Weapons in Aeschylus’ Persians
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Aeschylus’ Persians draws a clear opposition between Persians and Greeks according to the weapon that characterizes them, the bow and the spear respectively. These weapons imply different ways of fighting and, moreover, are associated with opposing connotations and values. Aeschylus uses the mention of weapons in the different contexts, among others, to emphasize the essential values of Greek culture while tacitly pointing to the ignominy of the defeat of the Persians and, above all, of Xerxes.
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