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

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)

16. Discussion Play’s Take-Away?

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