PPT-Aeschylus’

Eumenides Closure at Last Temple of Apollo Delphi A Scholtz SUCCESSION MYTH Ouranos sky sexually smothers Gaia Earth Kronos Titan castrates father Ouranos eats his own children Olympian gods. 1 Euripides Aeschylus hurrayic . & . The Oresteia. Aeschylus: c.525-455 . B.C.. Born in Eleusis (near Athens) to a wealthy family. Fought against the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 . B.C. . –and at Salamis ten years later. Aeschylus’ . Agamemnon. 2. Agenda. Tragedy in Performance. “Words, Endless Words”—Role . of the Chorus. Recap & Update. Tragic Patterns, Tragic Themes in Aeschylus’ . Agamemnon. Discussion. His Years of Life . 496-406 B.C. . Age 91. Sophocles . was an ancient Greek playwright, born in . Colonus. near Athens, Greece in 496 B.C.E. His father, . Sophilus. , was a rich member of a small community, the rural ‘Deme’. Sophocles was highly educated. He is one of three Greek tragedians whose plays have lived on. The . Aeschylus’ . Agamemnon. 1. Agenda. Discussion: Clytaemnestra. Victim? Monster? Other?. Recap & Update. Play Intro, Aeschylean Patterns. 27-Sep-17. aeschylus agamemnon 1. 2. Discussion: Clytaemnestra. Oresteia. Part 1: . Agamemnon. Red-figure vase painting: Aegisthus slays Agamemnon. In Aeschylus’ . Oresteia. , Clytemnestra commits the murder.. Let’s Go to the Movies. https://goo.gl/hTo3Ds. Gendered (?) . Oresteia. Part 2: . Libation Bearers. Attic red-figure vase painting: Orestes slays Aegisthus. . Ca.. 480 BCE; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 3725. Attributed to the Berlin Painter.. Judge or Avenger?. hubris. and . atē. ”. Chorus of Persian Elders:. Τάδε. . μὲν. . Περσῶν. . τῶν. . οἰχομένων. Ἑλλάδ. ᾽ . ἐς. αἶαν π. ιστὰ. κα. λεῖτ. The Downward Spiral. Orestes. Aegisthus. “Where will it end?”. (Chorus, p. 226). Feast of Thyestes. Sacrifice of Iphigenia. Murder of Agamemnon, Cassandra. Murder of Clytemnestra, Aegisthus. 2-Oct-17. Oresteia. Part 1: . Agamemnon. Red-figure vase painting: Aegisthus slays Agamemnon. In Aeschylus’ . Oresteia. , Clytemnestra commits the murder.. Let’s Go to the Movies. https://goo.gl/hTo3Ds. Gendered (?) . Comedy. kômôidia. , ‘revel-song’. ritual celebration, including mockery. introduced into the City . Dionysia. around 486 BC. incorporated into the midwinter festival of the . Lenaea. around 440 BC. Homer: Early Life. Son of . Epikaste and . Telemachus. Born: around 800 BC (8. th. -9. th. century . BC). Got an education. Was a court singer . Lived either in Chios or Ionia. Blind: . G. reeks thought that being blind gave you insight. Homer: Early Life. Son of . Epikaste and . Telemachus. Born: around 800 BC (8. th. -9. th. century . BC). Got an education. Was a court singer . Lived either in Chios or Ionia. Blind: . G. reeks thought that being blind gave you insight. hubris. and . atē. ”. Τάδε μὲν Περσῶν τῶν οἰχομένων. Ἑλλάδ᾽ ἐς αἶαν πιστὰ καλεῖται,. καὶ τῶν ἀφνεῶν καὶ πολυχρύσων.