Aeschylus tsohon marubucin wasan kwaikwayo ne na Girka wanda ya rayu daga c. 525/524 BC zuwa c. 456/455 BC. Sau da yawa ana kiransa uban bala'i, saboda yana ɗaya daga cikin na farko kuma mafi tasiri a cikin marubutan wasan kwaikwayo masu ban tsoro a tsohuwar Girka. Wasu daga cikin mashahuran ayyukansa sun haɗa da "Farisiya", "Bakwai Against Thebes," da "The Oresteia," wasan kwaikwayo na uku wanda ya sami lambar yabo ta farko a bikin Dionysia a Athens a shekara ta 458 BC.