Aeschylus

Ancient Greece Reading Challenge: 5.2 Required Reading: Ancient Greece: 1. Explain the importance and development of the Greek city-state and the difference between a citizen and a non-citizen: A city-state have city or town that is surrounded by villages and farmland. The city-states in Greek were very independent and they often quarreled. The citizens were strongly patriotic. Many of them participated in public affairs. Only citizens could own land and participated in the government.…

Narratives It was always hard to say goodbye to her. Each time, I thought, would be the last. She held up well until the car left the curb and I could see her shuffling up to her door reaching for her handkerchief from the pocket of her frock. I am sure she thought she was in the clear to finally release the tears while she rounded the corner of the walk into her doorway. She did not know my eyes locked onto her every move through my own water-filled lids. Somehow this once strong woman, was…

Someone Wicked This Way Comes Ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus once said that “In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend” (brainyquotes.com). In Macbeth, the tyrant Macbeth betrays his friend Banquo and arranges for his death because Banquo knows information that could ruin Macbeth. Initially, Macbeth trusts his wife with everything, but as the play progresses, he confides with her less and less. While Lady Macbeth’s ambitions were the…

answer is a combination of the two: although George Lucas’ Star Wars seemed to be completely unique, the underlying characteristics of the plot and characters have been around for centuries. Looking specifically at the way Anakin Skywalker resembles Aeschylus’ Agamemnon shows…

Have you ever played multiple games and always wondered why most of the have something that references Atlas? Have you Ever wondered who Atlas is? Well in this essay I will explain who Atlas is in Greek Mythology. Atlas was a Titan god of endurance. He was also identified as a god of astronomy because he was the first who instructed mankind in astronomical science which was basically used for navigation and measuring the seasons. It is said, in Library of History by Diodorus Siculus, that he…

Adkins, Lesley, and Roy A. Adkins. "Literature in Ancient Greece." Handbook to Life in Ancient Greece, Updated Edition. Facts On File, 2005. Ancient and Medieval History Online. Web. 21 Oct. 2015. As for science, literature did not exist as much. According to Adkins “Only a small amount of literature survives, including the names of over 370 playwrights, 44 complete plays, and titles and fragments of more than 1,600 other plays.” Greek literature commenced with poetry and was told as oral epic…

Connections between Greek Historical Figures and Myth There was a strong connection between reality and Greek myths. Various stories were adapted with mythological themes in mind, while others were depictions of myth influenced by the heroism of real Greek heroes. In some instances, mythological embellishment of a historical event could have been used to emphasize a theme regarding the event, as with the metopes of the Parthenon. Additionally, in Rome, it was not uncommon for statues of leaders…

whose works consisted mainly of tragedies that bore heavy messages on topics like war, religion and the greek gods, and the place that woman held in society (Roche, vii). Euripides was one of the last great playwrights of the Greek times, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, who were much more popular than him in the time that he lived (Burke). Euripides’ heavy plays with large and noticeable lessons in them, were not pleasing to the people of the times, because he was in Athens, where the short…

There have been many historic battles over the years. Many of these battles have resulted in Golden Ages in the land of the victor. One of these battles was the Battle of Salamis. In the previous battles – Marathon and Thermopylae – Greece had been fighting to keep the Persians out of their land. They were highly outnumbered and should not have even made it past the first battle. However their luck held and thanks to Greek strategy, they were able to turn the tables on the mighty Persian empire.…

In Aeschylus’ The Oresteia and Sophocles’ The Oedipus Cycles, the division between public and private life is related to the distinctions between man and woman and reason and emotion. Tragedy attempts to deal with these binaries by discussing the relationship between the state in combination and traditional gender divisions. In The Oresteia and The Oedipus Cycles, women have seemingly contradictory roles of power and influence, only to be marginalized by the dominant men of law and reason. These…