“a War God ringed with the cries of men, a savage God who burns us;
grant that he turn in racing course backwards out of our country’s bounds
to the great palace of Amphitrite19 or where the waves of the Thracian sea
215 deny the stranger safe anchorage.
Whatsoever escapes the night at last the light of day revisits;
so smite the War God, Father Zeus,
beneath your thunderbolt,
220 for you are the Lord of the lightning, the lightning that carries fire.”
Lines 215-220
I chose this passage because the chorus is showing and explaining to me about a God and its emotions. It is basically saying that Lightning is the traditional symbol of sudden enlightenment and the destruction of ignorance, and the fire basically represents God’s presence when Moses met God in the burning bush and later when God appeared in a pillar of fire and led the people into the wilderness.
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Viridiana, I appreciate your choice of passage. I do not understand your analysis though. I’m unclear as to why you are discussing Moses and the Bible in this examination of Greek tragedy. Additionally, this definition of the meaning of lightning appears on several online websites.