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Prometheus Bound and Other Plays: Prometheus Bound, the Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, the Persians (Classics)
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...
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The Oresteia of Aeschylus (Illustrated)
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...
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The Choëphoroe (Libation-Bearers) of Aeschylus
The Choëphoroe (Libation-Bearers) of Aeschylus
by Aeschylus
The Choephoroe is the second part of Oresteia, a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra and the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes. In The Libation Bearers, many years after the murder of Agamemnon, his son Orestes returns to Argos with his cousin Pylades...
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The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides...
The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides...
by Aeschylus
Beautifully designed and carefully proofed for digital publication, this book includes:• 10 unique illustrations relevant to its content;• Table of Contents with Quick Navigation.In the Oresteia Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to...
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Agamemnon
Agamemnon
by Aeschylus
Aeschylus' Agamemnon, first produced in 458 BC, is the opening play in his Oresteian trilogy. Agamemnon returns home after the Trojan Wars with his concubine Cassandra and is murdered by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus. The ensuing blood feud continues until the third and final play, Eumenides, when peace is finally...
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The Oresteia
The Oresteia
by Aeschylus
William von Humbolt wrote of Aeschylus' The Oresteia that "among all the products of the Greek stage, none can compare with it in tragic power; no other play shows the same intensity and pureness of belief in the divine and good; none can surpass the lessons it teaches and the wisdom of which it is the mouthpiece." A sequence of three...
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Four Plays of Aeschylus
Four Plays of Aeschylus
by Aeschylus
"Four Plays of Aeschylus" contains four plays by Aeschylus, the Greek playwright and tragedian, often considered the father of tragedy. He was the reformer of the ancient Greek theatre and the author of more than 100 plays, yet only seven were preserved until now. Four of them, "The Suppliant Maidens," "The Persians," "The Seven Against...
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The Seven Against Thebes
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...
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The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides
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...
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Persians (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
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...
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The Electra Plays (Hackett Classics)
The Electra Plays (Hackett Classics)
by Aeschylus, Sophocles, 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...
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The Complete Aeschylus: Volume I: The Oresteia (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
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...
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Prometheus Bound (Hackett Classics)
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...
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The Oresteian Trilogy: Agamemnon; The Choephori; The Eumenides
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...
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The Oresteia (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
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...
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Aeschylus II: The Oresteia (The Complete Greek Tragedies)
Aeschylus II: The Oresteia (The Complete Greek Tragedies)
by Aeschylus
This updated translation of the Oresteia trilogy and fragments of the satyr play Proteus includes an extensive historical and critical introduction. In the third edition of The Complete Greek Tragedies, Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the ancient Greek while retaining...
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Oresteia (Hackett Classics)
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
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The Oresteia Trilogy: Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers and The Furies (Dover Thrift Editions: Plays)
The Oresteia Trilogy: Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers and The Furies (Dover Thrift Editions: Plays)
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...
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The Persians and Other Plays: The Persians / Prometheus Bound / Seven Against Thebes / The Suppliants (Penguin Classics)
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...
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Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound (The Complete Greek...
Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound (The Complete Greek...
by Aeschylus
The third edition of this volume includes newly revised, authoritative and compelling translations of four timeless works by the Ancient Greek tragedian.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...
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The Persians
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
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Aeschylus: Persae
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...
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The Oresteia: Agamemnon, Choephoroe, Eumenides; Introduction by Richard Seaford
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, Choephoroe, Eumenides; Introduction by Richard Seaford
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...
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The Oresteia
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...
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The Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides) [Translated by E. D. A. Morshead with an introduction...
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...
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The Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers, and The Eumenides)
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...
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The House of Atreus
The House of Atreus
by Aeschylus
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Four Plays of Aeschylus
Four Plays of Aeschylus
by Aeschylus
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Suppliant Women
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...
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The Suppliant Women
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...
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