Aeschylus' victory at the City Dionysia during the archonship of Menon, with the plays Phineus, Persians, Glaucus and the satyr drama Prometheus. Pericles was the choregus.
- Poet(s):
Aeschylus (*) - Choregus:
Pericles (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory, choregic tragic victory
- Source(s):
468 BC
Sophocles' first participation and first victory at the City Dionysia during the archonship of Apsiphion, on which occasion he competed against Aeschylus.
- Poet(s):
Sophocles (*),Aeschylus (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): ,
467 BC
Aeschylus with the plays Laius, Oedipus, Seven against Thebes and Sphinx, Aristias with the plays Perseus, Tantalus, an unknown tragedy, and the satyr drama Wrestlers, and Polyphrasmon with a tetralogy on Lycurgus, competed at the tragic contest of the City Dionysia. Aeschylus won the first and Aristias the second prize. Polyphrasmon occupied the third place.
- Poet(s):
Aeschylus (*),Aristias (*),Polyphrasmon (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): Pratinas Test. 2, Pratinas Test. 3, Aristias Test. 3, Aristias Test. 4, Polyphrasmon Test. 3, Polyphrasmon Test. 4
Between 466 and 459 BC
Aeschylus with the plays Suppliants, Aegyptians, Danaids and the satyr drama Amymone, Sophocles, and Mesatus competed at the tragic contest of the City Dionysia. Aeschylus won the first and Sophocles the second prize.
- Poet(s):
Aeschylus (*),Sophocles (*),Mesatus (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic performance, tragic victory
- Source(s): Mesatus Test. 2
458 BC
Aeschylus' victory at the City Dionysia during the archonship of Philocles, with the plays Agamemnon, Choephoroi, Eumenides (the "Oresteia") and the satyr drama Proteus. Xenocles was the choregus.
- Poet(s):
Aeschylus (*) - Choregus:
Xenocles (*) - Festival:
City Dionysia (*) - Type: tragic victory, choregic tragic victory
- Source(s): ,
Between 456 and 455 BC
Aeschylus died in Gela, Sicily.