The Greek playwright Aeschylus (524-456 BC) is the first European dramatist whose plays have been preserved. He is also the earliest of the great Greek tragedians, and more than any other he is concerned with the interrelationship of man and the gods. Ae...
In the city of Athens in the fifth century B.C., Aeschylus, the Father of Tragedy, developed a spectacle in which choral song and dance alternated with solo speeches into one of the major genres of world literature. The ninety plays that Aeschylus wrote...
In the city of Athens in the fifth century B.C., Aeschylus, the Father of Tragedy, developed a spectacle in which choral song and dance alternated with solo speeches into one of the major genres of world literature. The ninety plays that Aeschylus wrote...
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 The Libation Bearers (Choephroe) (458 B.C.) Background: The Libation Bearers (Choephroe) is the second play of the Oresteia. Considerable time has passed between the murder of Agamemnon and the action of The Libation Bearers, perhaps as much as the seven years...
STANDARDS BEARER MAUDE MAGGART AT THE OAK ROOM AT THE ALGONQUIN THROUGH MAY 10 Maude Maggart is looking over the Algonquin hotel's newly renovated Oak Room. "They got rid of the booth in the corner! " she wails. "I sat there once...