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Jun 17, 2024 · (Wikimedia Commons) What could the earliest extant Greek tragedy have to say about the recent elections? Nothing one would expect. Aeschylus’ Persians is partly a first-person account of the battle of Salamis in which the mainly Athenian fleet destroyed Xerxes’ invading Persian flotilla.
6 days ago · A prime innovator and multiple prize-winner, he is often called the "Father of Tragedy." Aeschylus is thought to have been born in about 525 B.C., in a part of Attica known as Eleusis. His father was named Euphorion (a name that Aeschylus would give to his own son).
Jun 10, 2024 · Performance People Performed at Fesival/Occasion ; Nurses of Dionysus (between 499 and 456 BC) : Aeschylus (Dramatist)
4 days ago · Home » Collections » Ancient performances database. Aeschylus' Myrmidons. Year: Notes: Bibliography: TrGF 3, F131-142, p.239-257, see also Sommerstein, Aeschylus Fragments (Loeb, 2008), p. 134-149. Related performances: Associated people: Aeschylus. How to cite this ancient source.
Jun 19, 2024 · Aeschylus' Theoroi. This play was a satry drama and has the alternative title of 'At the Isthmian Games'. TrGF3, F 78a-82, p.195-205, see also Sommerstein, Aeschylus Fragments (Loeb, 2008), p. 82-99.
1 day ago · t. e. In Greek mythology, Prometheus ( / prəˈmiːθiəs /; Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς, [promɛːtʰéu̯s], possibly meaning "forethought") [1] is one of the Titans and a god of fire. [2] Prometheus is best known for defying the Olympian gods by taking fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and ...
Jun 12, 2024 · We have the rule of law so as not to have a culture of revenge. For much of human history, it was an eye for an eye, as we read in the Bible. In a revenge culture, a chieftain decides who is to blame, and the shamans explain how the blood and chaos is just and necessary.
