Ancient Greek society was surrounded by new innovations in all aspects of knowledge. They made discoveries in the fields of mathematics and science while creating new styles art and architecture. Philosophers spread wisdom and knowledge throughout society, while literature and drama flourished. New forms of government were formed as well. Several of these concepts are ...
Section I: Part I Aristotle proposes to discuss poetry and its various types. Epic poetry, tragedy, comedy, dithyrambic poetry, and instrumental music are all modes of imitation but they differ in the medium, objects, and manner of imitation. In the arts, imitation is produced by rhythm, language, and/or harmony. Some people use poetry as a ...
Why 21 Quotes? There are 21 quotes, for 21 days, the number of days it takes to create or break a habit. Do you want to motivate yourself to write, create, get healthy and loose weight? Do you want more peace, love, happiness, creativity, justice, or courage in our lives and world, we must first ...
Tragedy lives in the throes of consequence and fate, brought about through destructive recognition and the flawed Achilles’ heel that so often plagues classic heroes. An onslaught of tragic elements appear in both Hamlet and The Oresteia. Hamlet’s hamartia in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet leads to his succumbing to corruption and his eventual demise. In The ...
I managed to download only a few pages of the Greek test of Euripides’ “Alcestis” before problems developed on the Perseus website, so the major portion of the following summary is based on a translation by Gilbert Murray presented by the Gutenberg Project. The two URLs are in the reference section below. In the introduction, ...
Since I do not own a copy of the Greek original, the following summary of Aeschylus’ “Agamemnon” is based on an English translation of the tragedy which Moses Hadas has included in an anthology entitled “Greek Drama,” a Bantum Classic. A.W. Verrall is the translator. The play begins with a prologue spoken by a watchman. ...
Aeschylus was a dramatist who lived in the ancient Greek city of Athens. He treats his native city with honor in a drama entitled “Eumenides.” “Eumenides” is a somewhat unusual tragedy. No one dies, and it has a happy ending. However, it is the third play of a trilogy in which there is plenty of ...
I have been trying to find the words to describe the impact I felt when I heard that Martin Luther King was dead. Being relatively young, only in my teens, it seemed like his death came so quickly after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In reality, years had passed. Although the nation had absorbed ...
THE STORY SO FAR: Agamemnon was a Greek general during the Trojan War, who sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia in order to win the gods’ favor. Clytaemestra, who had been told that Iphigenia was to be married, took a lover in her grief and avenged her daughter’s murder by killing her husband. Orestes, with the involvement ...
From dreams come true to nightmares, dreams have been the impetus of nearly everyone’s actions at some point. Much has been said about dreams, and through dreams, through the years. Here are some of the very best quotes on dreams… Hope is a waking dream. —Aristotle I know how men in exile feed on dreams ...
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