Aeschylus' Persae by https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx en-us 2025-03-05 09:20:48 UTC 2025-03-11 06:07:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Lines 1-30: coskibinski https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3352215952 2025-03-05 09:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3352215952 Lines 30-60: coskibinski https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3352218108 2025-03-05 09:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3352218108 Lines 60-90: coskibinski https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3352218357 2025-03-05 09:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3352218357 Lines 90-120: coskibinski https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3352218882 2025-03-05 09:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3352218882 Lines 120-150: coskibinski https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3352219083 2025-03-05 09:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3352219083 Pride and Anticipation coskibinski https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3352221752 The Persian elders enter with a sense of nationalistic pride, describing the mighty Persian army that has departed for Greece.

]]> 2025-03-05 09:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3352221752 Growing Unease coskibinski https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3352223402 The Chorus begins to express subtle worry about the army's fate. Their emotional state shifts as they contemplate the long absence of news from the expedition.

]]> 2025-03-05 09:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3352223402 https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360232954 Smooth Delusion's flattering smile

Leads but where her trap is set;

There man pays his mortal debt


]]> 2025-03-11 05:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360232954 Foreboding https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360235718 But already the heart within me/is troubled excessively, prophetic of disaster,/anxious about the homecoming of the king

Anxiety gnaws at the Persians' pride.

]]> 2025-03-11 05:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360235718 Sorrow and Fear https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360238313 The chorus reflects on the possible loss of their soldiers and the devastating consequences of war. There is almost a sense that something terrible is about to happen. The chorus's fearful anticipation foreshadows the coming disaster.

]]> 2025-03-11 05:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360238313 Awe and power https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360238819 They press on, commanders of an enormous host, skilled in archery and horsemanship, formidable to look upon and fearful in battle through the valiant resolve of their souls.

]]> 2025-03-11 05:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360238819 Worry https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360239485 Therefore my heart is wrapped in gloom and is racked with fear for the Persian army lest the state learn that the mighty capital of Susa is empty of men.

]]> 2025-03-11 05:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360239485 Patriotic chestbeating https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360240905 The chorus soothes its anxiety by recalling the extent of the Persian empire: 'such is the flower of manhood, such the flower of the/Persian land [...].

]]> 2025-03-11 06:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360240905 Sense of Pride https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360241239 Chorus lists all the greatness there king Xerxes has done. "Is it the drawing of the bow that has triumphed, or is it the might of the sharp spear-head which has prevailed?"

]]> 2025-03-11 06:00:46 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360241239 Anxiety https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360241731 Such are the warriors, the flower of the Persian land, who have departed, and in fierce longing for them the whole land of Asia, their foster-nurse, laments, while parents and wives, as they count the days, shudder at the lengthening delay.

]]> 2025-03-11 06:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360241731 Pride https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360241847 “So rich in gold, the men Xerxes himself, our king, son of Darius, has chosen to supervise his realm”

]]> 2025-03-11 06:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360241847 Awe of the Queen https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360245032 Here is a light like the eyes of the god, the mother of our king, my Queen. I bow low before her.


O Queen, most exalted of Persia's deep-girdled women, venerable mother of Xerxes, wife of Darius, all hail!


]]> 2025-03-11 06:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360245032 ambition https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360246406 the determination from Persians to conquer over the opposition during the war.


  • undertones of ambition and hope in "our forces moved away, some on horseback, some by ship, some on foot - a close-pack prepared for war"

]]> 2025-03-11 06:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360246406 Anxiety https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360248651 The chorus notes how high the stakes are, the whole empire is empty of soldiers and the soldiers wives are weeping with worry for them.


Sprinkling her tender bed

With empty tears in vain , Weeps out her lonely life


The chorus then tries to be brave in the face of uncertainty:


Counsel is our need,

Wisdom, and courage


]]> 2025-03-11 06:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360248651 Uncertainty https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360249713 But what mortal can avoid/being cunningly deceived by a god?

The chorus tempers its pride, aware that fortune and the gods are fickle.

]]> 2025-03-11 06:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360249713 https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360251353 Showboating the resources the Persians have and how confident they are.

]]> 2025-03-11 06:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360251353 Grief/Loneliness https://padlet.com/coskibinski/jhu0rauevgn0g3dx/wish/3360252488 And marriage-beds are filled with tears through longing for husbands; [135] each Persian woman has sent to the field her warlike and fiery consort, and now in grief and longing for her beloved lord, is left forsaken by her mate.

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