Word: dioscuroi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...religious motifs that Aeschylus so deeply felt, ergo he was an atheist rebelling against the pious establishment. The Loeb production seems to follow this interpretation or, shall I say, to adopt it suddenly and without warning near the end of the play when the speech of the Dioscuroi and one reference to prayer are played for laughs. They probably should be, to a certain extent, but the extent bothers me, and I doubt they meant to provoke as much mirth as they...
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