Aeschylus

Aeschylus fought in the Persian Wars and became one of the earliest major dramatists whose works survive. Plays such as The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Prometheus Bound and the Oresteia use myth and recent history to examine divine law, vengeance and political change.

He belongs in Classical for Greek drama, the Persian Wars, Athenian civic culture and the development of tragedy. His plays are also useful background for fiction about Athens because they show how myth, public performance and political identity interacted.