Βελλεροφόντης ("Bellerophon") A lyrical theatre drama in Modern Greek verse

Free e-book, available at: • Google Books, by ISBN search: 9781456632991 • Apple books, by ISBN search: 9781456632991 without an ISBN (distributed by me): • My Academia Profile, in PDF format. A lyrical, mythical drama for theatre, based on the ancient myth of Bellerophon, written in modern greek verse. It is an adaptation of the theatrical work "Bellerophon" by N. J. Spyropoulos (I.M. Skazikis publications, Athens, 1952), parts of which are included in the new drama. According to Homer, Bellerophon was born in Corinthian "Ephyra', on the shores of the Argolic Gulf, two generations before the Trojan War. Due to his legendary achievements, the ancient Corinthian tradition considered him to be the son of the god of the seas, Poseidon, and related him to his other son, Chrysaor —who was born out of the neck of the Gorgon Medusa, along with Pegasus, at the moment when Perseus beheaded her. Among humans, he is considered to be the son of Glaucus —the king of Ephyra, and son of the mythical Sisyphus— and Eurynome (or Eurymede) —the daughter of the king of Megara, Nisus. He was named after the murder of the tyrant of Corinth, "Belleros", which happened purely by chance. After this incident, he fled to the neighboring Tiryns, to the court of King Proetus, in order to seek protection and be purified from the murder. His rare beauty, his education, and his might did not leave Anteia (or "Stheneboea"), the wife of Proetus, indifferent, and she devised a plan to seduce him. True to his principles, and is order to avoid betraying the trust of Proetus, Bellerophon rejected her love. Blinded by passion for revenge, Anteia falsely accused him to Proetus, claiming that he tried to seduce and violate her. Despite his anger, Proetus —respecting the sacred laws of hospitality and unable to kill the one he had purified from murder— decided to exile Bellerophon to Lycia, in Asia Minor, to the king and his father-in-law, Amphianax (or Iobates). However, he made sure to give Bellerophon, along with the gifts accompanying him, a folded wooden tablet on which was written that the envoy must be killed, explaining the reasons why. Arriving in Lycia, Bellerophon enjoyed, for nine days, all the honors and respect befitting an official guest. On the tenth day, when Amphianax read the tablet, he found himself in a very difficult position because, like Proetus, he could not violate the sacred laws of hospitality and kill his guest. The solution he thought of was simple. Sure that he was s

Year

2019

Language

Greek

Publisher

eBookit.com

Editions

1

ISBN

9781456632991

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