61. The Heart Of The Matter: Gods, Grief, And Freedom In Aeschylus' Orestia A look at the external expression of internal desire by figures in Greek tragedy. Throughout Mr. Deschenes paper are direct links to the Perseus resources http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/deschenespaper1.html

THE HEART OF THE MATTER: Gods, Grief, and Freedom in Aeschylus' Oresteia Michael R. Deschenes For the rest I stay silent; a great ox stands upon my tongue Agamemnon Grief and gods in ancient Greek plays act as yokes of slavery on the heart by putting restraints on the act of venting one's emotions, thereby affecting or hindering what comes out of one's mouth, the external expression of internal desire. To escape these yokes and thus attain internal freedom, the ability to express oneself (the heart) without any conflict from within (grief) or external oppression (gods), is highly desirable, yet rarely possible. Therefore, a great deal of conflict transpires internally as well as externally: in Greek tragedies "mere mortals" spend a large portion of their time worrying about what they ought to say or do, and the presence of grief or the afflictions of a god act as heavy burdens upon one's personal freedom. Inability to express inner thoughts or feelings reflects a loss of personal freedom. The Athenian playwright Aeschylus (525-456 BC) in 458 BC produced an extremely powerful dramatic production, what Vellacott determines "the greatest of all Greek plays,"

62. Robert F. Kennedy & Aeschylus Edith Hamilton’s translation of these lines from aeschylus (Agamemnon, 179183) is most famous in a mistranslation that has been widely propagated. http://www.morec.com/rfk.htm

“In Our Own Despair” : Robert Kennedy, Richard Nixon, and Aeschylus’ Agamemnon Classical Association of Canada, Annual Meeting, May 12, 2002 Christopher S. Morrissey , Department of Humanities, Simon Fraser University HAMILTON’S 1930 AESCHYLUS ( Agamemnon And even in our sleep [ d' ©ny' pnou ] pain that cannot forget [ mnhsip†mvn p’now ], falls drop by drop [ st£zei ] upon the heart [ prš kard€aw and in our own despite s°lma semnšn ≤m°nvn ], against our will [ ka‹ par' ªkontaw ], comes wisdom to us ∑lye svfrone›n by the awful grace of God [ daim’nvn d° pou x£riw b€aiow Edith Hamilton’s translation of t hese lines from Aeschylus ( Agamemnon is most famous in a mistranslation that has been widely propagated. The mistranslation can be attributed to Robert F. Kennedy, who misquoted Edith Hamilton’s prose version from The Greek Way , misquoting “despair” for “despite” in a famous speech upon the assassination of Martin Luther King (April 4, 1968). Whether he misquoted deliberately, fortuitously, or infelicitously will be discussed in this paper. We will also compare the origin of Richard Nixon’s subsequent appropriation of these lines during the darkest night of his own tragic drama. AESCHYLUS IN RFK’s SPEECH: “In our sleep, pain

63. From Aeschylus To Executioners, Stories Hit Home - Mlive.com Indeed, he can now count aeschylus, the first female cosmonaut and the willing executioner from the French Revolution among his narrators. http://www.mlive.com/books/grpress/index.ssf?/base/features-0/1200071705101700.x

64. Killer Tortoises And Other Stupid Stuff The white marble head, believed to be a likeness of aeschylus, In addition to his writing, aeschylus was renowned for his heroic acts as a soldier in http://www.tortoisereserve.org/sundry/Killer_Body2.html

BEWARE OF KILLER TORTOISES It is just another piece of Roman plunder on indefinite loan from ancient Greece. The first thing you notice about the marble bust are the eyes. The practice of not including pupils as part of the eye in sculpted busts imparts a distinctive far-off stare. Well, perhaps this is fitting; the poor guy has been dead for over 2,000 years. The white marble head, believed to be a likeness of Aeschylus, can be seen in the Capitoline Museum in Rome where it sits, I assume, on its own pedestal partway down a long row of other famous heads. This particular bust's second prominent feature is the bald cranium emphasized by the smooth, polished stone. Aeschylus (525~65 BC), in case you've forgotten, is considered the father of Greek drama. His poetic work, with its distinctive vigor and lofty tone, still survives in seven extant plays and fragments of more than 70 others. In addition to his writing, Aeschylus was renowned for his heroic acts as a soldier in Greece's perennial war with Persia. Of more relevant interest to us is Aeschylus' death. It turns out Aeschylus was a victim of his own bald head. According to tradition, he survived hordes of warring mongrels only to be killed by a tortoise. As best I can tell, his is the only documented case of human death directly attributed to a tortoise. Because of this, when friends are looking at my captive-bred marginated tortoises, I take great delight at their reactions when I say "Watch out, they're killers." The two creatures, if they are awake, stare blankly upward from their Plexiglas home, shifting their thoughts from lush salads garnished with Reptocal to slow-motion karate chops and their last kick-boxing class. As my visitors step back, I usually add "Well, at least I assume it was a marginated that did in Aeschylus." The logical candidate, the Greek tortoise, while found throughout much of the Mediterranean world, is absent from Greece. But how do I go from sleepy tortoises to the death of a bald Greek playwright?

65. Aeschylus, Oresteia: Illustrations And Study Questions This vase antedates aeschylus Oresteia it shows Aegisthus striking down the helpless king, who is shrouded in a transparent robe, while Clytemnestra, http://mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu/cciv110x/oresteia/study.aeschylus.html

CCIV 110 WOMEN IN ANCIENT GREECE SPRING 2000 ILLUSTRATIONS AND STUDY QUESTIONS AESCHYLUS, ORESTEIA AGAMEMNON LIBATION BEARERS, EUMENIDES April 10 Aeschylus, Agamemnon This vase antedates Aeschylus' Oresteia : it shows Aegisthus striking down the helpless king, who is shrouded in a transparent robe, while Clytemnestra, wielding an axe, follows behind him. The female figure on the right with unbound hair is probably Agamemnon's daughter, Electra. Behind her, on the right side of the vase, Cassandra flees from the scene. The figure just barely visible on the left, behind Clytemnestra, is probably Chrysothemis. ( To see an enlarged representation, click on the image .) How does this representation accord with the description of the murder of Agamemnon in the Oresteia (pages 160ff., lines 1391ff.)? What are the principal similarities and differences? The other side of the same vase is shown as the illustration for April 12. (From Boardman, Athenian Red Figure Vases of the Archaic Period Reread carefully the first choral ode of the Oresteia (pages 105-112; lines 43-258), consulting the notes on pp. 287ff. for an explanation of the references. What are the principal issues that justify the chorus's feelings of fear and apprehension? How do these affect the question of Agamemnon's reponsibility for his own death, if they do?

66. Aeschylus Together with Sophocles and Euripides, aeschylus (525456) is one of the best-known Athenian tragic poets. In his plays, he addresses complex theological http://www.livius.org/ad-af/aeschylus/aeschylus.html

home index ancient Greece Aeschylus Aeschylus ( Aeschylus (525-456): Athenian poet, author of many tragedies, of which seven survive. Together with Sophocles and Euripides , Aeschylus (525-456) is one of the best-known Athenian tragic poets. In his plays, he addresses complex theological problems. For example, in the trilogy Agamemnon Choephoroi Eumenides , he describes how the gods punish a family for a series of murders. The Persians is a superb play, in which the Athenian victory at Salamis (480) is celebrated, written seven years after the event. Of his remaining tragedies, the Seven against Thebes is a very static play, the Suppliants celebrates the legendary past of Athens, whereas the Prometheus asks why an all-powerful god should be good (the authorship is disputed). Aeschylus was highly esteemed; fifty years after his death, the comic poet Aristophanes wrote a play, The Frogs , in which Aeschylus and Euripides are presented as the greatest playwrights. Aeschylus himself did not care about his fame: he wanted to be remembered not for his tragedies, but for the fact that he had fought at Marathon , where his brother had been killed in action.

67. Agamemnon By Aeschylus | Bloomsbury Theatre aeschylus Agamemnon is the first play of a trilogy (the famous Oresteia), performed originally in the ancient theatre of Dionysus in 458 BC. http://www.thebloomsbury.com/event/run/1143

@import url(/misc/drupal.css); @import url(/modules/event/event.css); @import url(/modules/img_assist/img_assist.css); @import url(/themes/bloomsbury/style.css); Navigation home news Bars and Catering Creative Learning ... Find Us Currently Popular Jimmy Carr - DVD Recording Danny Champion of the World Adele - Supported by Natty Mark Watson ... Strassman Search iCalendar Syndicate Agamemnon by Aeschylus Tuesday 12th February - Thursday 14 February 2008 at 2pm and 7.30pm book now UCL Department of Greek and Latin, in association with the Bloomsbury Theatre, presents the Agamemnon of Aeschylus An amateur production. Aeschylus' Agamemnon is the first play of a trilogy (the famous Oresteia), performed originally in the ancient theatre of Dionysus in 458 BC. A king warrior returns home victorious after 10 years of absence at the Trojan War. His queen greets him warmly; at the same time, she is plotting his death. A young prophetess, booty of the war, makes the stage reverberate with her revelations and forebodings, before she herself walks willingly to her death at the hands of the queen. The glorious homecoming turns into the initiating moment of a blood feud to be resolved only at the ending of the Eumenides, the third and last play of the trilogy. This is a play which introduces us to the story of one of the most infamous families of antiquity: the Atreidai; the adventures of a household haunted by black Furies, filled with murders, horrible crimes, and slaughtered children. As the tale of the doomed house unfolds, and as Agamemnon is progressively lured inside its gates to be murdered, we the spectators are also 'lured' into an interplay of multiple conflicts and tensions; male versus female, divine versus human, victimhood versus guilt, justice versus vengeance. Throughout, words and action splendidly co-operate to bring out the powerful effect of what has often been thought of as the richest and most tightly-structured artefact of ancient theatrical production.

68. Drama: Aeschylus A plaintext edition of the Choephori (the Libation Bearers). aeschylus The Choephori aeschylus A high-quality PDF edition of the Choephori (the Libation http://drama.eserver.org/plays/classical/aeschylus

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69. Aeschylus Quotes aeschylus quotes,aeschylus, author, authors, writer, writers, people, famous people. http://thinkexist.com/quotes/aeschylus/

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70. Aeschylus The Father Of Tragedy aeschylus son of Euphorion the Athenian this monument hides, who died in wheatbearing Gela; but of his approved valour the Marathonian grove may tell, http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Live/Writer/Aeschylus.htm

Aeschylus (525/4 - 456 BC) Michael Lahanas Griechische Literatur: Aischylos Aeschylus son of Euphorion the Athenian this monument hides, who died in wheat-bearing Gela ; but of his approved valour the Marathonian grove may tell, and the deep-haired Mede who knew Aeschylus, his own written words for his epitaph The 'Father of Tragedy,' Aeschylus was born in 524 or 525 BC in the city of Eleusis. Together with Sophocles and Euripides, Aeschylus is one of the best-known Athenian tragic poets. In his plays, he addresses complex theological problems. For example, in the trilogy Agamemnon Choephoroi Eumenides , he describes how the gods punish a family for a series of murders. The Persians is a superb play, in which the Athenian victory at Salamis (480) is celebrated, written seven years after the event. Aeschylus was highly esteemed; fifty years after his death, the comic poet Aristophanes wrote a play, The Frogs, in which Aeschylus and Euripides are presented as the greatest playwrights. Aeschylus first introduced a second actor; he diminished the importance of the Chorus, and assigned the leading part to the dialogue Aristotle Poetics He reduced the chorus in size, lessening its importance in favor of dramatic dialogue. The chorus assumed a secondary role, commenting, warning or setting the mood for the action of the play which was now carried by the actors. Of the 90 or so plays (we known around 80 titles) Aeschylus wrote, only seven have survived in complete form, among them the 'Oresteia' trilogy, 'The Seven against Thebes' and 'Prometheus Bound'. Probably his masterpiece and the only survived trilogy. Agamemnon sacrifices Iphigenia in order to calm Artemis, he is killed by his wife Clytemnestra later and his son Orestes kills for this reason his mother and her lover Aegisthus.

71. Aeschylus: A Who2 Profile Although little is known for certain about his life, ancient Athenian aeschylus has come down to us through history as one of the greatest early dramatists http://www.who2.com/aeschylus.html

@import url("http://www.who2.com/css/standard_gamma.css"); Find Famous People Fast! Who2 FAQ Who2 Blog For Students Contact Who2 Browse by Name: A B C D ... Z Aeschylus Playwright Although little is known for certain about his life, ancient Athenian Aeschylus has come down to us through history as one of the greatest early dramatists and "the father of Greek tragedy." He wrote between 50 and 90 plays, but only six still exist: The Persians Seven Against Thebes The Suppliants and Oresteia , a trilogy consisting of Agamemnon Choephoroi and The Eumenides . A seventh, Prometheus Unbound has been traditionally included in his canon, but in recent years scholars have leaned toward attributing it to another tragedian. Aeschylus fought in the war against the Persians at Marathon (490 B.C.) and Salamis (480 B.C.) before he was a prize-winning dramatist in Athens. He is considered the first Greek dramatist to use more than one actor, de-emphasize the chorus and use elaborate props and costumes for dramatic effect. Despite his success as a playwright, in his later years he fell out of favor with Athenians and died in exile in Sicily. After his death his artistic advancements and Athenian pride were rediscovered, and he became almost as celebrated as Homer Extra credit : Aeschylus is pronounced ES kih lus ... Tradition has it that Aeschylus was killed when an eagle dropped a tortoise on him, mistaking his bald head for a rock.

72. Aeschylus aeschylus was the only man of his age, or indeed of any age, who can compare with the great master of the modern drama in sublimity of conception and http://www.lycos.com/info/aeschylus.html

var topic_urlstring = 'aeschylus'; var topic = 'Aeschylus'; var subtopic_urlstring= ''; LYCOS RETRIEVER Retriever Home What is Lycos Retriever? Aeschylus built 122 days ago Retriever Arts Literature Drama ... Ancient Greek Aeschylus was the only man Source: theatrehistory.com In Aeschylus's play there is a strong sense that the Trojan War is, among other things, an appropriate act of revenge for the crime of Paris and Helen against Menelaus. And yet, at the same time, it is something which most of the people at home despise, for it kills all the young citizens and corrupts political life by taking the leaders away. In fact, the complex contradictions in the Chorus's attitude to that war help to bring out one of the major points of the first play: the problematic nature of justice based on a simple revenge ethic. According to the traditional conception of justice, Agamemnon is right to fight against Troy; but the effort is destroying his own city. So how can that be right? Source: mala.bc.ca

73. Online Library Of Liberty - Sophocles And Aeschylus: Blood Justice And The Found The Online Library of Liberty is provided in order to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals by making freely http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_content&task=view&id=993&Itemid=274

74. World Drama From Aeschylus To Anouilh World Drama from aeschylus to Anouilh Book by Allardyce Nicoll; 1950. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=14050131

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