Aeschylus and war : comparative perspectives on Seven against Thebes
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Aeschylus and war : comparative perspectives on Seven against Thebes
（Routledge monographs in classical studies）
Routledge, 2017
- : hbk
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Contributions, with the exception of Sommerstein's, first presented at the Univ. of Notre Dame in Sept. 2015 for a symposium entitled "War, Trauma, Religion: Comparative Perspectives on Aeschylus' Seven against Thebes"
Includes bibliographical references and index
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This volume brings together a group of interdisciplinary experts who demonstrate that Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes is a text of continuing relevance and value for exploring ancient, contemporary and comparative issues of war and its attendant trauma. The volume features contributions from an international cast of experts, as well as a conversation with a retired U.S. Army Lt. Col., giving her perspectives on the blending of reality and fiction in Aeschylus' war tragedies and on the potential of Greek tragedy to speak to contemporary veterans. This book is a fascinating resource for anyone interested in Aeschylus, Greek tragedy and its reception, and war literature.
Table of Contents
- List of figures Acknowledgements 1 Aeschylus and War: Comparative Perspectives on Seven Against Thebes ISABELLE TORRANCE PART I Modern Perspectives 2 Aeschylus and War: A Conversation with Lieutenant Colonel Kristen Janowsky Moderated by Olivier Morel and Isabelle Torrance
- prepared for publication by Isabelle Torrance. 3 Aeschylus, Gangland Naples, and the Siege of Sarajevo: Mario Martone's Teatro di Guerra ISABELLE TORRANCE 4 Thebes as High Collateral Damage Target: Moral Accountability for Killing in Seven Against Thebes PETER MEINECK PART II Ancient Perspectives 5 Greek Armies against Towns: Siege Warfare and the Seven Against Thebes FERNANDO ECHEVERRIA 6 Eteocles and Thebes in Aeschylus LOWELL EDMUNDS 7 The Music of War in Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes MARK GRIFFITH 8 Fathers and Sons in War: Seven Against Thebes, Pythian 8, and the Polemics of Genre MARGARET FOSTER PART III The Destruction of Thebes, Ancient and Modern 9 Aeschylus and the Destruction of Thebes: What Did Apollo's Oracle Mean? ALAN SOMMERSTEIN 10 The Destruction of Thebes in Brecht's Antigone (1948) DOUGLAS CAIRNS Bibliography Contributors
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