Agamemnon in performance 458 BC to AD 2004 / edited by Fiona Macintosh, Pantelis Michelakis, Edith Hall, and Oliver Taplin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Macintosh, Fiona, 1959- editor.

Michelakis, Pantelis, editor.

Hall, Edith, 1959- editor.

Taplin, Oliver, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeschylus. Agamemnon.

Aeschylus.

Aeschylus--Stage history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (501 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This interdisciplinary, multi-author volume is devoted to the performance reception of Aeschylus's 'Agamemnon', the first play in a trilogy. The eighteen essays trace the story of the impact of this seminal play, from its original performance in Athens, through ancient Rome and the European Renaissance until the present day.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Note on Nomenclature, Spelling and Texts; 1. Introduction: Agamemnons in Performance; SECTION I: IN SEARCH OF THE SOURCES; SECTION II: THE MOVE TO MODERNITY; SECTION III: THE LANGUAGES OF TRANSLATION; SECTION IV: THE INTERNATIONAL VIEW; References; Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04054-0

0-19-160836-X

1-280-75663-2

0-19-151469-1

1-4294-2172-X

OCLC:

560274892