The Duration of Darkness and the Light of Eleusis in the Prologue of <i>Agamemnon</i> and the Third Stasimon of <i>Choephoroi</i>
<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">In Aeschylus' trilogy the several recognizable allusions to the Eleusinian Mysteries, invoking the initiate's sudden passage from dark to light, serve to underscore ironically the larger theme of the corruption of ritual....
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Duke University
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies |
| Online Access: | http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/1581 |