La figura di Cassandra sulla scena tragica di V secolo: le testimonianze dell’Agamennone e delle Troiane
Keywords:
Cassandra, Greek tragedy, prediction, manipulation, persuasion
Abstract
In both Aeschylus’ Agamemnon and Euripides’ Trojan Women, Cassandra plays the role of tragic heroine, subjected to Apollo’s manipulation, aware of the past and the present of the house of Atreus and able to predict the future; but on stage the people she speaks with do not seem to understand her predictions and are not persuaded by her words. The aim of the paper is to focus on the main features of the tragic character of Cassandra in Aeschylus and Euripides and to investigate the levels of manipulation and communication.
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Pillinger, Emily J. (2019), Cassandra and the Poetics of Prophecy in Greek and Latin Literature, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Schein, Seth L. (1982), ‘The Cassandra Scene in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon’, Greece & Rome 29 (1), 11-16.
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Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Ulrich von (1901), Griechische Tragoedien übersetzt. Orestie, Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung.
Published
2020-12-31
How to Cite
Melidone, C. (2020). La figura di Cassandra sulla scena tragica di V secolo: le testimonianze dell’Agamennone e delle Troiane. Rhesis. International Journal of Linguistics, Philology and Literature, 11(1), 65-74. https://doi.org/10.13125/rhesis/5625
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