A furious prophecy: Cassandra’s rites (Lycophron, Alexandra 1126–73) and Aeschylus’ Eumenides
Lycophron’s extensive debt to Aeschylus is exemplified by his engagement with the Agamemnon and the Choephori in Cassandra’s prediction of her own death and that of Agamemnon and in the brief ensuing synopsis of Orestes’ vengeance on Clytemnestra. This paper argues that the next stage of Cassandra’s...
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2024-10-01
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| Series: | Aitia |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/aitia/12303 |