Aeschylus’ Satyr-Play Heralds

Aeschylus’ Satyr-Play Heralds

This paper attempts a reconstruction of Aeschylus’ satyr-play Heralds. As the myth of Erginus’ heralds and their mutilation by Heracles is shown to be unconvincing on many grounds, it explores the possibility that the satyrs turned up or out as ‘heralds’, i.e. ‘sacrifice attendants’, in the Eleus...

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Main Author: Poli Palladini, Letizia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2020-06-01
Series:Lexis
Subjects:
Aeschylus. Aetiology. Aristophanes’ Clouds. Atalante. C. Callias. Eleusinian initiation. Erginus. Genos of Ceryces. Heracles. Heralds. History of Thessaly in the early fifth century B. Ixion. Lesser Mysteries. Sacrificial pig. Satyr-drama. Tetralogy of Heralds. Topicality. Women of Perrhaebia. ‘Dike-fragment’
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.30687/Lexis/2210-8823/2020/01/005

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