Change of Mind in Greek TragedyVandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1995 - 286 pages |
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... Aeschylus provides only a handful of examples , and they are handled differently . Knox , on the other hand , consistently groups Aeschylus and Sophocles against Euripides . For example , he writes that " the two older poets apparently ...
... Aeschylus provides only a handful of examples , and they are handled differently . Knox , on the other hand , consistently groups Aeschylus and Sophocles against Euripides . For example , he writes that " the two older poets apparently ...
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... Aeschylus , Agamemnon's decision to enter his palace over the tapestries.4 The Greek tragic chorus generally speaks ( sings ) with one " voice ; " often , for convenience , a chorus leader detaches and interacts with the actors . On ...
... Aeschylus , Agamemnon's decision to enter his palace over the tapestries.4 The Greek tragic chorus generally speaks ( sings ) with one " voice ; " often , for convenience , a chorus leader detaches and interacts with the actors . On ...
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... Aeschylus seems rather to avoid focusing attention on this crucial stage of the Erinyes ' defeat . We must now consider how he handles the reformulated issue which takes center stage in the last part of the play . Throughout the ...
... Aeschylus seems rather to avoid focusing attention on this crucial stage of the Erinyes ' defeat . We must now consider how he handles the reformulated issue which takes center stage in the last part of the play . Throughout the ...
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Achilles action Admetus Aeschylus Agamemnon Ajax Alcestis Antigone Apollo argument Aristotelian Aristotle Athenian Athens audience avoid believe Blundell Burnett change of mind chapter character characterization chorus Clytemnestra conflict context Creon Creusa criticism death deception decision Deianeira Dionysus discussion divine dramatic earlier Electra Erinyes Euripidean Euripides example fact father finally focus Funke further Greek tragedy Hecuba Helen Heracles heroic temper Hippolytus intentions interpretation intrigue Ion's Iphigenia in Aulis issue Knox later Lesky lines marriage meaning Medea Menelaus metaphor monody moral motif motivation move Neoptolemus occur Odysseus Oedipus Orestes passage patterns persuasion Phaedra Philoctetes play play's plot possible prologue psychological question reluctance remains response reveal reversal rhetorical sacrifice says scene secret seems situation Sophoclean Hero Sophocles speak speech stage stasimon suggest suicide Taplin technique Tecmessa thematic theme Theseus Tiresias tradition tragic words Xuthus Yunis Zeus γὰρ δὲ καὶ κακῶν τὸ