Posts Tagged ‘ pride ’

Four Plays of Aeschylus Part 2

June 19, 2016
Four Plays of Aeschylus Part 2

The Seven Against Thebes (Ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας) depicts the siege of Thebes along with the cruel fate of the two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, who were cursed by their father, the late King Oedipus, for not taking care of their blind father and for their selfishness and thirst for power. From my point of view, […]

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Four Plays of Aeschylus Part 1

June 12, 2016
Four Plays of Aeschylus Part 1

Though I’ve already written a review in Romanian for Prometheus Bound, it would have been strange if I didn’t write something about the entire volume that includes four of Aeschylus’ tragedies: The Suppliant Maidens, The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes and Prometheus Bound. What you need to know about Aeschylus is that he is one […]

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

April 30, 2016
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

I’m almost sure that many of you love C. S. Lewis’ fantasy book series The Chronicles of Narnia, so I wanted to surprise you with my review for the second book: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. I don’t own a copy of the book, but I found an audiobook on YouTube, which came […]

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