person
Áron (Aaron)
Áron
also: Aaron, Áron
Aaron (Hungarian: Áron), Moses's elder brother and the first High Priest of Israel; in the drama he is the pragmatic community leader who holds the Israelites together during Moses's absences, compelled to cast the golden bull in Act Three, and who resigns his high-priesthood and dies peacefully in Act Five.
Reading notes
- Moses §1 Áron
Aaron (Hungarian: Áron), Moses's elder brother and later the first High Priest of Israel; here he is the pragmatic community leader who holds the Israelites together during Moses's absences, often at great personal cost.