Poetry · Character
Aeschylos
The ancient Greek playwright, author of the Oresteia.
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First appearance: a fragment from the agamemnon of aeschylos
Aeschylos shows up with force in IV. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Invoked as a parallel to Byron's sacrifice, like at Marathon.
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