Aspazio: Tragedio en Kvin Aktoj

The piece opens in the dimly lit home of Pericles, where the poet‑philosopher Sophocles and the sharp‑tongued Protagoras meet. Their exchange crackles with vivid, almost visual language as they argue over the nature of ego, honor, and the looming clash between Spartans and Athenians. The dialogue is rendered in a lyrical Esperanto, giving the ancient conflict a fresh, almost musical quality.

As the conversation unfolds, listeners hear the characters wrestle with questions of power, morality, and the role of tragedy itself as a tool for judgment. The play’s language swings between the grandiose and the grotesque, painting scenes of battling families, serpents coiling around hearts, and the bitter taste of ambition. By the end of the first act, a palpable tension builds, hinting at a larger confrontation that will test the ideals each speaker defends, while the audience is drawn into the storm of philosophical provocation.