Voegelin did not publish an extended volume on Greek tragedy. In his writings, there is a brief account of tragedy in The New Science of Politics, and a more extensive chapter on the subject in The World of the Polis.1 [1] In each case, the bulk of Voegelin�s analysis is concerned with Aeschylus, but in neither case is his analysis comprehensive. His comments in New Science amount to a few page...

the council of areopagus as a judicial establishment monitored the proper implementation of rule of law in the polis (city-state) of athens. while, the main responsibility and duty of areopagus was to adjudicate the cases of the most serious crimes, it intervened in the political affairs as well. eventually, after long-lasting political conflicts between athenian oligarchy and democracy, this e...

My purpose in this paper is to analize the trilogy Lycurgeia of Aeschylus order provide an insight into characterization Dionysus tragic genre. The extant fragments describe his androgynous appearance and effects arrival Thracia. Other sources on same myth will be included; particularly I focus Euripides’ Bacchae, because its links with Pentheus.

The examination of the second stasimon Aeschylus’ Eumenides , with attention to phenomenon epiploke and rhythmic variation in each four antistrophic pairs, allows us formulate interesting reflections on expressive value metric-rhythmic variations lyrical intonation.