Plays Flashcards
(9 cards)
Who is Ésquilo?
Aeschylus
What did Aeschylus write?
The persians
What happens in the play?
(the persians)
- The faithful are the persian elders who look over the city in the absence of Xerxes
- The queen, father of Xerxes and wife of Darius, is having dreams filled with bad omens
- They await the return of the king who had taken an army against athens
-News arrives of a bloody defeat in Salamis
What does Sophocles write?
Ajax
What does this story tell
Athena redirects Ajax’s rage
Ajax wants his friends to kill him
Calchas propehcy says he must remin in the tent
He doesn’t & kills himself by falling on his sword
Menaleus argues with Teucer about the burial rights of Ajax
Then aggamemnon also gets involved
Odysseus ends it by saying that he respects Ajax and says he should be buried
What does euripides write?
Medea
What happens in Medea
She is betrayed by Jason bc he married the princess of corinth
she plans to destroy jason’s entire house
she sends a poisoned robe and crown to the princess, who puts it on and then dies
The king tried to help her and dies too
Medea ends Jason’s line by killing her sons
She flies away in Helios’ chariot
What does Aristophanes write?
Lysistrata
What happens in Lusistrata
She organises sex strike to end war between greek cities
Chorus of old women steal the treasury
Men arrive to smoke the women out but the women chorus arrive and put out fire
A magistrate with armed guards arrives but the women chase them away
L argues with the magistrate saying women suffer more from war but also are better equipped to run then
The choruses spar again and both sides strip
Mhyrnne’s husband arrives and she leads him on
The spartan and phynian advisors are brought to L
Conflict resolved
