ABSTRACT
This volume brings together a group of interdisciplinary experts who demonstrate that Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes is a text of continuing relevance and value for exploring ancient, contemporary and comparative issues of war and its attendant trauma. The volume features contributions from an international cast of experts, as well as a conversation with a retired U.S. Army Lt. Col., giving her perspectives on the blending of reality and fiction in Aeschylus’ war tragedies and on the potential of Greek tragedy to speak to contemporary veterans. This book is a fascinating resource for anyone interested in Aeschylus, Greek tragedy and its reception, and war literature.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|61 pages
Modern perspectives
chapter 3|19 pages
Aeschylus, gangland Naples, and the Siege of Sarajevo
chapter 4|21 pages
Thebes as high-collateral-damage target
part II|102 pages
Ancient perspectives
chapter 8|23 pages
Fathers and sons in war
part III|29 pages
The destruction of Thebes, ancient and modern