Aeschyleanadj.

Brit.

/ˌiːskᵻˈliːən/, U.S.

/ˌɛskəˈliən/

Forms: 1700s– Aeschylean, 1700s– Eschylean, 1800s– Aeschylian.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Aeschyleus , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Aeschyleus of, or belonging to, Aeschylus ( < Aeschylus (ancient Greek Αἰσχύλος ), the name of an Athenian tragic poet (525–456 b.c.) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -an suffix. Compare Greek Αἰσχύλειος, adjective, in scholia (medieval Greek or earlier) on Homer Iliad 19. 87.With forms in -ian compare -ian suffix.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Aeschylus, the Athenian tragic poet, or his works, style, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > playwriting > [adjective] > specific playwright

Terentian1600

Sophocleana1644

Shakespeareana1754

Plautine1768

Aeschylean1783

Marlowish1798

Websterian1809

Euripidean1821

Aristophanic1827

Fletcherian1850

Marlowesque1884

Senecan1885

Jonsonian1886

Marlovian1887

Ibsenian1891

Ibsenish1893

Pinerotic1895

Shavian1904

bardolatrous1905

Ibsenesque1906

Strindbergian1913

Lylian1923

Chekhovian1925

Sheridanesque1931

Brechtian1935

Vanbrughian1947

Stoppardian1978

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [adjective] > specific poets > other ancient Greek

Pindarica1637

Sophocleana1644

Pindarical1656

Archilochian1728

Aeschylean1783

Euripidean1821

Aristophanic1827

Hesiodic1838

Theocritean1846

1783 New Rev. Feb. 98 A very curious Æschylean Lexicon, particularly tending to illustrate the Poet's use of old words in the language.

1844 J. F. Boyes Illustr. Trag. Æschylus & Sophocles i. p. xxxvii His style and expressions are so bold, as often to border on the Aeschylean.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. ix. 138 The Eschylean grandeur, the terrible rhythmic lilt.

1871 A. C. Swinburne Songs before Sunrise 178 With wind-notes as of eagles Æschylean.

1921 Spectator 12 Mar. 333/1 An Aeschylean trilogy, the three connected plays, lasted most of a day.

1958 Spectator 22 Aug. 257/2 The last, Æschylean novel.

1988 Classical Rev. 38 205 In the literary introduction,..there is little attempt to place Aeschylean drama within the stridently political context in which it first appeared.

2005 J. Hersh Poeticized Culture Epil. 146 The Aeschylian image of the conversion of the Erinyes was something novel in Greek thought.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aeschylean
释义	Aeschyleanadj. Brit. /ˌiːskᵻˈliːən/, U.S. /ˌɛskəˈliən/ Forms: 1700s– Aeschylean, 1700s– Eschylean, 1800s– Aeschylian. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Aeschyleus , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Aeschyleus of, or belonging to, Aeschylus ( < Aeschylus (ancient Greek Αἰσχύλος ), the name of an Athenian tragic poet (525–456 b.c.) + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -an suffix. Compare Greek Αἰσχύλειος, adjective, in scholia (medieval Greek or earlier) on Homer Iliad 19. 87.With forms in -ian compare -ian suffix. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Aeschylus, the Athenian tragic poet, or his works, style, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > playwriting > [adjective] > specific playwright Terentian1600 Sophocleana1644 Shakespeareana1754 Plautine1768 Aeschylean1783 Marlowish1798 Websterian1809 Euripidean1821 Aristophanic1827 Fletcherian1850 Marlowesque1884 Senecan1885 Jonsonian1886 Marlovian1887 Ibsenian1891 Ibsenish1893 Pinerotic1895 Shavian1904 bardolatrous1905 Ibsenesque1906 Strindbergian1913 Lylian1923 Chekhovian1925 Sheridanesque1931 Brechtian1935 Vanbrughian1947 Stoppardian1978 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [adjective] > specific poets > other ancient Greek Pindarica1637 Sophocleana1644 Pindarical1656 Archilochian1728 Aeschylean1783 Euripidean1821 Aristophanic1827 Hesiodic1838 Theocritean1846 1783 New Rev. Feb. 98 A very curious Æschylean Lexicon, particularly tending to illustrate the Poet's use of old words in the language. 1844 J. F. Boyes Illustr. Trag. Æschylus & Sophocles i. p. xxxvii His style and expressions are so bold, as often to border on the Aeschylean. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. ix. 138 The Eschylean grandeur, the terrible rhythmic lilt. 1871 A. C. Swinburne Songs before Sunrise 178 With wind-notes as of eagles Æschylean. 1921 Spectator 12 Mar. 333/1 An Aeschylean trilogy, the three connected plays, lasted most of a day. 1958 Spectator 22 Aug. 257/2 The last, Æschylean novel. 1988 Classical Rev. 38 205 In the literary introduction,..there is little attempt to place Aeschylean drama within the stridently political context in which it first appeared. 2005 J. Hersh Poeticized Culture Epil. 146 The Aeschylian image of the conversion of the Erinyes was something novel in Greek thought. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1783
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