Browsing W & L Historic Theses by Subject "Washington and Lee University -- Honors in Classics"
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Aeschylus' Erinyes: Tragedy's Muses
The over-arching theme of Aeschylus' trilogy, the Oresteia, is the emergence of law from vengeance, but does the author also address the nature of tragedy through an innovative treatment of song and the Erinyes? Peter ... -
Cult and Poetry: A Study of Ajax in Hero Cult, Pindar, and Sophocles
This study has primarily been an exploration of the relationship between the presentation of Ajax in Greek poetry and his status as a cult hero. We have seen how epic poetry preserved the memory and heightened the glory ... -
The Responsible Hero: The Evolution of the Greek Hero from the Epic to the Tragic and Historic
To illustrate the history and evolution of personal responsibility in the Greek world, and the Athenian polis in particular, and the impact this concept of responsibility had on the definition of a "hero," I shall concentrate ...