Notes On Certain Passages Of The Agamemnon Of Aeschylus (1861) - Tapa blanda

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The scene of the play is at Argos in front of the royal palace, on the flat roof of which is stationed a watchman awaiting the fire-signal, that was expected to announce the fall of Troy. In the foreground are altars and images of the Gods. A part of the decoration represents the ciity of A rgos. The action begins with the close of night. The chorus is composed of fifteen aged men from among the leading citizens of A rgos, who, in the absence of A gamemnon, probably constituted the nominal council of the queen. This accounts for his presence at the royal mansion as early as the break of day, in order to attest his vigilance for the common weal and his loyal devotion to the interests of the sovereign; perhaps to learn the pleasure of the queen. His solicitude in behalf of Agamemnon is based on the prediction of Calchas (v. 144) and not upon the infamous intercourse between Clytemnestra and A egiatos, which seems to have been unknown to him until it was divulged by Cassandra. Schneider. V. 1. Stoh(: ikp o Itq) TWINS d TtaXX apju Tr Suta Vyx. r. X. For the iiv of this verse it has been difficult to find a proper correlative. The xai of v. 8, and the 8i of v. 20, have been proposed, but neither of them appear to have sufficient adversative force here. The former is entirely inadmissible as the xad wv (puXX duraco denotes no opposition whatever, but a bare coordination of thought; and like xiroedoy is to. be directly linked to tjv xocfiwfjtevo Qof v. 2. The di of v. These notes were prepared with reference to the text of We Uauer. Bot the numbers prefixed to each note refer to Dindorffi reyision of Porson stext, Mpubli Bhed bj Tenbner.
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