Aeschylus of Alexandria

Aeschylus of Alexandria

Aeschylus (Gr. polytonic|Αισχύλος) of Alexandria was an epic poet who must have lived before the end of the 2nd century, and whom Athenaeus calls a well-informed man. One of his poems bore the title "Amphitryon," and another "Messeniaca." A fragment of the former is preserved in Athenaeus. [Athenaeus, xiii. p. 599] According to Zenobius, [Zenobius, v. 85] he had also written a work on proverbs. [Citation
last = Schmitz
first = Leonhard
author-link =
contribution = Aeschylus (2)
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 44
publisher =
place =
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0053.html
]

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