E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Æs’chylus (Greek, Ao),
the most sublime of the Greek tragic poets. He wrote 90 plays, only 7 of which are now extant. Æschylus was killed by a tortoise thrown by an eagle (to break the shell) against his bald head, which it mistook for a stone (B.C. 535–466). See Horace, Ars Poetca, 278.
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