THE SUPPLIANTS 161 PART II _Page_ AGAMEMNON 9 THE LIBATION-POURERS 87 EUMENIDES 137 FRAGMENTS 185 RHYMED CHORUSES _From_ Agamemnon 191 _From_ The Libation-Pourers 210 _From_ Eumenides 219 CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE OF THE LIFE OF ÆSCHYLOS B.C. 527 Peisistratos died. 525 Birth at Eleusis, in Attica, of Æschylos, son of Euphorion. 510 Expulsion of the Peisistratidæ. Democratic constitution of Cleisthenes. Approximate date of incident in the legend that Æschylos was set to watch grapes as they were ripening for the vintage, and fell asleep; and lo! as he slept Dionysos appeared to him and bade him give himself to write tragedies for the great festival of the god. And when he awoke, he found himself invested with new powers of thought and utterance, and the work was as easy to him as if he had been trained to it for many years (Pausan, _Att._ i. 21, § 3).[1] 500 Birth of Anaxagoras. 499 Æschylos exhibited his first tragedy, in unsuccessful competition with Pratinas and Chœrilos. The wooden scaffolding broke beneath the crowd of spectators, and the accident led the Athenians to build their first stone theatre for the Dionysiac festivals. Partly out of annoyance at his defeat, it is said, and partly in a spirit of adventure, Æschylos sailed for Sicily. 497 Death of Pythagoras (?). 495 Birth of Sophocles at Colonos. 491 Æschylos at Athens. 490 The Battle of Marathon. Æschylos and his brothers, Kynægeiros and Ameinias, so distinguished themselves, that the Athenians ordered their heroic deeds to be commemorated in a picture. Death of Theognis (?). 488 Prize awarded to Simonides for an elegy on Marathon. Æschylos, piqued, it is said, at his failure in the competition, again departed to Sicily. 485 Xerxes succeeded Dareios. 484 Æschylos won, in a dramatic contest with Pratinas, Chœrilos, and Phrynichos, the first of a series of thirteen successes. Birth of Herodotos. 480 Athens burnt by Xerxes. Æschylos fought at Artemisium and Salamis. At Salamis his brother Ameinias lost his hand, and was awarded the prize of valour. Sophocles led the Chorus of Victory. Birth of Euripides. 479 Æschylos at the Battle of Platæa.