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1 Aeschylus’ Persians “The Ancient Law of hubris and atē”

2 Euripides’ Bacchae—Performance Issues Continued

3 Agenda Recap & Update The Issues Clarify Themselves... Play and Background Persia, Persian War, Persians Discussion The Play’s Take-Away? 26-Sep-11 Aeschylus Persians 3

4 Recap & Update The Issues Clarify Themselves...

5 Where We’ve Got To... INTRO CLASS – issues theory of tragedy performative approach ANTIGONE, ARISTOTLE tragedy “perfected” tragedy’s aims Dionysus? tragic origins affecting imitation 26-Sep-115 Aeschylus Persians

6 Tragic Epiphany (C.J. Herington on Aeschylus) verbal ambiguity human visual clarity divine to

7 Ancient Law of hubris and atē koros (excess, extravagance) hubris (arrogance, violation) ate (delusion, ruin) dikē (justice) 26-Sep-117 Aeschylus Persians

8 Play and Background Persia, Persian War, Persians

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10 Xerxes (486–465 BCE)

11 Xerxes’ Bridge Hellespont / Dardanelles

12 Xerxes somewhere here

13 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

14 Persians: Analysis PARODOS, Persian Elders (pp. 39 ff.) marching anapests lyric narrative, lament EPISODE 1 (44 ff.) Atossa’s 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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16 Discussion Play’s Take-Away?

17 Journal Prompt What do you think the larger moral / message / “take-away” of this play was/is?


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