Aeschylus

Throughout the Odyssey the fates of Odysseus, Penelope and Telemachus has similarities and differences to Agamemnon, Clytemnestra and Orestes. Even though their story is different the idea behind them is similar. Both families goes through obstacles in their life but outcome of these events differs because of their personalities. Odysseus and Agamemnon; they have a lot of features in common. Both are kings, both are fighters for their people in Trojan Wars, and both have son and wives waiting…

"The Consequences of Our Convictions and Actions” in Antigone and Hamlet I. Antigone A. "Sophocles." Dictionary Of World Biography: The Ancient World (Sienkewicz) Sophocles was born about 496 B.C. in Colonus, a suburb just outside Athens, Greece. He was born into a wealthy family and was well educated in poetry, music, and dancing. His family status and his education prepared him to play important roles in the Athenian society. At the age of fifteen, he was selected to lead the boys’…

was based on, or at least included, Latin authors such as Virgil and Cicero, and plays by Seneca and Terence. The Greek texts used included stories from The Illiad and The Odyssey by Homer; and many of the plays first performed centuries before by Aeschylus and Aristophanes, Sophocles and Menander, as well as the writings of philosophers like Plato and Aristotle. The performances of plays in the Greek culture were as part of a religious festival not in the sense of a ritual offering of an art in…

introduced the tale of the universe's adventure from Chaos, an ancient void. In Hesiod’s poem he talked about the family of gods and how they were a complicated family. Mythological models started to appear from plays in the fifth-century by Sophocles, Aeschylus, and…

Plagued With Power With great power comes great insanity. Power brings out the corrupt nature of even the purest souls and changes a person for the worse. Power is like a fire which once ignited cannot be put out. Power is a hungry animal feeding on your deepest and darkest desires. Once you get a taste of power there is no turning back, for it will engulf you in darkness. No power is stronger than the lust for power, that pushes people to commit atrocious crimes. In William Shakespeare 's play…

Peloponnesian War recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality. Aeschylus was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is often described as the father of tragedy. Academics' knowledge of the genre begins with his work,…

Greek mythology, although an aspect of the ancient world, is still relevant in today’s modern society. Many filmmakers draw upon these stories that chronicle the heroic feats accomplished by the champions of antiquity. Although with drawing inspiration from these ancient tales, one must take modern society into account and this means reshaping the story to suit these needs. The question that arises here is if these modern renditions do the classical stories justice. One such tale that roused…

Symbolic Importance Fire is the first and most obvious symbol of Prometheus. This is because he stole fire and gave it to humankind against the will of Zeus. Fire, in this case, symbolizes intelligence and progress. Without fire, humans would not be able to technologically advance and the hope that Prometheus gave them would serve no purpose (Chevalier, 772). Fire is also widely known as a symbol of pain. In Prometheus’s legend, for bringing fire to humans he was chained to the Caucasus…

those committed at times don’t only hurt themselves but also hurt the others around them. The sad thing is that these are selfish acts sometimes by selfish people. Robert Kennedy once said in his speech in regards to the assassination of MLK, quoted Aeschylus a well-known Greek philosopher, “Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God (History…

Alcestis was the wife of King Admetus, a man who was allowed to live past the time of his death so long as he found someone to take his place. When the time came for the king to die, Alcestis agrees to sacrifice herself to spare her children from going fatherless. Euripides’s work begins just as Alcestis is about to die. In a heartfelt monologue before her passing, Alcestis only asks that her husband honor her memory by not taking another wife and bringing a stepmother into their children’s…