Today I learned on Nostr: TIL In 458 BC, Father of the Greek tragedy, Aeschylus was returning to his home in ...

TIL In 458 BC, Father of the Greek tragedy, Aeschylus was returning to his home in Sicily when, just outside the city, he was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise onto his head which had mistaken his head for a rock suitable for shattering the shell,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus
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