Word: aeschylus
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Burton of Dartmouth will give Classical Philology 72, a half-course on the topography of Rome, and 46, an historical study of Livy. Greek 9 will be given as a full course instead of a half-course. Professor Goodwin will give two new courses on Aristotle and Aeschylus during the first half-year, Classical Philology 27 and 66. Another new course will be Greek 17, a study of four plays and their influence on subsequent art and literature, by Mr. Harris. Classical Philology 29, a half-course on Greek religion which was given four years ago, will be given again...
...principal contribution to the November Monthly is a poem, "Prometheus Pyrphoros," by J. T. Stickney '95. The poem is an attempt to imagine what was contained in a lost play by Aeschylus. The versification, however, which is almost entirely of blank form, does not follow the model of the ancients. Instead of ten syllables to a verse there are more often eleven, with now and then a passage in rhyme. The style as a whole is very subtle and obscure. The basis of the poem is the fable of Prometheus: He attempts to bring light and fire to the people...