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La figura di Cassandra sulla scena tragica di V secolo: le testimonianze dell’Agamennone e delle Troiane

C. Melidone

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Tragedia grecapersuasionmanipulationmanipolazionepersuasionepredizioneGreek tragedypredictionCassandraSettore L-FIL-LET/02 - Lingua E Letteratura Greca

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In both Aeschylus’ Agamemnon and Euripides’ Trojan Women, Cassandra plays the role of tragic heroine, subjected to Apollo’s manipulation, aware of the past and the present of the house of Atreus and able to predict the future; but on stage the people she speaks with do not seem to understand her predictions and are not persuaded by her words. The aim of the paper is to focus on the main features of the tragic character of Cassandra in Aeschylus and Euripides and to investigate the levels of manipulation and communication.

https://dx.doi.org/10.13125/rhesis/5625