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This is easily my favorite Greek play so far. Part of me has always been attracted to the story of Prometheus, which, I believe, is part of the reason why I'm so attracted to the classics. Why it took me so long to finally read it, I don't know.
This play is not normal for the modern audience, since the focus is on the characters (namely Prometheus) and not on action. Action wise, nothing really happens. It's a play the revels who Prometheus is through his conversations with various passers-by. A ...more
This play is not normal for the modern audience, since the focus is on the characters (namely Prometheus) and not on action. Action wise, nothing really happens. It's a play the revels who Prometheus is through his conversations with various passers-by. A ...more
Well, I successfully read a whole play by Aeschylus in Greek and lived to tell the tale.
Aeschylus' grammar was less difficult than I thought it would be, but man - I do not know the vocabulary at all! I felt like I had to turn to the LSJ every other word in some passages.
My reading of the play is not sympathetic to Prometheus. He is punished for abandoning his own (twice): first, he abandons the Titans, then all the immortals. And rather than take the opportunities to apologize or make amends (v ...more
Aeschylus' grammar was less difficult than I thought it would be, but man - I do not know the vocabulary at all! I felt like I had to turn to the LSJ every other word in some passages.
My reading of the play is not sympathetic to Prometheus. He is punished for abandoning his own (twice): first, he abandons the Titans, then all the immortals. And rather than take the opportunities to apologize or make amends (v ...more
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