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# Aeschylus died on a visit to Syracuse by accident: an eagle dropped a large tortoise on his head
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/eskhil-umer-vo-vremia-vizita-v-sirakuzy-iz-za-neschastnogo-sluchaia-orel-sbrosil-emu-na-golovu-bolshuiu-cherepakhu/
- Published: 2026-01-21T07:32:37.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:27:16.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Books, People, Humour

Aeschylus died on a visit to Syracuse by accident: an eagle dropped a large tortoise on his head. Eagles do this to break the shell on rocks, but this time, in place of a rock, there turned out to be the bald head of the great dramatist