Odd Ends
AESCHYLUS - Greek dramatist - age 69 (525 BC-456 BC) Sicily -- Ironically, Aeschylus couldn't have died in a more dramatic (or unusual fashion). In Sicily on business, he was felled by a "falling turtle". An eagle soaring high above, mistook the playwright's pointy bald head for a jagged rock, and... Sign in to see full entry.