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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| description | <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.</span> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a862c94399a0427b97b91a27801f9fbd2022-12-21T18:33:42ZengDuke UniversityGreek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies0017-39162159-31592010-12-015044614891651The Duration of Darkness and the Light of Eleusis in the Prologue of <i>Agamemnon</i> and the Third Stasimon of <i>Choephoroi</i>Marcel Widzisz<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.</span>http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/1581 |
| spellingShingle | Marcel Widzisz The Duration of Darkness and the Light of Eleusis in the Prologue of <i>Agamemnon</i> and the Third Stasimon of <i>Choephoroi</i> Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies |
| title | The Duration of Darkness and the Light of Eleusis in the Prologue of <i>Agamemnon</i> and the Third Stasimon of <i>Choephoroi</i> |
| title_full | The Duration of Darkness and the Light of Eleusis in the Prologue of <i>Agamemnon</i> and the Third Stasimon of <i>Choephoroi</i> |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Duration of Darkness and the Light of Eleusis in the Prologue of <i>Agamemnon</i> and the Third Stasimon of <i>Choephoroi</i> |
| title_short | The Duration of Darkness and the Light of Eleusis in the Prologue of <i>Agamemnon</i> and the Third Stasimon of <i>Choephoroi</i> |
| title_sort | duration of darkness and the light of eleusis in the prologue of i agamemnon i and the third stasimon of i choephoroi i |
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