I recommend reading Prometheus Bound before The Suppliants. Although they are two separate trilogies, we meet Io in PB, the great ancestor of the fifty daughters of Darius in TS. Io flees from Argos to Egypt, while the 50 daughters flee from Egypt to Argos, a full circle lol
Wittily and graciously rendered. It is perhaps interesting that the mythography of Prometheus, as also reflected in Hesiod, was probably influential upon the first Book of Enoch, which in turn doubtless influenced the Revelation of John. Also, Shelleys Prometheus Unbound might be said to emulate and advance the metaphysical underpinnings of this mythography, just as our noble Spenser overwent his Italian predecessors. That is not to say that i question the aesthetic predominance of Aeschylus' productions, especially since i have yet to hear them in the Greek.
My God, you are so beautiful physically and so well educated, and with a gift for communicating difficult complex ideas in a fun and entertaining manner. You are a natural as a teacher. The Classics are not everyone's cup of tea, but they should be. I found a list on line to start my classics ed at 59 from Chesterton Academy.
Love all your Aeschylus content. I've just finished reading all his surviving plays, and I enjoy watching your summaries to make sure there isn't something I missed. Which there always is! :) "Prometheus Bound" was my fav, btw. Currently reading Percy Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound" which is quite a trip so far.
Jonathan Shay, author of the New York Times bestseller ’Achilles in Vietnam’ stated that all Greek tragedies are written by veterans, for veterans, about veterans. Shay’s mentor is Professor Gregory Nagy of Harvard. Nagy is the Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature in the Classics Department.
Hey MoAn Inc., I loved your video about Aeschylus and I'd like to send you a poem by the Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy (you might know him) to thank you for your video. I have to say, it is one of his most difficult poems but it is great! Young Men of Sidon (A.D. 400) The actor they had brought to entertain them also recited some choice epigrams. The hall opened up to the garden; and had a slight floral fragrance which mingled with the scent of the five perfumed Sidonian youths. Meleagros, and Krinagoras, and Rianos were read. But as the actor lamented, “Aeschylus, Euphorion’s son of Athens then dies -“ (emphasizing perhaps too much “legendary service”, “grove at Marathon”), at once a lively lad, fanatical about letters couldn’t contain himself, and shouted; “I do not like this quatrain. This kind of expressions seem a bit feeble. Give - I declare - in your performance all your strength, all the care, reconsider your performance as if in combat, or as if your last hour has come. This I expect and demand from you. But do not completely dismiss from your mind tragedy’s brilliant speeches - what Agamemnon declares, wonderful Prometheus, Orestes, Cassandra, Seven against Thebes- just raise your memorial as one of the soldiers in the ranks, the massed, you also fought Datis and Artafernes. “
Do we have the three plays of the Orestia because they were so popular and hence there were more copies? Do we have many copies of his plays and do they have differences? I love the Shakespearean plays and know that the surviving plays are due to people collecting scraps remembered by actors afrer Shakespeare died. The various Greek states seem to have been copied and read for enjoyment unlike the Tudors. Thank you for a very interesting video, I am sorry for the silly questions.
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I recommend reading Prometheus Bound before The Suppliants. Although they are two separate trilogies, we meet Io in PB, the great ancestor of the fifty daughters of Darius in TS. Io flees from Argos to Egypt, while the 50 daughters flee from Egypt to Argos, a full circle lol
I reread them in the opposite order oop
Wittily and graciously rendered. It is perhaps interesting that the mythography of Prometheus, as also reflected in Hesiod, was probably influential upon the first Book of Enoch, which in turn doubtless influenced the Revelation of John. Also, Shelleys Prometheus Unbound might be said to emulate and advance the metaphysical underpinnings of this mythography, just as our noble Spenser overwent his Italian predecessors. That is not to say that i question the aesthetic predominance of Aeschylus' productions, especially since i have yet to hear them in the Greek.
My God, you are so beautiful physically and so well educated, and with a gift for communicating difficult complex ideas in a fun and entertaining manner. You are a natural as a teacher. The Classics are not everyone's cup of tea, but they should be. I found a list on line to start my classics ed at 59 from Chesterton Academy.
Love all your Aeschylus content. I've just finished reading all his surviving plays, and I enjoy watching your summaries to make sure there isn't something I missed. Which there always is! :)
"Prometheus Bound" was my fav, btw. Currently reading Percy Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound" which is quite a trip so far.
Thank you so much for watching - I’m so glad these are helpful & enjoyable 🤓😍
Jonathan Shay, author of the New York Times bestseller ’Achilles in Vietnam’ stated that all Greek tragedies are written by veterans, for veterans, about veterans. Shay’s mentor is Professor Gregory Nagy of Harvard. Nagy is the Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature in the Classics Department.
Hey MoAn Inc., I loved your video about Aeschylus and I'd like to send you a poem by the Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy (you might know him) to thank you for your video. I have to say, it is one of his most difficult poems but it is great!
Young Men of Sidon (A.D. 400)
The actor they had brought to entertain them
also recited some choice epigrams.
The hall opened up to the garden;
and had a slight floral fragrance
which mingled with the scent
of the five perfumed Sidonian youths.
Meleagros, and Krinagoras, and Rianos were read.
But as the actor lamented,
“Aeschylus, Euphorion’s son of Athens then dies -“
(emphasizing perhaps too much
“legendary service”, “grove at Marathon”),
at once a lively lad, fanatical about letters
couldn’t contain himself, and shouted;
“I do not like this quatrain.
This kind of expressions seem a bit feeble.
Give - I declare - in your performance all your strength,
all the care, reconsider your performance
as if in combat, or as if your last hour has come.
This I expect and demand from you.
But do not completely dismiss from your mind
tragedy’s brilliant speeches -
what Agamemnon declares, wonderful Prometheus,
Orestes, Cassandra,
Seven against Thebes- just raise your memorial
as one of the soldiers in the ranks, the massed,
you also fought Datis and Artafernes. “
Do we have the three plays of the Orestia because they were so popular and hence there were more copies? Do we have many copies of his plays and do they have differences? I love the Shakespearean plays and know that the surviving plays are due to people collecting scraps remembered by actors afrer Shakespeare died. The various Greek states seem to have been copied and read for enjoyment unlike the Tudors. Thank you for a very interesting video, I am sorry for the silly questions.
Wonder why some think he didn't write that one play?
Oop that’s a WHOLE OTHER can of worms 🫠
Well now I definitely want to know more.
Wonderful
:))
So it was like a short film collection, but live
… sure
Huge fan of Aeschylus. I found the right place.
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Which age or era belongs to Aeschylus ??
vous êtes très joly .
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