Vita Aeschyli 9: Miscarriages in the Theatre of Dionysos

Classical Quarterly 38 (2):554-555 (1988)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Anonymous, Vita Aeschyli 9 preserves the following startling report concerning Aeschylus:Some say that at the performance of the Eumenides, by bringing on the chorus one by one, as he did, he terrified the audience so that children swooned and fetuses were aborted.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 93,612

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

A Reply to William M. Calder III.Rick M. Newton - 1981 - Classical World: A Quarterly Journal on Antiquity 75 (2):117.
Werner Jaeger Reconsidered by William M. Calder III. [REVIEW]Lawrence Tritle - 1996 - Classical World: A Quarterly Journal on Antiquity 89:237-238.
The Cambridge Ritualists Reconsidered by William M. Calder, III. [REVIEW]W. Lubenow - 1992 - Classical World: A Quarterly Journal on Antiquity 85:738-738.
The Wife and Children of Romulus.T. P. Wiseman - 1983 - Classical Quarterly 33 (02):445-.
The Wife and Children of Romulus.T. P. Wiseman - 1983 - Classical Quarterly 33 (2):445-452.
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 1271–4.Adam Parry - 1960 - Classical Quarterly 10 (3-4):268-270.
The Performance of Bacchylides ODE 5.D. A. Schmidt - 1987 - Classical Quarterly 37 (01):20-.
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 1271–4.Adam Parry - 1960 - Classical Quarterly 10 (3-4):268-.

Analytics

Added to PP
2022-11-11

Downloads
2 (#1,820,763)

6 months
2 (#1,445,320)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references