Approaching tragic structure to judicial procedureAeschylus's "Persians"
- Milagros Quijada Sagredo (ed. lit.)
- M. Carmen Encinas Reguero (ed. lit.)
Editorial: Levante Editori
ISBN: 978-88-7949-684-1
Año de publicación: 2017
Páginas: 77-101
Tipo: Capítulo de Libro
Resumen
This study analyses certain intersections between tragic structure and the judicial procedure in Athens, which can already be seen in the earliest extant tragedy, Aeschylus's "Persians": the succession of evidence which attempt to establish whether an event - the defeat of the Persian army led by Xerxes - took place or not, and the way in which this evidence is presented, in a combination of long speeches and dialogues with questions and answers. In "Persians", we can already observe certain established conventions which will be maintained in later tragedies, such as the presence of the messenger as an eyewitness of the events which he narrates, and a second actor who expands on what happens on stage and whose main function is to answer different questions.