Heroic Death in the Tragedies of Aeschylus
The article on the basis of the works of Greek authors traces the transformation and reassessment by the Greeks the character of the ideal hero, an important component of which was the heroic death. The old ideal of personal virtue, glorified by Homer, gave place to a new polis ethics in the classical era. In the tragedies of Aeschylus we find the character of the ideal citizen, implementing a moral code, according to which the service of the individual to the collective is proclaimed the main goal and the highest purpose of human life. A true hero, in the understanding of the playwright, could only be a person who sacrifices everything, including his own life, in favor of his homeland and countrymen.