| Title | History, Collective Memory, and Aeschylus' Persians |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2003 |
| Authors | Attilio Favorini |
| Journal | Theatre Journal |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pagination | 99-111 |
| ISSN | 1086-332X |
| Abstract | Abstract Aeschylus' The Persians (472 BCE) affords an example of the interplay of history and memory, as these concepts have been articulated by twentieth-century historiographers such as Patrick Hutton and Pierre Nora. The play's diction links it to the oral memorialist tradition of epic exultation, while the spectacle of its defeated Persians offers a historical lesson to Athens and suggests empathy with all who mourn for loss in war. Twentieth-century productions of the play have tended to dissovle its carefully crafted ambiguity. |
| URL | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theatre_journal/v055/55.1favorini.html |
| DOI | 10.1353/tj.2003.0019 |