CLCV 1002 Lecture Notes - Sophocles, Choregos, Euripides
14 Sep 2014
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Cleon: he was an athenian statesman and strategos during the peloponnesian war, he was an opponent of pericles, he was opposed to pericles" strategy of refusing battle against the peloponnesian league, after pericles" death he became in power, he was not the best leader for he did not think threw everything and so problem broke out in athens, however he was successful against spartans. Aeschylus, sophocles, euripides: aeschylus: one of three first greek tragedy plays writers, known as the father of tragedy, only seven of his plays survived, sophocles: one of three first greek tragedy plays writers, wrote 123 plays but only seven survived, we was the most known (winner) in the dramatic competition of the city states in athens, euripides: one of three first greek tragedy play writers, we wrote 92 plays at most, 80 0r 90 have survived, he wrote the bacchae.
