Athena as Founder and Statesman in the “Eumenides” of Aeschylus
The Oresteia develops upon three levels: the theological, the political, and the ethical. The theological development moves from divisiveness among the gods to the consolidation of the…
The Oresteia develops upon three levels: the theological, the political, and the ethical. The theological development moves from divisiveness among the gods to the consolidation of the…
It is said that the Oresteia is the ancient world’s Divine Comedy, with some justification. Originally a four-part play, only three pieces of the movement survive: Agamemnon,…
Introduction: Aeschylus, the Cosmos and the Cosmion A great gulf lies between the Minoans and Mycenaeans of the 2nd millennium B.C, on the one shore, and the…