01:190:207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Euripides, Erechtheion, Talthybius
12 Dec 2018
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Born late 480s bce athens and died 406 bce macedon(?) Author of over 90 tragedies including medea and orestes but rarely won 1st prize in dramatic contests. Associated with socrates by at least one athenian comic playwright. Today"s argument: the trojan women was an allegory of the athenian destruction of melos. The trojan women presented a sack of a city and its aftermath at the same time the athenians destroyed the polis of melos. The role of athens is emphasized in the sack of troy is emphasized in the. The trojan women want to be sent to athens. The chorus emphasizes the role of telamon, the king of salamis, part of athenian territory, in an earlier sack of troy. The sons of theseus are mentioned by poseidon among the victorious greeks, even though they are minor characters in homer. Athena and poseidon, who are usually at odds, conspire to punish the.
