#ancient theater

• Aischylos — A proper onomastic name of universal resonance, representing the original or Latinized spelling of the great Greek playwright Aeschylus (c. 525 – c. 456 BC), structurally considered the father of classical European tragedy. In the history of theater and philology, his work (from which masterpieces like the Oresteia Trilogy or Prometheus Bound have been preserved) is recognized for introducing the second actor onto the stage, reducing the chorus's role, and creating a solemn poetic style deeply tied to human destinies and the will of the gods.
• Alcestis — The original Greek form of the name Alcesta (Alcestis); it is also the name of a major main-belt asteroid (124 Alcestis), discovered in 1872 by the astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters. In a mythological context, it refers to the play written by Euripides in 438 BCE, considered one of the oldest surviving works of the playwright.
• Antistrophe — The second part of an ode or a lyrical hymn in ancient Greek poetry, chanted by the chorus while moving in the opposite direction to the movement executed during the preceding strophe (from west to east). In a broader structural and stylistic sense, it represents a rhetorical figure based on repeating words in reverse order or a symmetrical metrical response to a previously formulated poetic thesis.
• Atellan farces — The plural form of the noun 'atelană', denoting multiple performances, plays, or dramatic farces from the ancient Oscan comic genre. As a feminine plural adjective (agreeing with nouns like 'farse', 'comedii'), it describes theatrical works, masks, plots, or literary manifestations specific to the dramatic tradition of the ancient town of Atella.