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Rei Édipo / Antígone / Prometeu Acorrentado
A mais trágica das tragédias de Sófocles, Édipo Rei explora a lenda do infeliz rei de Tebas cujo nome ficou ligado aos dois crimes que maior terror causavam aos gregos de outrora: o parricídio e o incesto.
Já em Antígone, os dois filhos de Édipo morrem no mesmo dia e Creonte, agora tirano de Tebas, nega sepultura a um deles. Antígone contraria Creonte e presta homenagem ao irmão, sendo condenada à morte.
Na peça de Ésquilo, o titã Prometeu desobedece as ordens divinas e é condenado por Júpiter a permanecer eternamente acorrentado a um rochedo. A beleza da poesia de Ésquilo transforma Prometeu em símbolo da condição humana.
Já em Antígone, os dois filhos de Édipo morrem no mesmo dia e Creonte, agora tirano de Tebas, nega sepultura a um deles. Antígone contraria Creonte e presta homenagem ao irmão, sendo condenada à morte.
Na peça de Ésquilo, o titã Prometeu desobedece as ordens divinas e é condenado por Júpiter a permanecer eternamente acorrentado a um rochedo. A beleza da poesia de Ésquilo transforma Prometeu em símbolo da condição humana.
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280 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published January 1, 1970
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Aeschylus
1,846 books1,108 followersGreek
Αισχύλος
, Esquilo in Spanish, Eschyle in French, Èsquil in Catalan, Eschilo in Italian, Эсхил in Russian.
Aeschylus (c. 525/524 BC – c. 456 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek tragedy is largely based on inferences made from reading his surviving plays. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in the theatre and allowed conflict among them. Formerly, characters interacted only with the chorus.
Only seven of Aeschylus's estimated 70 to 90 plays have survived. There is a long-standing debate regarding the authorship of one of them, Prometheus Bound, with some scholars arguing that it may be the work of his son Euphorion. Fragments from other plays have survived in quotations, and more continue to be discovered on Egyptian papyri. These fragments often give further insights into Aeschylus' work. He was likely the first dramatist to present plays as a trilogy. His Oresteia is the only extant ancient example. At least one of his plays was influenced by the Persians' second invasion of Greece (480–479 BC). This work, The Persians, is one of very few classical Greek tragedies concerned with contemporary events, and the only one extant. The significance of the war with Persia was so great to Aeschylus and the Greeks that his epitaph commemorates his participation in the Greek victory at Marathon while making no mention of his success as a playwright.
Aeschylus (c. 525/524 BC – c. 456 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek tragedy is largely based on inferences made from reading his surviving plays. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in the theatre and allowed conflict among them. Formerly, characters interacted only with the chorus.
Only seven of Aeschylus's estimated 70 to 90 plays have survived. There is a long-standing debate regarding the authorship of one of them, Prometheus Bound, with some scholars arguing that it may be the work of his son Euphorion. Fragments from other plays have survived in quotations, and more continue to be discovered on Egyptian papyri. These fragments often give further insights into Aeschylus' work. He was likely the first dramatist to present plays as a trilogy. His Oresteia is the only extant ancient example. At least one of his plays was influenced by the Persians' second invasion of Greece (480–479 BC). This work, The Persians, is one of very few classical Greek tragedies concerned with contemporary events, and the only one extant. The significance of the war with Persia was so great to Aeschylus and the Greeks that his epitaph commemorates his participation in the Greek victory at Marathon while making no mention of his success as a playwright.
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October 14, 2023
This is litterly the definition of size doesn’t matter, cuz this books is short af but it’s a great story amaizingggggggggg ❤️
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