In this episode we look at Aeschylus's The Suppliants.  Not the one written by Euripides.  We'll get to his later.  We're still working our way through Aeschylus right now.

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References

"The Classical Greek Chorus". Www2.Southeastern.Edu, https://www2.southeastern.edu/Academics/Faculty/jwiemelt/classes/engl230/chorus.htm. Accessed 4 Dec 2019.

"DANAIDS - Greek Mythology Link". Maicar.Com, 1997, http://www.maicar.com/GML/DANAIDS.html.

Morshead, E. D. A. "The Internet Classics Archive | The Suppliants By Aeschylus". Classics.Mit.Edu, http://classics.mit.edu/Aeschylus/suppliant.html. Accessed 2 Dec 2019.

"Suppliants By Aeschylus". Greekmythology.Com, https://www.greekmythology.com/Plays/Aeschylus/Suppliants/suppliants.html. Accessed 5 Dec 2019.

Are you ready to read some depressing plays?  No, you're not!  In this episode, we'll go over what to expect in a Greek tragedy before we dive in.

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References

•"Key Elements And Features Of Greek Tragedy". The Bacchae Context, 2019,   https://thebacchaecontext.wordpress.com/key-elements-and-features-of-greek-tragedy/. Accessed 30 Nov 2019.

•"Structure Of Tragedy". Ucbclassics.Dreamhosters.Com, 2019,   https://ucbclassics.dreamhosters.com/djm/classes/Structure.html.   Accessed 30 Nov 2019.

In this episode, we look at Aeschylus's The Persians.  I used the really old Robert Potter translation that's available on classics.mit.edu.  You can, of course, use whichever translation is easily available to you.

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References

"A Short Analysis Of Aeschylus' The Persians - Interesting Literature". Interesting Literature, https://interestingliterature.com/2017/03/14/a-short-analysis-of-aeschylus-the-persians/. Accessed 1 Dec 2019.

Brown, Shelby. "A Guide To Aeschylus’s "Persians"". The Getty Iris, 2014, https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/a-guide-to-aeschylus-persians/. Accessed 1 Dec 2019.

Cartwright, Mark. "Persian Wars". Ancient History Encyclopedia, 2016, https://www.ancient.eu/Persian_Wars/.

Potter, Robert, translator. "The Internet Classics Archive | The Persians By Aeschylus". Classics.Mit.Edu, http://classics.mit.edu/Aeschylus/persians.html. Accessed 1 Dec 2019.

Thalmann, William G. “Xerxes' Rags: Some Problems in Aeschylus' Persians.” The American Journal of Philology, vol. 101, no. 3, 1980, pp. 260–282. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/294266.

You may know Jack, but do you know Aeschylus?  This episode will cover some basic information that may be useful when you read Aeschylus's works and consider the world in which he lived as he was writing.

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Reference

Lattimore, Richmond, translator.  Aeschylus I:  Oresteia.  Edited by David Greneand Richmond   Lattimore.  Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1953.

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