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    Aeschylus‚ even though he probably did not sympathize with her as much as a modern audience would‚ still does her far more justice‚ and gives us a sympathetic enough portrayal that it is even possible to have more sympathy with Clytemnestra than Agamemnon‚ whatever Aeschylus intended. Aeschylus‚ even though he probably did not sympathize with her as much as any modern audience would‚ still does

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    Attica‚ an Ionic region of Greece. It originated from the ceremonial orgies of Dionysos but soon enough its fields of interest spread to various myths along with historic facts. As ancient drama was an institution of Democracy‚ the great tragic poets Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ Euripides as well as the comedian Aristophanes elevated public debate and political criticism to a level of aesthetic achievement. Euripides and the ethologist Menandros‚ in the thriving years of Alexandria and later on during the Roman

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    survived. Euripides first competed with his plays in 455 B.C. and he won his first competition in 441 B.C. Aeschylus and Sophocles were another dramatist who came several years before Euripides. Sophocles won 18 competition and Aeschylus won 14 competitions while Euripides only won four competitions. Even though he won few competitions‚ he was much more popular than Sophocles and Aeschylus because his plays were portrayed to be more realistic and involved unconventional themes. He was an extremely

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    Jen Krupa Final Draft Seminar paper 11/6/12 The Portrayal of Women in Greek Writing Sappho‚ Aeschylus and Homer are Greek authors that discuss the role of women in Greek Society. Women hold traditional Greek roles in society taking on the role as wife and mother. These roles are generally viewed as subordinate roles to men in Greek times. This can be seen through the poetry of Sappho. It can be argued that women also hold very powerful negative or positive roles in Greek society. This

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    GREEK POETS HOMER Homer was the most important and earliest of the Greek and Roman writers. Greeks and Romans didn’t count themselves educated unless they knew his poems. His influence was felt not only on literature‚ but on ethics and morality via lessons from his masterpieces. He is the first source to look for information on Greek myth and religion. Yet‚ despite his prominence‚ we have no firm evidence that he ever lived. The Greek poet Homer was born sometime between the 12th and 8th centuries

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    Chapter one Tragedy and Poetry Since its inception in ancient Greece two millennia and a half ago‚ tragedy has never faded out. It is true that there were periods when other forms of entertainment or other types of drama eclipsed tragedy‚ but it has never failed to maintain the interest of both dramatists and philosophers. It is noteworthy that tragedy has often been written in verse; the use of prose as the medium of tragedy is only a recent phenomenon. This

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    Introduction HIS100 History of Western Civilization to Middle Ages Lesson 5 Quiz This assignment is worth a total of 60 points. Please make sure you have answered all questions prior to submitting. Once you click the submit button‚ you will not be able to return to this section. Question 1 of 60 What type of columns does the Parthenon have? | Alsacian | | Ionic | | Corinthian | | Doric | Question 2 of 60 In 490 B.C.E. the Athenians defeated the Persians at the Battle

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    The Athens fit into the Greek poleis because they had a government‚ which was a democracy. Originally the government was ruled by aristocracy‚ which continued even after they declare the government was ruled by the citizens. The aristocrats silence the citizens with the thought of democracy but in reality they oppressed the Athens and still held a higher social status. The aristocrats controlled the polis despite the law that was published‚ because the they had the wealth which helped them force

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    brothers are forced to split the ruling of the kingdom of Thebes‚ and at the seventh gate‚ the sons of Oedipus battle each other which leads to the death of the two brothers at the hands of the other. In the play‚ The Seven Against Thebes written by Aeschylus‚ the reader can find a didactic theme of avoiding prolonged feuds in ordered to avoid family division but ultimately falling at the hands of a cursed fate. The brothers disrespected their father‚ a major issue within Greco-Roman culture‚ which lead

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    seen in generational works‚ going as far back as the Ancient Greek tales of Prometheus. Prometheus‚ represented by the works of Aeschylus (Prometheus Bound) and Hesiod (Theogony/Works and Days)‚ is demonstrated in light and dark differences between the two author’s tales. Both bring the world views of their authors‚ and their interpretation of the gods’ will. Aeschylus’ Prometheus is an altruistic individual. He uses trickery and keen intellect to take advantage of the gods‚ that is true‚ but his

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