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Another Aeschylean drama, “The Suppliant Women,” shows King Pelasgus deferring to the Argive assembly when confronted with the Danaids’ plea for asylum.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

Stevens and Swan are strong on the Aeschylean patterning of Bacon’s life.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2021

Our breath is theirs — from “the high Aeschylean sheen” of “The Lord of the Rings” to George R. R. Martin’s “tart Thucydidean appreciation for the way in which political corruption can breed narrative corruption.”

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2019

In fact, the Soviets became caught up in a tragedy of Aeschylean scale, whose unintended consequences have reshaped the world.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2010

Thus the length of the higher class of Indian plays is considerable—about that of an Aeschylean trilogy; but not more than a single play was ever performed on the same occasion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various