The early stages of the Argonaut expedition perhaps even its very beginning The Argo was constructed by the shipwright Argus with the help of Athena In her prow a piece of timber from the sacred forest of Dodona spoke prophecies In the end Argo was consecrated to Poseidon then translated to the sky into the…
Aeschylus
Aeschylus’ The Bacchae (A.9)
The one surviving fragment suits any play concerning the punishment of an enemy of Dionysus. The Fragment… Evil, you see, comes swiftly upon mortals: the offence comes home to him who breaks the bounds of right. A site specific theatre production of Aeschylus’ The Bacchae
Athamas & Ino
Inspiration for a site specific performance involving Athamas & Ino.
Aeschylus’ Glaucus of Potniae (A.1) at Golden Gate Fields
The Play… Glaucus reared his horse on human flesh so as to make her fiercer she ultimately turns on Glaucus as he violates the order of nature Location… Golden Gate Fields was originally Rancho San Antonio owned by José Domingo Peralta Peralta sold it in July 1852 to John Fleming who used it as a…
Aeschylus’ Athamas (A.7)
Athamas and Ino were driven mad by Hera for having agreed to care for the child Dionysus (whose mother Semele was Ino’s sister) Athamas shot Learchus with an arrow under the delusion that he was a deer Ino threw Melicertes into a boiling cauldron then leaped into the sea taking the cauldron with her The…