Aeschylus (disambiguation)

Aeschylus (disambiguation)

Several people or things bear the name Aeschylus:

*Aeschylus, Athenian playwright of the 5th century BC, best known for the "Oresteia" trilogy
*Aeschylus of Athens, King of Athens from 778-755 BC
*Aeschylus of Alexandria, epic poet in the 2nd century
*Aeschylus of Cnidus, contemporary of Cicero, and one of the most celebrated rhetoricians in Asia Minor
*Aeschylus of Rhodes, governor of that city after its conquest by Alexander the Great
*2876 Aeschylus, asteroid named after the playwright


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