'Democratic paideia' in Aeschylus' Suppliants

Risultato della ricerca: Contributo in rivistaArticolo in rivistapeer review

Abstract

The analysis of political language in Aeschylus’ Suppliants confirms the hypothesis that the form of government here represented is strongly influenced by contemporary Athens: prehistoric Argos turns out to be a sort of mirror of democratic Athens. It is no coincidence that the sequence running from the entrance of Pelasgus at l. 234 to the Danaids’ song of benediction (ll. 625-709) presents a dramatic pattern similar in several respects to that underlying in Eumenides 397-1002 (the scenes between the entrance of Athena and the Chorus’ prayer of blessing). Pelasgus (likewise Athena in Eumenides) imparts a sort of lesson on ‘democratic paideia’ to the Danaids, in view of their integration as metoikoi in the institutional structures of the polis.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)251-272
Numero di pagine22
RivistaPolis
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2017

Keywords

  • Aeschylus
  • Suppliant Women

Fingerprint

Entra nei temi di ricerca di ''Democratic paideia' in Aeschylus' Suppliants'. Insieme formano una fingerprint unica.

Cita questo