Aeschylus: Seven Against ThebesBloomsbury Academic, 02.08.2007 - 174 Seiten Accessible introductions to ancient tragedies. Each volume discusses |
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... oath.17 The oath ritual itself will be discussed further in Chapter 3 , but we should note here an interesting parallel in classical Greek literature . This is the oath reportedly sworn by the Spartans during the first Messenian War ...
... oath ritual of the attackers The divine forces which the attackers call to their aid are unusual . Their oath ritual ( 42-51 ) is one of the most solemn pacts in archaic or classical Greek poetry . The slaughter of an animal is common ...
... oath existed in the early fifth century.24 The inscription on which the oath survives comes from Acharnae , a deme where Ares had a special position , but it is reasonable to suppose that the oath , being military as well as civic ...
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Acknowledgements 78 | 7 |
City and Family | 23 |
Divine Forces and Religious Ritual | 38 |
Urheberrecht | |
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