Transcript of Aeschylus’ Persians “The Ancient Law of hubris and atē”
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- Aeschylus Persians The Ancient Law of hubris and at
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- Euripides BacchaePerformance Issues Continued
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- Agenda Recap & Update The Issues Clarify Themselves... Play
and Background Persia, Persian War, Persians Discussion The Plays
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- Recap & Update The Issues Clarify Themselves...
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- Where Weve Got To... INTRO CLASS issues theory of tragedy
performative approach ANTIGONE, ARISTOTLE tragedy perfected
tragedys aims Dionysus? tragic origins affecting imitation
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- Tragic Epiphany (C.J. Herington on Aeschylus) verbal ambiguity
human visual clarity divine to
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- Ancient Law of hubris and at koros (excess, extravagance)
hubris (arrogance, violation) ate (delusion, ruin) dik (justice)
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- Play and Background Persia, Persian War, Persians
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- Xerxes (486465 BCE)
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- Xerxes Bridge Hellespont / Dardanelles
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- Xerxes somewhere here
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- Persians: Play Facts Production 472 BCE Aeschylus (ca. 525-455
BCE) Choregus: Pericles Tetralogy Phineus Persians Glaucus of
Pontiae Prometheus Play Setting: Susa Characters Chorus of Persian
Elders Atossa-Queen Messenger Darius ghost Xerxes 26-Sep-1113
Aeschylus Persians
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- Persians: Analysis PARODOS, Persian Elders (pp. 39 ff.)
marching anapests lyric narrative, lament EPISODE 1 (44 ff.)
Atossas dream Messenger speech (Salamis) STASIMON 1 (66 ff.) Xerxes
recklessness Darius sorrow EPISODE 2 (68-69) Atossa to summon
Darius ghost STASIMON 2 (69 ff.) Conjuration: Chorus raises dead
EPISODE 3 + lyric dialogue (72 ff.) Darius gets bad news Darius,
Atossa speak Chorus alternates: speech, song STASIMON 3 (82 ff.)
Darius reign EXODOS (94 ff.) Xerxes enters, chanting Lyric
dialogue: kommos (lament)
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- Discussion Plays Take-Away?
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- Journal Prompt What do you think the larger moral / message /
take-away of this play was/is?