The ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus was killed by a tortoise. How?

sequoianoir

The story is that an eagle was carrying the tortoise and dropped it onto his head believing it to be a stone which would have smashed the shell and made it possible to eat it! http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Aristophanes/TheBirds.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus [Link added Feb. 23, 2008 by Zbeckabee] Jan 13 03, 11:33 PM

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He was the first person to die from Shell Shock. The Tortoise Shell Book Of Firsts Jan 14 03, 12:55 AM

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