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Episode 62: Aeschylus

Episode 62: Aeschylus

Nathan Gilmour moderates a discussion with Michial Farmer and David Grubbs about the Greek tragedy Prometheus Bound, traditinally attributed to Aeschylus. Prometheus is a character whose career makes sense in the context of Greek henotheism, becomes unintelligible at the height of Christian literary sensibility, and makes a comeback in some interesting ways as modernity overtakes classical Christianity as the dominant intellectual context in literature. Among the texts, writers, and ideas we discuss are Aeschylus, Boethius, Dante, Milton, Shelley, the New Atheism, and Dostoevsky.

The Christian Humanist Podcast · Michial Farmer

October 25, 20111h 15m

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Nathan Gilmour moderates a discussion with Michial Farmer and David Grubbs about the Greek tragedy Prometheus Bound, traditinally attributed to Aeschylus. Prometheus is a character whose career makes sense in the context of Greek henotheism, becomes unintelligible at the height of Christian literary sensibility, and makes a comeback in some interesting ways as modernity overtakes classical Christianity as the dominant intellectual context in literature. Among the texts, writers, and ideas we discuss are Aeschylus, Boethius, Dante, Milton, Shelley, the New Atheism, and Dostoevsky.
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