Aeschylus' Persians Revision by Roshan https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3 ClassCiv Theme Notes en-us 2022-06-02 17:05:41 UTC 2023-06-05 14:54:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1526422834/91a66651ca8de7a43ea42efa344f3c58/ancient_greek_ship_icon_flat_trireme_boat_vector.jpeg "Our bows and arrows were no help" - Messenger RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209235280 style of fighting overwhelmed by the Greeks]]> 2022-06-02 17:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209235280 (Greeks) "moved with a single pulse... their right wing, in precise order" - Messenger RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209237824 Greeks had a superior fighting style, united unlike the panic and disorder of the Persians]]> 2022-06-02 17:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209237824 "cut and carved their limbs like butchers" - Messenger RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209239460 animalistic portrayal of the Greeks vs Persians, presenting the the Persians as slaughtered animals to emphasise Greek superiority]]> 2022-06-02 17:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209239460 "fled in swift disorder" - Messenger RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209240406 Persians portrayed as lacking discipline and being cowardly as they retreat, in contrast to the orderly and courageous Greeks]]> 2022-06-02 17:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209240406 "Xerxes the rash learnt folly in fool's company" - Atossa RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209242612 Xerxes is called rash by his own mother, who also calls the rest of the Persian army 'fools']]> 2022-06-02 17:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209242612 "Xerxes has won for us not vengeance by a world of suffering" - Atossa RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209243823 Atossa places the blame for all the deaths on Xerxes, emphasising he is not a good leader and using the irony of Xerxes' dream of world domination]]> 2022-06-02 17:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209243823 "Who led them forth but Xerxes? Who sealed their deaths, but Xerxes? Whose error sent our all to sail in ships and lost it all, but Xerxes?" - Chorus RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209245922 Tricolon emphasises the extent of Xerxes' defeat, as does the hyperbole of 'all'. Tricolon of rhetorical question enforces doubt in Xerxes and the anaphora if 'but Xerxes' reminds the audience that Xerxes is to blame constantly]]> 2022-06-02 17:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209245922 "Thus the Great King in one impetuous bound, launches this myriad flock" - Chorus RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209248205 Decision to invade Greece is framed as naive and impulsive, with his youth and inexperience emphasised by 'impetuous', and the thoughtlessness expressed by the lack of detail or reasoning.]]> 2022-06-02 17:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209248205 "Some god, I fear whose power robbed Xerxes of his wits" - Darius RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209249623 Xerxes actions seem so incredibly idiotic that the only way Darius believes it could have happened is if a divine power stole his intelligence.]]> 2022-06-02 17:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209249623 "Xerxes, whose rashness emptied Asia of its men" - Atossa RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209250510 Hyperbole of killing all of Asia's men emphasises the awful consequences of Xerxes' rashness]]> 2022-06-02 17:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209250510 "The flower of Persian chivalry and gentle blood" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209251366 2022-06-02 17:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209251366 "It is the gods who keep Athene's city safe" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209253238 Directly relates the Persian defeat to the wrath of the Gods, meaning it was inevitable, and portrays the Greeks as on the holy side of the war]]> 2022-06-02 17:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209253238 "You cannot win, the land itself fights on its side" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209255913 Again portrays the Greeks as the divinely just side, as nature itself fights for the the Greeks and against the Persians]]> 2022-06-02 17:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209255913 "What partial hands the gods weighed against us" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209257120 Gods against the Persians, Greek-centric bias]]> 2022-06-02 17:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209257120 "Echo with frenzied groans/of women for their dead/beating of breast and hand" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209259822 Imagery of self-flagellation creates pathos as you cannot help but feel sympathetic. 'Echo' suggests the scale of the loss and the grief, evoking more pathos]]> 2022-06-02 17:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209259822 "his handsome face met an unhandsome end" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209260663 'handsome' emphasises the tragic nature of the death]]> 2022-06-02 17:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209260663 "rich and golden house ... gold-clad armament" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209262575 Persian royalty in consistently described decked-out in gold, a status symbol, which echos the stereotype of the Persians as wealth obsessed and contrasts with the silver of Athens]]> 2022-06-02 17:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209262575 "gold-furnished chamber" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209264226 Even Atossa has a gold covered room, emphasising the excess luxury of the Persians and contrasting the moderation of the Greeks]]> 2022-06-02 17:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209264226 "here, wealth suffices" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209265459 Atossa states that the wanting and strength of people doesn't matter because they are wealthy]]> 2022-06-02 17:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209265459 "Have they a good store of wealth at home?" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209266913 Atossa's fourth question is to ask how wealthy Athens as the Persians believe that wealth is necessary for a strong empire, conveying how much they value their gold and other wealth as power]]> 2022-06-02 17:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209266913 "The saffron shoe, the royal diadem" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209268320 When Darius returns, the chorus rushes to dress him in jewellery and luxurious clothing.]]> 2022-06-02 17:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209268320 "The Great King" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209270158 The honorific of 'Great King' portrays the hierarchal nature of Persian society and the reverence they place on the monarchical position.]]> 2022-06-02 17:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209270158 "Fall prostrate Persians, at her feet" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209273820 The proskynesis of the Persians conveys the veneration that the people bestowed not just on the King but the royal family.]]> 2022-06-02 17:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209273820 "Darius' wife and Xerxes' mother, hail! Mother of god thou art." RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209275113 Atossa gets saluted and hailed simply due to her relationship with the kings.]]> 2022-06-02 17:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209275113 "What has a house more precious than its living lord?" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209276158 This shows the importance they place on bloodlines and hierarchy as they value this lineage over even wealth.]]> 2022-06-02 17:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209276158 "Your word, great queen, is our command" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209276765 They are completely subservient to the royal family.]]> 2022-06-02 17:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209276765 (Greeks) "They are not called servants to any man." RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209278275 Atossa expresses disbelief that a people without a despot or tyrant could resist invasion, conveying the supposed importance placed on the monarchy by the Persians.]]> 2022-06-02 17:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209278275 "Now as we dread your majesty" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209279464 Persians live in fear of their king, presenting the consequences of Xerxes' tyranny.]]> 2022-06-02 17:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209279464 "The flower of Asian youth left home" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209333028 Description of the young male soldiers as flowers effeminates them and presents them as frivolous and fragile]]> 2022-06-02 18:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209333028 "The flower of manhood, the pride of Persian valour" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209334103 Again the prized soldiers are described as flower, with the contrast of manhood and flower emphasising the strangeness of the Persians]]> 2022-06-02 18:52:11 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209334103 "Winner or loser, while he lives he is Persia's king" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209335308 This stresses the power of the royal line and the hierarchy as his status as a leader does not depend on his actions, and even if he fails, he cannot be ousted as king. tyrant.]]> 2022-06-02 18:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209335308 "The flower of all your youth is fallen" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209336664 Metaphor as the the young Persian soldiers are described as flowers, both make them effeminate and also evoking pathos through the comparison to a flower]]> 2022-06-02 18:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209336664 "Yoking the sea's neck" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209364186 Xerxes displays his hubris my attempting to enslave a force of nature.]]> 2022-06-02 19:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209364186 "Himself the peer of gods" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209365046 Xerxes is deified as he and the Persians believe him to be an equal to the gods.]]> 2022-06-02 19:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209365046 "What mortal man can elude immortal guile?" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209365442 Xerxes hubris plays him off against the gods.]]> 2022-06-02 19:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209365442 "Bind the Hellespont with fetters like a slave ... he in his mortal folly thought to overpower immortal gods." RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209366926 Xerxes hubris reaches its peak when he tries to enslave a river and seeks to overcome Poseidon, a god.]]> 2022-06-02 19:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209366926 "That man is mortal and must learn to curb his pride." RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209367656 Even Darius believes that Xerxes is too prideful and is not a god, and should not deify himself.]]> 2022-06-02 19:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209367656 "Seamen in ships by thousands" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209367966 hehe]]> 2022-06-02 19:33:25 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209367966 "The numberless marsh-dwellers" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209369018 2022-06-02 19:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209369018 "From every realm of Asia, the East in arms pours forward, a million sabres hear." RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209369755 2022-06-02 19:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209369755 "See his thousand oars advance! See ten thousand arrows fly!" RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209370273 2022-06-02 19:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209370273 "Like a vast flood leap and roar." RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209370501 2022-06-02 19:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209370501 "Gone lime a swarm of bees." RoshanFrost https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209370736 2022-06-02 19:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/RoshanFrost/y68tgx7n57w655m3/wish/2209370736