Agamemnon

15 07, 2017

Iphigeneia in Aulis – Euripides – ancient Greece

By |2019-09-24T05:02:20-07:00July 15th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Iphigeneia in Aulis – Euripides – ancient Greece

Iphigeneia brought to the sacrifice (Pompeii, ca. 79 AD) Menelaus, Agamemnon, and their oath When Helen ran off with Paris, her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta, was very upset. He went to visit his [...]

9 07, 2017

Who was Aeschylus? Athenian playwright

By |2019-01-17T13:22:40-08:00July 9th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Who was Aeschylus? Athenian playwright

Aeschylus's plays were performed in the Theater of Dionysos here on the Acropolis below the Parthenon in Athens Biography of Aeschylus Aeschylus (ESS-kill-us) is the earliest playwright in any language [...]

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