Aeschylus, the father of Greek tragedy, died in 456 BC, relatively early in Pericles' long career as Athens' leading politician. He left a number of important plays that still survive today ...

Greek tragedy, as Anne Carson insinuates in the ... Just as Lycus is about to put Herakles’ father, wife, and children to death, the hero sneaks back into the city just in time to save them ...

As Electra mourns her father and discusses her hopeless situation ... both in the ancient world and in the modern reception of Greek tragedy. Sophocles’ depiction of Electra was certainly ...