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Prometheus The Trickster: Prophecy, Power, And Deception, Chris Griglack
Prometheus The Trickster: Prophecy, Power, And Deception, Chris Griglack
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
This article interprets Aeschylus’s Prometheus Bound through the lens of trickster mythology, arguing that Prometheus functions as an atypical trickster deity whose primary tool is not deception of appearance but foreknowledge of fate. Rather than opposing Zeus through force, Prometheus manipulates divine power by controlling access to prophecy, transforming knowledge itself into a means of resistance. His gift of fire to humanity and his refusal to disclose the prophecy of Zeus’s downfall are shown to be parts of a single strategy: the calculated use of foreknowledge to constrain a tyrannical ruler. In this reading, prophecy operates less as an immutable …
Beware The Wandering Woman: Depictions Of Female Spatial Transgression In Athenian Public Dramas Of The 5th And 4th Centuries Bce, Anne E. Mcgrath
Beware The Wandering Woman: Depictions Of Female Spatial Transgression In Athenian Public Dramas Of The 5th And 4th Centuries Bce, Anne E. Mcgrath
Comparative Literature M.A. Essays
This paper explores how ancient Greek literature and culture construct autonomous, mobile women as threats to the ideological and spatial order of the polis. Referencing mythological precedents and closely reading Classical texts, I propose the category of “excepted women” to address the threads of female transgression woven throughout this extensive literary corpus. Focusing on figures who transgress imposed spatial boundaries, I examine how such women are positioned as disruptors of gendered norms and civic stability, thus reflecting deep cultural anxieties about female agency and movement into spaces coded as masculine. The paper engages theoretical frameworks from Althusser and Butler to …
A Wrath That Remembers: A Feminist Companion To Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Mary Iris Allison
A Wrath That Remembers: A Feminist Companion To Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Mary Iris Allison
Scripps Senior Theses
This project is a feminist translation and companion to Aeschylus' Agamemnon, which includes detailed footnotes and references to secondary authors that provide a feminist reading of the text.
Furious: Myth, Gender, And The Origins Of Lady Macbeth, Emma King
Furious: Myth, Gender, And The Origins Of Lady Macbeth, Emma King
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This thesis attempts to understand the fabulously complex and poisonously unsettling Lady Macbeth as a product of classical reception and intertextuality in early modern England. Whence comes her “undaunted mettle” (1.7.73)? Why is she, like the regicide she helps commit, such a “bloody piece of work” (2.3.108)? How does her ability to be “bloody, bold, and resolute” (4.1.81), as Macbeth is commanded to be, reflect canonical literary ideas, early modern or otherwise, regarding women, gender, and violence? Approaching texts in the literary canon as the result of transformation and reception, this research analyzes the ways in which Lady Macbeth’s gender, …
The Curse As A Garment In Greek Tragedy, Judith Fletcher
The Curse As A Garment In Greek Tragedy, Judith Fletcher
Ancient Studies Faculty Publications
This article considers how Greek tragedy adapts the metaphor of the curse as a garment used in Ancient Near Eastern rituals and treaties. Using this comparative material, I analyze the fatal garments used by female characters in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, Sophocles’ Women of Trachis, and Euripides’ Medea.
Taking On The Man: Female Rebellion Against Gender Roles In Classical Greek Drama, Gabrielle Killough
Taking On The Man: Female Rebellion Against Gender Roles In Classical Greek Drama, Gabrielle Killough
Senior Honors Theses
The portrayal of women in Ancient Greek drama seems at times opposed to the societal gender roles within Classical Athens. In the plays, women are strong and dynamic figures who enact change and upheaval in their world. Ancient dramas, like Agamemnon, Medea, Antigone, and Lysistrata, portrayed women with strong autonomy and minds which matched their male counterparts; whereas the women in Classical Athens found themselves in more limited circumstances. In analyzing the nature of these disparities, it seems that the constant factor is that the plays concern the violation of the household. The female characters respond in one of …
Power Bitches Of Ancient Greece, Jennifer Ingram
Power Bitches Of Ancient Greece, Jennifer Ingram
Anthós Journal (1990-1996)
This paper takes the form of a transcript of the Sally Jessy Raphael show on which Nancy Reagan answers questions about Women in ancient Greek Epics. Specifically, this transcript focuses on Medea (as shown by Euripides) and Clytemnestra (from the Agamemnon by Aeschylus). The focus is on strong “masculine” women and how the story of lover’s revenge is played out by both characters.
Die Sage Von Agamemnos Ermordung Und Dem Rächer Orestes In Der Griechischen Poesie, Franz Lauczizky
Die Sage Von Agamemnos Ermordung Und Dem Rächer Orestes In Der Griechischen Poesie, Franz Lauczizky
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
De Aeschylo G. Hermanni: Accedunt Emendationes, Franz Volkmar Fritzschius
De Aeschylo G. Hermanni: Accedunt Emendationes, Franz Volkmar Fritzschius
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
Ueber Das Mythische Und Geographische Wissen Des Aeschylos, Oder Die Wanderungen Der Io, Peter Wilhelm Forchhammer
Ueber Das Mythische Und Geographische Wissen Des Aeschylos, Oder Die Wanderungen Der Io, Peter Wilhelm Forchhammer
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
BeiträGe Zur Lehre Vom Griechischen Pronomen Hode Und Hutos Bei Aeschylus, Philipp Braun
BeiträGe Zur Lehre Vom Griechischen Pronomen Hode Und Hutos Bei Aeschylus, Philipp Braun
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
De Choro Persarum Fabulae Aeschyleae, Christian Muff
De Choro Persarum Fabulae Aeschyleae, Christian Muff
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
De Metonymia Abstractae Notionis Pro Concreta Apud Aeschylum, Heinrich Rüter
De Metonymia Abstractae Notionis Pro Concreta Apud Aeschylum, Heinrich Rüter
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
De Aeschyli Choephororum Stasimo Primo: Dissertatio Inauguralis, Aemilius Langheim
De Aeschyli Choephororum Stasimo Primo: Dissertatio Inauguralis, Aemilius Langheim
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
Zur Parodos In Den Persem Des Aeschylus, Robert Enger
Zur Parodos In Den Persem Des Aeschylus, Robert Enger
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
Apollons Wahrspruch In Aeschylos Choephoren 266-302, Heinrich Keck
Apollons Wahrspruch In Aeschylos Choephoren 266-302, Heinrich Keck
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
Kritisch-Exegetische Bemerkungen Zu Den Supplices Des Aeschylus, Johannes Oberdick
Kritisch-Exegetische Bemerkungen Zu Den Supplices Des Aeschylus, Johannes Oberdick
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
De Quibusdam Aeschyli Choephororum Locis, Karl Gross
De Quibusdam Aeschyli Choephororum Locis, Karl Gross
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
De Aeschyli Stichomythiis, Karl Friedrich Sudhaus
De Aeschyli Stichomythiis, Karl Friedrich Sudhaus
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
De Persarum Cantico Psychagogico Commentatio, August Rossbach
De Persarum Cantico Psychagogico Commentatio, August Rossbach
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
De Aeschyli Choro In Agamemnone V. 352 Sqq., Franz Volkmar Fritzschius
De Aeschyli Choro In Agamemnone V. 352 Sqq., Franz Volkmar Fritzschius
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
Quaestiones Aeschyleae, Carl Friedrich Von Naegelsbach
Quaestiones Aeschyleae, Carl Friedrich Von Naegelsbach
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.
Emendationes Aeschyleae, Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin
Emendationes Aeschyleae, Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin
Hermann Sauppe Library
No abstract provided.