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Motif of Io in Aeschylus' Suppliants Robert Duff Murray
Publisher: Princeton University Press

6' 9,o'0'rja' ov5X imoia' &AA' ex. Die Fragmente der Greek Tragedies Translated, Euripides, II, III, 165 f. Commentary on the Suppliant Women of Euripides. Themes of the book are enunciated: it proceeds from. Aeschylus starts his tetralogy boldly, making the Danaids themselves to seek asylum in Argos: they claim descent from Io, who was driven to Egypt The rest of the tetralogy is lost, but enough is known to indicate that marriage is the theme. Aeschylus' handling of important themes/issues. Agamemnon gets what he deserves. The action proceeds at the serious development of the motif in Sophocles' Ajax and Antigone. D.), The motif of Io in Aeschylus' Suppliants,. Stanford: Duff Murray, jr., The motif of Io in Aeschylus' Suppliants. Aeschylus' mastery of dramatic form.