1993
DOI: 10.1017/s0009838800044141
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Religion and Politics in Aeschylus'Orestela

Abstract: In the light of the remarkable changes of political colour which Aeschylus has undergone in the hands of scholars, there is a certain amusing irony about the fact that the satyr-play which followed the Oresteia was the Proteus. Sadly, we know too little of the Proteus to say whether it would have resolved this debate about the Oresteid's political stance, though one may have one's doubts.

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“…In this section I will discuss how the animal imagery contributes to the construction of this political progression throughout the trilogy. ver 1957;Podlecki 1966: 63-100;Cole 1977;Calder 1981;Sommerstein 1989: 25-32;Sommerstein 1993;Schaps 1993;Bowie 1993;Meier 1993: 102-37;Griffith 1995;Goldhill 2000. animals are linked to governments and how the quantitative, temporal, and spatial arrangement of animal imagery reveals their sequence.…”
Section: Politicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this section I will discuss how the animal imagery contributes to the construction of this political progression throughout the trilogy. ver 1957;Podlecki 1966: 63-100;Cole 1977;Calder 1981;Sommerstein 1989: 25-32;Sommerstein 1993;Schaps 1993;Bowie 1993;Meier 1993: 102-37;Griffith 1995;Goldhill 2000. animals are linked to governments and how the quantitative, temporal, and spatial arrangement of animal imagery reveals their sequence.…”
Section: Politicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…115 See Belfiore (1992: 27 [with n. 59]) and Bowie (1993). a victory celebration, a triumphal song (paean), joyful choreia expressed through the jubilant ololygmos reestablishing now the community following the terrifying events.…”
Section: Coda: the Chorus Finds Its Voice And A Preview Of The Rest Omentioning
confidence: 99%
“…At the end of that play, Athena leads a processional into the Cave of the Furies. A. M. Bowie in "Religion and Politics in Aeschylus" Oresteia' pursues the topic of ceremonies and myths (Bowie, 1993). Bowie found many references to particular ceremonies in the plays of the trilogy.…”
Section: Ceremony Within the Playmentioning
confidence: 99%