CLST 312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Phoenician Women, Satyr Play, Archelaus I Of Macedon
31 Oct 2017
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Died in pella (macedonia in 406 bc) He didn"t have any interest in political life. Went to magnesia and then pella to the court or archelaus i of macedon. We have extensive fragments of several other plays including antiope, hypsipyle, Even if euripides is in other respects a band manager, yet he is certainly the most tragic. His choruses are often irrelevant of poets. In the medea, the deliberate killing of the children is ineffective, and the play is artistically ended by the deus ex machina. Melanippe is too philosophical for a woman (lost tragedy) No interests towards human destiny or the role of the gods. What matters is the inner mechanism of conflict between irrational forces that move mankind. The character often passes from acting to monody (singing), especially in the moments of great pathos coincidence) Play ends with deus ex machina (a machine sent from god [lit. translation], divine. Believed in holding gods accountable for their worldly actions.
