CLASSIC 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Absyrtus, W. M. Keck Observatory, Aegeus
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Attempting to control chaos (magic and the tragic) 2 pnts to pick up from tuesday: They use this to claim that athens is undefiled. 3 playwrites and actors: each playwrite composes. Orchestra = dancing place: no instruments like now. Skene = background and place for characters: where the actors would stand and talks. Mechane = giant crane to fly actor in over the stage: for any character that has any reason to fly over the stage. Orienting ourselves to the texts: euripedes" medea. Background to the medea: jason and the argonauts. Jason"s quest to win back thrown of lolchos. He had to bring back a golden fleece to prove his worth to get back his thrown. Madea betrays father and helps jason in his quest. 1 task: has to subdue a snake. Madea gives him a potion so he can get through fire. Parents, spouse, siblings, kids, friends" frends, neighbors/city, xenia- partners,wider ethnicity etc.
