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The agamemnon of aeschylus / Aeschylus.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aeschylus, author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cleveland : Duke Classics, 2012.
- System Details:
- Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 509 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 167 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 508 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 166 KB).
- Summary:
- The Agamemnon of Aeschylus is the first play in The Trilogy of the Oresteia , which deals with the eternal problem of the evil act causing vengeance which wreaks more evil which must be avenged. Aeschylus declares that the new ruler in heaven, Zeus, heralds the end of this cycle and the beginning of hope. Zeus has suffered and sinned and grown wise, and thereby shows humans how to grow wise also.
- Notes:
- Title from eBook information screen.
- ISBN:
- 9781620116456
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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