Aeschylus

Fancier, and explains that she must bury this swan, her childhood friend, since it died from freezing in the bog. By initially staging this action of carrying a dead swan, Carr immediately interlaces symbolic representations of swans into her play. Aeschylus, the Greek father of tragedy,…

Examples abound throughout the Greek world and many theatres have survived remarkably well. One of the most celebrated is the theatre of Dionysus Eleutherius on the southern slope of Athens’s acropolis where the great plays of Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes were first performed. Overall you can find Greek theater influence throughout…

Similar to the Persian analysis, Greek myths may be analyzed to conceptualize the construct of homosexuality within ancient Greek culture. Many instances of Greek philosophical writings and recordings of histories portray actions that would today be labeled as homosexual. One of the most popular pieces of the homosexual culture of Greek society comes from Homer’s The Iliad with his account of the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus. The exact date of Homer’s authoring of The Iliad lies…

CHAPTER – VIII CONCLUSION In the mid nineteen fifties in British theatre ‘Angry young men’ like Osborne, Amis and others with their theatrical works stirred the English society. They came out as angry young men and described various forms of social alienation and radical political views in their works. In Indian drama Vijay Tendulkar appeared on the scene in the later 1960s with his powerful plays like Kamala, Silence! The Court is in Session, Sakharam Binder, The Vultures, Ghashiram Kotwal,…

The role of women in "Iliad" varied, the gods had a high position in life, like Athena who was god of wisdom of art, as compared to mortal women, who were sometimes reduced to a prize for men at a fighting war. For example when Agamemnon (leader of Achaeans) captures Chrysies, though he has to eventually give her back to her father. In "Iliad" Helen's position seems to be higher than the maidens Achilles and Agamemnon captured. She was originally Greek Menelaus' (Brother of Agamemnon) wife,…

Through the growth and development of the Archaic Era what followed was the period of development known as “Classical Greece”. Between the time of 480 and 323 BCE Athens and Sparta ruled the Hellenic world with their artistic and military accomplishments. Along with the participation of the other Hellenic states, Athens and Sparta, rose to power through their associations, restructurings, and successions of triumphs against the conquering Persian armies. Only after a long and revolting war,…

At the first read The Modern Prometheus may appear a peculiar name for a book such as Frankenstein. This is because a scientist who brings life to a creature who becomes set to destroy him and a Greek Titan that gave mankind fire. One must delve a little deeper to reveal the truth behind the name and how Mary Shelley cleverly intertwined one of the most famous Greek myths with what was to become one of the most well known Gothic books of all time, Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus.Though…

The Scythians were a group of horse-riding nomadic pastoralists, from ancient Iranian background, who lived over the vast area of modern day Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia, which was until medieval times known as Scythia. It is common belief that the Scythian woman were not allowed to marry until they had killed three enemies. Wilde portrays the woman within the Scythian community as strong, and equal to men when it comes to war. Evidence for this comes from her description of a woman found in…

Century ancient Greece. The residents of the region, Attica, utilized it to describe a specific type of play. Eventually, the Greeks perceived that they perfected this form of drama through the masterful works of dramatists, Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. Aristotle, a philosopher, believed the aim of tragedy was to “bring about a "catharsis" of the spectators” (Britannica). According to him, the five basic elements of tragedy are character, plot, thought,…

Homeric and Hellenistic Epics and Tragedy are two genres distinct from one another in many ways. Tragedy is more compact than Epic, not wasting time on repetition or embellishments. They also differ in that the purpose of Tragedy is to show the downfall of great heroes and royalty, but Epic focused more on the heroic code and the glory of heroes. One of the things that both genres showcase though, is fate is important in everyone’s lives. Although Greek society’s ideals of heroes have changed…