The Erinyes in Aeschylus` Oresteia - VUW research archive
... Oresteia. It looks at how Aeschylus conceives the Erinyes, particularly their transformation into Semnai Theai, as a central component of the Oresteia’s presentation of social, moral and religious disorder and order. The dissertation first explores the Erinyes in the poetic tradition, then discusses ...
... Oresteia. It looks at how Aeschylus conceives the Erinyes, particularly their transformation into Semnai Theai, as a central component of the Oresteia’s presentation of social, moral and religious disorder and order. The dissertation first explores the Erinyes in the poetic tradition, then discusses ...
Oedipus the King Author
... The classical tragedy by Sophocles is set in the ancient city of Thebes. Thebes is presented in a time of major drought and famine. The people and the land are plagued and barren. Nobility is important, and there is a very well defined social structure. Society has also defined rules of conduct and ...
... The classical tragedy by Sophocles is set in the ancient city of Thebes. Thebes is presented in a time of major drought and famine. The people and the land are plagued and barren. Nobility is important, and there is a very well defined social structure. Society has also defined rules of conduct and ...
ANOTHER ANTIGONE The Emergence of the Female Political Actor
... Greek tragedies but a work of art nearer to perfection than any other produced by the human spirit” (1984, 1). Perhaps it has slipped slightly in stature as “the nearest to perfection,” but not far. And Sophocles’ Antigone herself embodies a certain ideal of the independent feminine voice, eroticall ...
... Greek tragedies but a work of art nearer to perfection than any other produced by the human spirit” (1984, 1). Perhaps it has slipped slightly in stature as “the nearest to perfection,” but not far. And Sophocles’ Antigone herself embodies a certain ideal of the independent feminine voice, eroticall ...
Aristophanes on Alcibiades - Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
... political allusions pepper its lines, and two elements of its structure, the parabasis and the second contest between Aeschylus and Euripides, are devoted to exclusively political themes. It is not easy to explain on purely literary grounds why Aristophanes added the latter passage. Aeschylus won al ...
... political allusions pepper its lines, and two elements of its structure, the parabasis and the second contest between Aeschylus and Euripides, are devoted to exclusively political themes. It is not easy to explain on purely literary grounds why Aristophanes added the latter passage. Aeschylus won al ...
document
... • He lived a retired life, had a very valuable library, and spent most of his time in dramatic composition (alone with his books in a cave on the island of Salamis) • He presented first set of tragedies at the Great Dionysia in 455 when he was 24 (he came in 3rd) • He did not win first prize until 4 ...
... • He lived a retired life, had a very valuable library, and spent most of his time in dramatic composition (alone with his books in a cave on the island of Salamis) • He presented first set of tragedies at the Great Dionysia in 455 when he was 24 (he came in 3rd) • He did not win first prize until 4 ...
chapter 1 OEDIPUS IN ATHENS - Beck-Shop
... Messenger and finally the Theban Shepherd. Oedipus is no longer the victim of an inherited curse, but a tireless searcher after truth; and the audience – albeit armed with the ‘truth’ that Oedipus is so urgently pursuing – join him on the quest for his identity, as they piece together the snippets o ...
... Messenger and finally the Theban Shepherd. Oedipus is no longer the victim of an inherited curse, but a tireless searcher after truth; and the audience – albeit armed with the ‘truth’ that Oedipus is so urgently pursuing – join him on the quest for his identity, as they piece together the snippets o ...
Euripides Biography
... is no satyr play, and despite its happy ending, it is fully tragic in its themes. Its premise is the fairy−tale motif of receiving a special privilege not accorded to other mortals, like the three magical wishes or the golden touch. Typically such a story serves to show that, however much one might ...
... is no satyr play, and despite its happy ending, it is fully tragic in its themes. Its premise is the fairy−tale motif of receiving a special privilege not accorded to other mortals, like the three magical wishes or the golden touch. Typically such a story serves to show that, however much one might ...
Sophocles Powerpoint
... they were exempt from military service. • Thespis was the lone actor on stage in his productions. Aeschylus added a second, Sophocles added a third. Therefore, no more than three actors were ever on stage at the same time in an ancient Greek tragedy. Literature: Craft & Voice | Delbanco and Cheuse | ...
... they were exempt from military service. • Thespis was the lone actor on stage in his productions. Aeschylus added a second, Sophocles added a third. Therefore, no more than three actors were ever on stage at the same time in an ancient Greek tragedy. Literature: Craft & Voice | Delbanco and Cheuse | ...
Aspects of Ancient Greek Drama
... Drama then is “doing” or “performance,” and in human cultures performances can be used in all sorts of ways. Religion and ritual immediately spring to mind as one context: the elaborate dances of the Shakers; the complex rituals of the Navaho peoples; the mediaeval mystery plays, which for a largely ...
... Drama then is “doing” or “performance,” and in human cultures performances can be used in all sorts of ways. Religion and ritual immediately spring to mind as one context: the elaborate dances of the Shakers; the complex rituals of the Navaho peoples; the mediaeval mystery plays, which for a largely ...
thebes as the “anti-athens”? some observations on the city`s
... “self” (i.e. Athens) through the agency of the “other” extends beyond the question of physical location and distance. Thebes, Argos, or any other tragic location serves as only one aspect of the home city’s perennial concern with its own image. The Athenian – and, by extension, Greek – identity is c ...
... “self” (i.e. Athens) through the agency of the “other” extends beyond the question of physical location and distance. Thebes, Argos, or any other tragic location serves as only one aspect of the home city’s perennial concern with its own image. The Athenian – and, by extension, Greek – identity is c ...
Oedipus Rex Handout Plot Synopsis
... therefore traveled to the oracle of Delphi, who did not answer him but did tell him he would murder his father and sleep with his mother. Hearing this, Oedipus fled his home, never to return. It was then, on the journey that would take him to Thebes, that Oedipus was confronted and harassed by a gro ...
... therefore traveled to the oracle of Delphi, who did not answer him but did tell him he would murder his father and sleep with his mother. Hearing this, Oedipus fled his home, never to return. It was then, on the journey that would take him to Thebes, that Oedipus was confronted and harassed by a gro ...
THE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE OF ANCIENT GREEK TRAGEDY
... Athenian tragedy may be democratic in both form and content, the criticisms that have been laid upon Goldhill by other authors, such as Rhodes and Carter, are not without credence. Rhodes attacks Goldhill on the grounds that many of the institutional and structural arguments Goldhill makes in favou ...
... Athenian tragedy may be democratic in both form and content, the criticisms that have been laid upon Goldhill by other authors, such as Rhodes and Carter, are not without credence. Rhodes attacks Goldhill on the grounds that many of the institutional and structural arguments Goldhill makes in favou ...
BIRTH of DRAMA - Luzerne County Community College
... independent development of an “actor” actors = choose plays, “servants of Dionysus” only by tradition move away from temple (though always near) *audience: ...
... independent development of an “actor” actors = choose plays, “servants of Dionysus” only by tradition move away from temple (though always near) *audience: ...
Greek Theater PowerPoint
... room in horror flick, and we are compelled to scream “don’t go in there!!” at the TV, as if it will help her. ...
... room in horror flick, and we are compelled to scream “don’t go in there!!” at the TV, as if it will help her. ...
Homer
... Won first prize no fewer than 24 times When he was not first, he came in second, never third. ...
... Won first prize no fewer than 24 times When he was not first, he came in second, never third. ...
Theater of War: A Guide for the General Reader Associate
... Sophocles’ portrayal of him as somewhat cowardly in the Ajax contrasts him with Ajax’s honesty. Athena is not only the patron goddess of Odysseus, but also of the city of Athens. She is a goddess of war, of public health, of all the useful arts, and of wisdom. She is also one of the Greek gods most ...
... Sophocles’ portrayal of him as somewhat cowardly in the Ajax contrasts him with Ajax’s honesty. Athena is not only the patron goddess of Odysseus, but also of the city of Athens. She is a goddess of war, of public health, of all the useful arts, and of wisdom. She is also one of the Greek gods most ...
Classics / WAGS 23: Essay 3 (April 16, 2011) 3.1 Disruptive
... She considers her religious attendance to a prince of Thebes as an act, however small, of heroic patriotism. Pericles attaches greatest glory to those willing to sacrifice their lives for patriotism, an honorable whitewash of any past transgressions (PW 2.43). Antigone accordingly calls on the Theb ...
... She considers her religious attendance to a prince of Thebes as an act, however small, of heroic patriotism. Pericles attaches greatest glory to those willing to sacrifice their lives for patriotism, an honorable whitewash of any past transgressions (PW 2.43). Antigone accordingly calls on the Theb ...
Medea - WordPress.com
... • The audience were primarily adult male citizens of Athens, with perhaps a sprinkling of resident foreigners (metics); ...
... • The audience were primarily adult male citizens of Athens, with perhaps a sprinkling of resident foreigners (metics); ...
Kings of Thebes - the OLLI at UCI Blog
... bird. Had learned a riddle from the Muses, which it asked the Thebans. What is it that has one name that is fourfooted, two-footed and three-footed? The regent of the throne (Creon, Jocasta’s brother) offered the throne and the queen as a wife to anyone who would solve the ...
... bird. Had learned a riddle from the Muses, which it asked the Thebans. What is it that has one name that is fourfooted, two-footed and three-footed? The regent of the throne (Creon, Jocasta’s brother) offered the throne and the queen as a wife to anyone who would solve the ...
Antigone
... Sophocles, playwright of Antigone – He beat Aeschylus, a well-established and respected figure, as an unknown playwright at the age of 28. – Over the next 62 years, Sophocles won first place a total of 24 times and second place seven times in 31 competitions (the best record of any Greek playwright ...
... Sophocles, playwright of Antigone – He beat Aeschylus, a well-established and respected figure, as an unknown playwright at the age of 28. – Over the next 62 years, Sophocles won first place a total of 24 times and second place seven times in 31 competitions (the best record of any Greek playwright ...
Drama - Assignment Point
... – Oresteia trilogy about the House of Atria • Agamemnon • The Libation Bearers • The Eumenides (The Furies) ...
... – Oresteia trilogy about the House of Atria • Agamemnon • The Libation Bearers • The Eumenides (The Furies) ...
Antigone and Greek Drama Vocabulary
... Sophocles, playwright of Antigone – He beat Aeschylus, a well-established and respected figure, as an unknown playwright at the age of 28. – Over the next 62 years, Sophocles won first place a total of 24 times and second place seven times in 31 competitions (the best record of any Greek playwright ...
... Sophocles, playwright of Antigone – He beat Aeschylus, a well-established and respected figure, as an unknown playwright at the age of 28. – Over the next 62 years, Sophocles won first place a total of 24 times and second place seven times in 31 competitions (the best record of any Greek playwright ...
“Begging in Style: Supplication in Mind`s Eye and on Stage”
... or even precisely how it opened. Moreover, all the male characters—on stage or off—are as corrupt as parts of the text, so corrupt that we cannot tell whether prophet Calchas’ declaration that goddess Artemis demands sacrifice of Iphigenia, commander Agamemnon’s daughter, ...
... or even precisely how it opened. Moreover, all the male characters—on stage or off—are as corrupt as parts of the text, so corrupt that we cannot tell whether prophet Calchas’ declaration that goddess Artemis demands sacrifice of Iphigenia, commander Agamemnon’s daughter, ...
Greek Tragedy Background
... Besides writing the plays and composing the adopting a happy atmosphere and a rural accompanying music, the poet was responsible for directing the background. production and supervising rehearsals. ...
... Besides writing the plays and composing the adopting a happy atmosphere and a rural accompanying music, the poet was responsible for directing the background. production and supervising rehearsals. ...
Aeschylus
Aeschylus (/ˈiːskɨləs/ or /ˈɛskɨləs/; Greek: Αἰσχύλος Aiskhulos; Ancient Greek: [ai̯s.kʰý.los]; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is also the first whose plays still survive; the others are Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: critics and scholars' knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving plays. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in plays to allow conflict among them whereas characters previously had interacted only with the chorus.Only seven of his estimated seventy to ninety plays have survived, and there is a longstanding debate regarding his authorship of one of these plays, Prometheus Bound, which some believe his son Euphorion actually wrote. Fragments of some other plays have survived in quotes and more continue to be discovered on Egyptian papyrus, often giving us surprising insights into his work. He was probably the first dramatist to present plays as a trilogy; his Oresteia is the only ancient example of the form to have survived.At least one of his plays was influenced by the Persians' second invasion of Greece (480-479 BC). This work, The Persians, is the only surviving classical Greek tragedy concerned with contemporary events (very few of that kind were ever written), and a useful source of information about its period. The significance of war in Ancient Greek culture was so great that Aeschylus' epitaph commemorates his participation in the Greek victory at Marathon while making no mention of his success as a playwright. Despite this, Aeschylus' work - particularly the Oresteia - is acclaimed by today's literary academics.