Greek Tragedy |
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THE BEGINNINGS | 27 |
THE PRECURSORS OF THE MASTERS | 47 |
AESCHYLUS | 53 |
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action actor Aeschylean Aeschylus Agamemnon Ajax Alcestis already ancient Antigone Apollo appears Argos Aristotle Artemis Athenian Athens Attic tragedy century character choric song chorus classical Clytaemnestra comedy connection Creon cult daemon Danaids death decisive Dionysiac Dionysus dithyramb divine drama Electra Erinyes Eteocles Euripidean Euripides fate father festival figures forces goddess gods Greek tragedy guilt Hecuba Helen Hellenistic Heracles hero Hippolytus historical human important Iphigeneia king Laius later legend man's meaning Medea Menelaus messenger mother motif murder myth Neoptolemus Odysseus Oedipus Oedipus the King Oresteia Orestes palace passage passion Persians Phaedra Philoctetes Phoenician Women poet poet's Poetics poetry Polyneices problem prologue Prometheus question realise recognise remains reveals revenge sacrifice satyr play scene shows significance sophists Sophoclean Sophocles speaks speech stage suffering Suppliant Maidens terrible Thebes theme Theseus Thespis total tragic conflict tradition tragedians trilogy verses victory words Zeus