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
Aeschylus
Athamas and Ino
Inspiration for a site responsive theatre performance involving Athamas and Ino.
Aeschylus Glaucus of Potniae at Golden Gate Fields
At 1:15 p.m. on June 6th, 2015 we performed a site responsive theater piece with the fragments that remain from the lost Aeschylus tragedy, Glaucus of Potniae, at the Golden Gates Fields horse racing track. The Play… Glaucus reared his horse on human flesh so as to make her fiercer she ultimately turns on Glaucus…
Aeschylus Athamas
The Story… 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…