Thus, at an early stage Greek thought was advanced as poets refashioned their materials; and to this stage of Archaic poetry belonged the epics ascribed toHomer, theIliadand theOdyssey,retelling intermingled history andmythof the Mycenaean Age. These two great poems, standing at the beginning of...
Aeschylus - Ancient Greek, Tragedy, Oresteia: One of a trilogy of unconnected tragedies presented in 472 bc, Persians (Greek Persai) is unique among surviving tragedies in that it dramatizes recent history rather than events from the distant age of mythi
It is often said that disappointment at his plays’ reception in Athens was one of the reasons for his leaving his native city in his old age; but there are other reasons why an old poet might have left Athens in the 23rd year of the Peloponnesian War. Dramatic and literary achievements ...