The Poets And the Poetry of the Ancient Greeks With An Historical Introduction
The Poets And the Poetry of the Ancient Greeks With An Historical Introduction
Abraham Mills
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C. ] JS^CHYLUS. 253 sented himself before the judges, and exhibited, in their presence, what remained of the arm that had been lost at the battle of Salamis. This action revived, with so much vividness, the recollection of the valor of the family, that . ZEschylus was immediately pardoned and restored, not only to his former position, but he became, if possible, a greater favorite with the public than he had previously been. The remembrance, how- ever, of the indignity heaped upon him by a publ...ic trial for impiety, in- duced him, soon after, to leave Athens, and to retire to the court of Hiero the First, king of Syracuse, who being himself a man of genius as well as a distinguished patron of literature, received him with the greatest delight, and honored him with the most distinguished marks of royal mu- nificence. During his residence at the court of Syracuse, ^Eschylus is supposed to have written three at least of the most finished and admirable of his tragedies; but after the death of Hiero, an event which occurred 467 A.
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