Great Books Ep 66. Aeschylus - Choephoroe, Part 1. Strands of Significance: Thinking of Hair Symbolism

Hair has played a significant role in literature and life in the past and it continues to do so even in modern times.

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“.. this snip of hair could give you wings;

And when you looked upon it you saw me”

~ ‘Choephoroe’ by Aeschylus (G. M. Cookson translation. p72. line 226)

Brief Summary (Lines 1 - 395):

The play opens with Agamemnon’s son, Orestes, at his father’s tomb in Argos along with his friend Pylades. Orestes prays to Hermes, askin…