Oct 6, 2008

The Suppliants | The Suppliants

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Author: Euripides
First Published: 423
Type of Work: Play
Type of Plot: Tragedy
Time of Work: Remote antiquity
Setting: Eleusis, not far from Athens
Genres: Drama, Tragedy
Subjects: War, Death or dying, Gods or goddesses, Funeral rites or ceremonies, Greece or Greek people, Joy or sorrow
Locales: Greece, Athens, ancient, Eleusis, ancient

Characters Discussed

Theseus (THEE-see-uhs), the young king of Athens, whose aid Adrastus, the king of Argos, seeks in recovering the bodies of the Argive heroes killed in the unsuccessful expedition of the Seven against Thebes. At first he refuses Adrastus’ request. He admits that the Thebans should not have withheld the bodies, but he considers the expedition rash and ill-omened, and he is reluctant to identify himself with the bad cause of the Argives. The supplications of the mothers of the fallen heroes, an appeal to pity based on pure sorrow, and of Theseus’ mother...

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The Suppliants | The Suppliants

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