tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post8769284553082937991..comments2023-04-18T00:44:59.351+10:00Comments on A dead man fell from the sky...: AristophanesGary Corbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-838786374439115412009-03-09T13:00:00.000+11:002009-03-09T13:00:00.000+11:00Good ideas!Euripides and Aeschylus are definitely ...Good ideas!<BR/><BR/>Euripides and Aeschylus are definitely great too, and I particularly love the language of Euripides.<BR/><BR/>Anyone who's interested in this stuff certainly should read them.<BR/><BR/>BUT! I think they're both more difficult to follow than Aristophanes if you're a modern human not steeped in Greek history. <BR/><BR/>Also Euripides had this annoying habit of producing a brilliant story, and then closing it quickly with a deus ex machina. Modern readers just don't expect that sort of thing. <BR/><BR/>I was very lucky many years ago to see Euripides' Ion performed by the Royal Shakespearean Company when they were still at the Barbican in London. (It was a disaster when the RSC left the Barbican, but that's another issue...). The play was chugging along nicely, things were coming to a head, and then...the Goddess Athena rocks up and fixes everything in one speech. I could feel the audience slump about me. The Greeks didn't seem to mind, but he'd never get away with it these days.Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-77621924568007516722009-03-07T00:40:00.000+11:002009-03-07T00:40:00.000+11:00I'd agree with you that Aristophanes is a good cho...I'd agree with you that Aristophanes is a good choice. Euripedes and Aeschylus also produced some good plays, most of which are quick, easy reads.<BR/><BR/>Great excerpt!D.A. Riserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03312649755644000259noreply@blogger.com