Eumenides / Aeschylus ; edited by Alan H. Sommerstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sommerstein, Alan H.

Contributor:

Aeschylus.

Series:

Cambridge Greek and Latin classics

Cambridge Greek and Latin classics.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeschylus. Eumenides.

Aeschylus.

Orestes, King of Argos (Mythological character)--Drama.

Orestes.

Orestes, King of Argos (Mythological character).

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

xi, 308 pages ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.

Summary:

Professor Sommerstein here presents a freshly constituted text, with introduction and commentary, of Eumenides, the climactic play of the only surviving complete Greek tragic trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus. Eumenides is of all Athenian tragic dramas the one most consciously designed to be relevant to the situation of the Athenian state at the time of its performance (458 B.C.), and seems to have contained daring innovations both in technique and in ideas. The introduction and commentary to this edition seek to bring out how Aeschylus shaped to his purpose the legends he inherited, and ended the tragic story of Agamemnon's family in a celebration of Athenian civic unity and justice. The commentary also pays detailed attention to the linguistic, metrical and textual problems to be encountered by the reader.

Contents:

1 The legend 1

2 Erinyes, Eumenides and Semnai 6

3 The Areopagus and homicide 13

4 The life and work of Aeschylus 17

5 Justice and the gods 19

6 A play for its day 25

7 Production and staging 32

8 The text 35

Sigla 37

Eumenides 39

Appendix lyric metres 287.

Notes:

Text in Greek; commentary, introduction and notes in English.

Includes bibliographical references.

Related Work:

Aeschylus. Eumenides.

ISBN:

0521240840

0521284309

OCLC:

18947566