tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194526857251000200.post1688088717284432979..comments2023-10-25T02:17:17.472-07:00Comments on Logos (est. 1995): Justice and War - Unpublished Selections Explained, Med. VII.51Russell McNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12350059314823230146noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9194526857251000200.post-47324112495110156162009-12-30T05:22:03.256-08:002009-12-30T05:22:03.256-08:00The suppliants in this play by Euripides are seven...The suppliants in this play by Euripides are seven women and their king (Adrastus, King of Argos) who have come to Athens and its leader, Theseus, to ask for aid in their quest. The women's seven sons had been killed in battle against Thebes in the attempt by Polyneices to regain his inheritance from his brother Eteocles (both sons of Oedipus). Argos lost the battle and both of the sons of Oedipus were killed. The new ruler of Thebes, Creon (the brothers' uncle), refused the mothers the right to recover their sons' bodies for burial. Theseus, at first, refuses to help them since it was Adrastus's folly to get involved in that war; however, Theseus is persuaded by his own mother. This is another of Euripides's "irony" plays in which he points out the folly of war, particularly wars whose origins are long in the past (such as the war Athens was currently involved with Sparta). I am a college sophomore with a dual major in Physics and Mathematics @ University of California, Santa Barbara. By the way, i came across these excellent <a href="http://www.funnelbrain.com/" rel="nofollow">flash cards</a>. Its also a great initiative by the FunnelBrain team. Amazing!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com