Buitres, águilas y leones en Agamenón de Esquilo.

Authors

  • Paula Cristina Mira Bohórquez Universidad de Antioquia

Keywords:

Animals, Agamemnon, tragedy, simile, prophecy

Abstract

This paper analyses three parts of the work in which animals, lively  depicted by Aeschylus, play a central role. The goal of this analysis is to
provide possible approaches to understanding what is said by these images concerning the human world depicted by the tragic writer and by
their role in the tragic development of the work. The starting point is the famous parodos in which the vultures’ simile appears, whose main figure
are Agamemnon and Menelaus (Ag. 40-67); next, it’s the analysis of the prophecy of Calchas, in which Agamemnon and Menelaus, compared
this time with eagles, play again central roles. Finally, the focus is set on what Bernard Knox (1952) called the lioncub parable, in which Helena
seems to be the main character (Ag. 717-736). 

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Published

09-09-2019

How to Cite

Mira Bohórquez, P. C. (2019). Buitres, águilas y leones en Agamenón de Esquilo . Revista De Estudios Clásicos, 46, 119–137. Retrieved from https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/revistaestudiosclasicos/article/view/2268

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