Resumen de ARGUMENTS FROM SILENCE: TEXT AND STAGE IN AISCHYLOS¿ SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
Citing insufficient evidence, recent scholarship denies that the Theban champions were on-stage during the Shield Scene. This argument overlooks situations in which the text is ¿silent¿ about certain characters. Retinue often enter unmentioned; and Eteokles stresses reticence in order to prevent dysphemia, to contrast his champions with Argives, and to justify the silence which the two-actor rule imposes on them. The deictics that refer to the champions perform the ¿naming¿ function typical of entry-announcements, and two perfect tense verbs can be reconciled with the present and future verbs only if the champions are on-stage. With this staging, the scene becomes dramatically dynamic.
