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Mercy at the Areopagus: A Nietzschean Account of Justice and Joy in the Eumenides [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
"This essay focuses on the third play in the Oresteia trilogy, the Eumenides. Telech provides a compelling reinterpretation of Nietzsche’s reading of Aeschylus's masterpiece, saving the reading from the complaint that it oversimplifies and ...
Telech, Daniel
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Cassandra's Swan Song: Aeschylus' Use of Fable in Agamemnon

open access: yesGreek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2012
Given Aeschylus’ other citations of fable, this passage, the earliest reference to the swan’s prophetic final song, probably derives from orally transmitted fable, later reflected in the Aesopic “The Swan and his Owner.”
John Philip Harris
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The Oresteia of Aeschylus - The Libation Bearers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Translated by Robin BondVerse translation of Aeschylus' Libation ...
Bond, Robin
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Prometheus Bound and Contemporary Trends in Greek Natural Philosophy

open access: yesGreek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2010
Aeschylus evokes, sometimes literally and sometimes metaphorically, the elements and their interactions in ways that show his knowledge of the ideas of Parmenides and Empedocles.
Georgia L. Irby-Massie
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Blood and Revenge: Animal Metaphors and Nature in Macbeth and the Oresteia

open access: yesMulticultural Shakespeare
Renowned classicist Gilbert Murray has made compelling arguments about the connection between Aeschylus and Shakespeare in his famous essay Hamlet and Orestes: A Study in Traditional Types.
Duluo Nie
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Threads of influence: Greek tragedy and its relevance to the contemporary novel, with specific reference to Donna Tartt's 'The secret history', and my novel, 'The first seven years' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This MPhil concerns the contemporary literary novel and how it has been influenced by the Golden Age of Greek tragedy. It comprises of three parts: the thesis and the novel, hereby presented, and the journal of creative experiences, which was observed at
Turner, Monika
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