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In 458 BC, Aeschylus returned to Sicily for the last time, visiting the city of Gela, where he died in 456 or 455 BC. Valerius Maximus wrote that he was killed outside the city by a tortoise dropped by an eagle which had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell, and killed him. [ 26 ]
The chronographers recorded Aeschylus’ death at Gela (on Sicily’s south coast) in 456/455, aged 69. A ludicrous story that he was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise on his bald pate was presumably fabricated by a later comic writer.
Ajschylos był synem Euforiona, pochodził z zamożnej, prawdopodobnie arystokratycznej rodziny, lecz swoją sympatią obdarzył demokrację ateńską. Dość wcześnie rozpoczął działalność dramatopisarską.
Aeschylus and his brother Cynegeirus fought to defend Athens against Darius’s invading Persian army at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE and, although the Greeks won a famous victory against apparently overwhelming odds, Cynegeirus died in the battle, which had a profound effect on Aeschylus.
21 kwi 2021 · Learn about the life and works of Aeschylus, the first tragedian of ancient Greece, who fought in the Persian Wars and died by a falling tortoise. Discover his contributions to the genre, his themes of suffering and hope, and his epitaph.
10 gru 2015 · Sometime after 458 BCE Aeschylus travelled to Sicily, visiting Syracuse at the invitation of Hieron I, and around 456 BCE he died on the island in the town of Gela. Aeschylus' plays were already recognised as classics and their public performances were given particular privileges.
He died there, just outside the city of Gela, in 456 BC. Ancient sources relate a bizarre (and probably untrue) story about Aeschylus’ death. Supposedly, to avoid a prophecy that he would be killed by a falling object, the playwright spent the last few days of his life outdoors.
