Maternal Dreams and Influence in Aeschylus's Persians and Libation Bearers.
The article analyzes Aeschylus's Persians and Libation Bearers, focusing on the mother-son relationship as a distinctly Greek anxiety. It explores how maternal influence, particularly through dreams, shapes the characters' actions and relationships. The text highlights the tension between maternal c...
| Published in: | Illinois Classical Studies Vol. 49; no. 1/2; pp. 1 - 24 |
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Spring-Fall2024
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