Aeschylus: Seven Against ThebesBloomsbury Academic, 02.08.2007 - 174 Seiten Accessible introductions to ancient tragedies. Each volume discusses |
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... prayer . Is Eteocles right in condemning choral prayers as dangerous ? Is Eteocles unaware of his own shortcomings in terms of proper piety ? A recent and convincing analysis of the patterns of prayer and curse in Seven suggests that ...
... prayer is formulated in precisely such negative terms : ' do not let my city be captured by its foes , do not uproot it out of Greece , stock and branch , in utter destruction ! Never bind this free land and this free city of Cadmus ...
... prayer in the opening scene with the words ' when the polis enjoys success , it honours its gods ' ( 77 ) . He later ... prayers to the gods , and they remind the gods of the people's worship and the sacrifices carried out by the polis ...
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Acknowledgements 78 | 7 |
City and Family | 23 |
Divine Forces and Religious Ritual | 38 |
Urheberrecht | |
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