In Praise of Prometheus: Humanism and Rationalism in Aeschylean Thought - Softcover

Golden, Leon

 
9780807873724: In Praise of Prometheus: Humanism and Rationalism in Aeschylean Thought
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0807873721 ISBN 13: 9780807873724
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2012

Synopsis

This book analyzes in detail the argument that Aeschylus was a great poet whose views on religious and political thought were naïve and primitive. The author cites relevant evidence to discount this theory and identifies Aeschylus as a rationalist and a humanist.

Originally published in 1966.

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Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807873721
ISBN 13 
9780807873724
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
150

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