Aeschylus

See also: Æschylus

English

Alternative forms

• Æschylus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἰσχύλος (Aiskhúlos).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕskĭlŭs, IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.kə.ləs/, /ˈɛ.skə.ləs/

Proper noun

Aeschylus

1. A Greek dramatic poet (525 BCE—456 BCE); Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians.
2. (historical) A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Related terms

• Aeschylean

Translations

Greek tragedian

• Alemannic German: Aischylos m
• Aragonese: Esquilo m
• Armenian: Էսքիլես (Ēskʻiles), Էսքիլոս (Ēskʻilos)

  Old Armenian: Եսքիղոս (Eskʻiłos)

• Catalan: Èsquil m
• Chinese: 埃斯库罗斯 (zh) (Esukilosu)
• Dutch: Aischylos
• Esperanto: Esĥilo
• Estonian: Aischylos
• Finnish: Aiskhylos m
• French: Eschyle (fr) m
• German: Äschylus m, Aischylos m
• Greek: Αισχύλος (el) m (Aischýlos)

  Ancient Greek: Αἰσχύλος m (Aiskhúlos)

• Hebrew: אייסכילוס (Aishilos)
• Hungarian: Aiszkhülosz
• Interlingua: Eschylo
• Interlingue:
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• Italian: Eschilo m
• Japanese: アイスキュロス (Aisukūrosu or Aisukuurosu)
• Kabuverdianu: Eskilo
• Korean: 아이스퀼로스 (Aisukillosu)
• Latin: Aeschylus m
• Limburgish: Aischylos m
• Lithuanian: Aischilas m
• Luxembourgish: Aischylos m
• Polish: Ajschylos (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ésquilo (pt) m
• Russian: Эсхи́л m (Esxíl)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Есхил

  Roman: Eshil

• Spanish: Esquilo m
• Swedish: Aischylos n
• Ukrainian: Есхі́л (Esxíl)

See also

• Euripides
• Sophocles

Further reading

• “Aeschylus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.