The Agon in Frogs
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- The Agon in Frogs
- 1 First remarks
- the tragedians throw insults at each other
- petty and childish
- the tragedians throw insults at each other
- 2 Opening Prayers
- the chorus invoke the Muses
- Aes = the Olympians
- Eur = his own gods
- Round 1
- Euripides:
- Aes has overblown writing style
- praises his own clarity and scenarios can engage with
- Aeschylus:
- his characters are noble and role models
- Eur has unsuitable characters with poor behaviour
- chorus say the contest is evenly matched
- Euripides:
- Round 2: Prologues
- Euripides:
- Aes' consist of verbal quibbles about the content
- Aeschylus
- Eur words are poor
- parodies the rhythm and predictability of Eur verse
- lost his little bottle
- Euripides:
- Round 3: lyrics
- Euripides:
- criticises Aes' predictability of refrains
- parodies Aes' style of solo song
- Aeschylus:
- parodies Eur' music and banal content
- unworthy of tragedy
- parodies Eur' music and banal content
- Euripides:
- Round 4: the scales
- Aeschylus proposes they use scales to determine the weight of their words
- Aeschylus
- 1. River Spercheius
- 2. death desires not gifts
- 3. Chariot on Chariot, corpse on corpse
- Aeschylus decisively wins
- Euripides
- 1. if only... winged away
- 2. Persuasion has no temple
- 3. a wooden cudgel. weighted with iron
- Round 5: Questions for Athens
- Pluto wants Dio to get on with it
- 1. What to do with Alcibiades?
- 2. How to keep Athens safe?
- Aeschylus wins
- 1 First remarks
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