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| Prometheus Bound and Other Plays: Prometheus Bound, the Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, the Persians (Classics) by Aeschylus Aeschylus (525–456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. In Prometheus Bound the defiant Titan Prometheus is brutally punished by Zeus for daring to improve the state of wretchedness and servitude in which mankind is kept. The Suppliants tells the story of the... Today's Bargain Price: $9.99 Categories: All Religion & Spirituality | | |
| The Seven Against Thebes (Dover Thrift Editions) by Aeschylus Third play of a trilogy (the other two are lost) about the doomed family of Laius and Oedipus and his sons. After the city of Thebes has banished Oedipus, the former ruler's sons vie for the crown. The victor, Eteocles, expels his brother, Polyneices, who then recruits 7 champions to lead an assault on Thebes, with a tragic results. Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| THE ORESTEIA TRILOGY: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers & The Eumenides by Aeschylus The Oresteia, consists of the three tragedies Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides. This trilogy of plays, written a number of years B.C.E., dramatizes one of the earliest, most culturally significant myths of Ancient Greek civilization—how a series of revenge/power-motivated murders in the family of King Agamemnon of... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Categories: All Politics, History and Current Events | | |
| Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus "Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes" by Aeschylus (translated by Theodore Alois Buckley). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The House of Atreus; Being the Agamemnon, the Libation bearers, and the Furies by Aeschylus "The House of Atreus; Being the Agamemnon, the Libation bearers, and the Furies" by Aeschylus (translated by E. D. A. Morshead). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Oresteia Trilogy (Unabridged English Translation) (Penguin Books With Reading Guides) by Aeschylus This carefully crafted ebook: "The Oresteia Trilogy (Unabridged English Translation)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The trilogy known as The Oresteia, consists of the three tragedies Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides. This trilogy of plays, written a number of years... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Persians by Aeschylus “The Persians” (Gr: “Persai”; Lat: “Persae”) is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. First produced in 472 BCE, it is considered the oldest surviving play in the history of theatre, and also the only extant Greek tragedy that is based on contemporary events. It recounts the Persian response to news of their military... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Categories: All Teen Lit | | |
| The Oresteia of Aeschylus (Illustrated) by Aeschylus The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. When originally performed it was accompanied by Proteus, a satyr play that would have been performed following the trilogy; it has not survived. The term "Oresteia" originally probably referred to all four plays... Today's Bargain Price: $2.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: our knowledge of the genre begins with his work and our understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving... Today's Bargain Price: $1.99 Categories: All Fantasy; All Politics, History and Current Events | | |
| The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides by Aeschylus One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time.The three plays of the Oresteia portray the bloody events that follow the victorious return of King Agamemnon from the Trojan War, at the start of which he had sacrificed his... Today's Bargain Price: $10.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| Persians (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) by Aeschylus The Persians, Aeschylus' earliest surviving tragedy, holds a fascination both for readers of Greek drama and Greek history. Not only is it the earliest existing play in the Western tradition, it is drawn directly from the playwright's own experiences at the battle of Salamis, making it the only account of the Persian Wars composed by an... Today's Bargain Price: $9.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Persians by Aeschylus The Persians is an Athenian tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. First produced in 472 BC it is the oldest surviving play in the history of theatre. It dramatises the Persian response to news of their military defeat at the Battle of Salamis (480 BC), which was a decisive episode in the Greco–Persian Wars; as such, the play... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Categories: Action and Adventure; All Historical Fiction | | |
| The Electra Plays (Hackett Classics) by Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, Paul Woodruff, Peter Meineck, Cecelia Eaton Luschnig, Justina Gregory Translated, with Notes, by Peter Meineck, Cecelia Eaton Luschnig, & Paul Woodruff Introduction by Justina Gregory."Today good reading and effective performance of ancient drama require a constellation of talents to succeed, and in the four brought together for The Electra Plays we are getting some of the best. Justina Gregory provides... Today's Bargain Price: $9.20 Categories: All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers | | |
| The Complete Aeschylus: Volume I: The Oresteia (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) by Aeschylus Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the... Today's Bargain Price: $7.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| Prometheus Bound and Other Plays by Aeschylus Often recognized as the father of tragedy, this collection of plays by the ancient Greek soldier and playwright Aeschylus is a testament to his skill and enduring legacy in the history of theatre. In "Suppliant Maidens," the fifty daughters of Danaus flee from marriages to the fifty sons of their uncle, showing an obedience to their... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| Prometheus Bound (Hackett Classics) by Aeschylus This is an outstandingly useful edition of Prometheus Bound. The translation is both faithful and graceful, and the introduction to this difficult play is a model of clarity, intelligence, and a profound familiarity with the workings of Greek myth, Greek literature, and literature in general. --Rachel Hadas, Department of English... Today's Bargain Price: $7.99 Categories: All Fantasy | | |
| The Oresteian Trilogy: Agamemnon; The Choephori; The Eumenides by Aeschylus Aeschylus (525-c.456 bc) set his great trilogy in the immediate aftermath of the Fall of Troy, when King Agamemnon returns to Argos, a victor in war. Agamemnon depicts the hero's discovery that his family has been destroyed by his wife's infidelity and ends with his death at her callous hand. Clytemnestra's crime is repaid in The... Today's Bargain Price: $9.99 Categories: All Religion & Spirituality | | |
| The Oresteia (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) by Aeschylus Aeschylus' Oresteia, the only ancient tragic trilogy to survive, is one of the great foundational texts of Western culture. It begins with Agamemnon, which describes Agamemnon's return from the Trojan War and his murder at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra, continues with her murder by their son Orestes in Libation Bearers, and... Today's Bargain Price: $9.29 Categories: All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers | | |
| Aeschylus II: The Oresteia (The Complete Greek Tragedies) by Aeschylus Aeschylus II contains “The Oresteia,” translated by Richmond Lattimore, and fragments of “Proteus,” translated by Mark Griffith. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers. They succeeded.... Today's Bargain Price: $11.40 Categories: Unknown | | |
| Oresteia (Hackett Classics) by Aeschylus Meineck's translation is faithful and supple; the language employed is modern without betraying the grandeur and complexity--particularly the images--of the Aeschylean text. After reading this translation, one has but one further wish: to see it and hear it at Delphi, Epidaurus or Syracuse. --Herman Van Looy, L'Antiquite Classique Today's Bargain Price: $9.16 Categories: All Politics, History and Current Events | | |
| The Oresteia Trilogy: Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers and The Furies (Dover Thrift Editions) by Aeschylus Perhaps the greatest of the Greek tragedians, Aeschylus wrote 90 plays, but only seven have survived complete. Among them is this classic trilogy dealing with the bloody history of the House of Atreus.In Agamemnon, the warrior who defeated Troy returns to Argos and is murdered by his wife Clytemnestra for sacrificing their daughter... Today's Bargain Price: $2.11 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Persians and Other Plays: The Persians / Prometheus Bound / Seven Against Thebes / The Suppliants (Penguin Classics) by Aeschylus Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. The Persians, the only Greek tragedy to deal with events from recent Athenian history, depicts the final defeat of Persia in the battle of Salamis, through the eyes of the Persian court of King Xerxes... Today's Bargain Price: $9.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound (The Complete Greek... by Aeschylus Aeschylus I contains “The Persians,” translated by Seth Benardete; “The Seven Against Thebes,” translated by David Grene; “The Suppliant Maidens,” translated by Seth Benardete; and “Prometheus Bound,” translated by David Grene. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek... Today's Bargain Price: $9.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Choephori (The Oresteia Book 2) by Aeschylus The Oresteia, the only work complete (save a few missing lines in several spots), trilogy of Greek plays by any playwright still extant is the Oresteia (458 BC); although the satyr play that originally followed it, Proteus, is lost except for some fragments. The trilogy consists of Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers (Choephoroi), and The... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Persians by Aeschylus The PersiansBy Aeschylus Translated by Robert PotterThe mighty Xerxes from Darius sprung, The stream of whose rich blood flows in our veins, Leads against Greece; whether his arrowy shower Shot from the strong-braced bow, or the huge spear High brandish'd, in the deathful field prevails.Table Of Contains....Part-1 Part-2 Part-3 Part-4 Today's Bargain Price: $3.99 Categories: Action and Adventure; All Historical Fiction; All Religious Fiction | | |
| Aeschylus: Persae by Aeschylus, A. F. Garvie Aeschylus' Persae, first produced in 472 BC, is the oldest surviving Greek tragedy. It is also the only extant Greek tragedy that deals, not with a mythological subject, but with an event of recent history, the Greek defeat of the Persians at Salamis in 480 BC. Unlike Aeschylus' other surviving plays, it is apparently not part of a... Today's Bargain Price: $179.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Oresteia: Agamemnon, Choephoroe, Eumenides by Aeschylus One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time.The three plays of the Oresteia portray the bloody events that follow the victorious return of King Agamemnon from the Trojan War, at the start of which he had sacrificed his... Today's Bargain Price: $6.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Oresteia by Aeschylus Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: our knowledge of the genre begins with his work and our understanding of earlier tragedies is largely based on inferences from his surviving... Today's Bargain Price: $1.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides) [Translated by E. D. A. Morshead with an introduction... by Aeschylus The importance of Aeschylus in the development of drama cannot be overstated. Before him tragedy had consisted of the chorus and one actor; and by introducing a second actor, expanding the dramatic dialogue, and reducing the lyrical parts, he practically created Greek tragedy as we know it. Like other writers of his time, he acted in his... Today's Bargain Price: $5.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers, and The Eumenides) by Aeschylus The importance of Æschylus in the development of the drama is immense. Before him tragedy had consisted of the chorus and one actor; and by introducing a second actor, expanding the dramatic dialogue thus made possible, and reducing the lyrical parts, he practically created Greek tragedy as we understand it. Like other writers of his... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Complete Works of Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound, Agamemnon, Choephorae, The Eumenides, The Persians, The Seven... by Aeschylus This collection gathers together the all of the works by Aeschylus in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume!PROMETHEUS BOUND, AGAMEMNON, CHOEPHORAE, THE EUMENIDES, THE PERSIANS, THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES, AND THE SUPPLIANTSABOUT THE AUTHOR:Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians... Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Categories: All Fantasy | | |
| The Works of Aeschylus (with active table of contents) by Aeschylus Four classic works by Aeschylus with an active table of contents.AgamemnonBound and Seven Against ThebesThe House of AtreusMaidens and Other Plays Today's Bargain Price: $0.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Persians by Aeschylus The PersiansAeschylus, the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians (525-455B.C.)This ebook presents «The Persians», from Aeschylus. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.Table of Contents- About This Book- Dramatis Personae- The Persians Today's Bargain Price: $4.60 Categories: Unknown | | |
| Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated) by Aeschylus The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin and Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Aeschylus, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)*... Today's Bargain Price: $1.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The House of Atreus by Aeschylus This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. Categories: Unknown | | |
| Four Plays of Aeschylus by Aeschylus This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. Categories: Unknown | | |
| Suppliant Women by Aeschylus The Suppliant Women (also called Suppliant Maidens or Suppliants) by Aeschylus is the first (or possibly the second) in a three-play sequence based on the well-known story of the daughters of Danaus, the Danaids, who fled from their home in Egypt and sailed to Argos to escape from having to marry their cousins. The other plays in the... Today's Bargain Price: $3.58 Or FREE with  Categories: All Fantasy | | |
| Prometheus Bound (Dover Thrift Editions) by Aeschylus In Greek legend, Prometheus was the Titan who, against the will of Zeus, stole fire from the gods for the benefit of man. His terrible punishment by Zeus, and his continuing defiance of Zeus in the face of that punishment, remain universal symbols of man's vulnerability in any struggle with the gods.In the epic drama Prometheus Bound... Today's Bargain Price: $1.51 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Suppliant Women by Aeschylus If we help, we invite trouble. If we don't, we bring shame.Fifty women board a boat in North Africa. They flee across the Mediterranean, leaving everything behind. They are escaping forced marriage in their home and seeking asylum in Greece.Written 2,500 years ago, The Suppliant Women is one of the world's oldest plays. It's about the... Today's Bargain Price: $3.40 Categories: Unknown | | |
| The Complete Aeschylus by Aeschylus Aeschylus was a Greek playwright who is considered to be the father of tragedy. Aeschylus was believed to have written at least 70 plays but only 7 have survived. This collection includes the following plays:The PersiansThe Seven Against ThebesThe SuppliantsPrometheus BoundAgamemnon (The Oresteia - 1)The Choephori (The Oresteia - 2)The... Today's Bargain Price: $2.99 Categories: Unknown | | |
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