The third of Aeschylus’ Oresteia trilogy*, Eumenides is a magnificently poetic drama–and a very political one, too. It is easily my favorite of all of Aeschylus’s works.** The play describes the salvation of Orestes in Athens, and the means of that salvation: a working together of gods and men at Law. Secondarily, the play also [...]
The second play of Aeschylus’s Oresteia trilogy is much shorter than the first, and my comments shall be very brief. The action of the second play begins with the recounted nightmare of Clytemnestra, which portends her death at the hands of her son Orestes. Orestes himself hears of this dream from a palace servant, an [...]
I am in a great hurry: in the next days, I am hoping to read all those plays which I have not read before of the three great classical Tragedians, plus many plays of Shakespeare. I keep detailed notes in the margins of the paperback copies I read, but it is my intention to write [...]
This week, as I was in the process of sending out academic reference letter requests to my former professors, I noticed that one of my two favourite professors from my University of Toronto days, Dr. Brian Peckham, has passed away. This is very sad news. Dr. Peckham was one of the kindest professors I ever [...]
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