The plays of Aeschylus / A.F. Garvie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garvie, A. F., author.

Series:

Classical world series.

Classical world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeschylus--Criticism and interpretation.

Aeschylus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (99 pages).

Edition:

Second edition.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"This excellent introduction to the six extant plays of Aeschylus is fully revised and updated, with additional further reading, ideal for the student unfamiliar with these earliest of Greek tragedies. Aeschylus is the oldest of the three great Greek tragedians and lived from 525/524 to 465/455. He took part in the battle of Marathon in 490 and probably also in the battle of Salamis in 480, the subject of his Persians . Working in chronological order of their first production, this volume explores Persians , the earliest Greek tragedy that has come down to us; Seven against Thebes ; Suppliants ; and the three plays of the Oresteia trilogy: Agamemnon , Libation Bearers and Eumenides . The book also contains an essay on Prometheus Bound , now generally thought not to be by Aeschylus, but accepted as his in antiquity. The volume is a companion to The Plays of Euripides (by James Morwood) and The Plays of Sophocles (by Alex Garvie) also available in second editions from Bloomsbury. A further essential guide to the themes and context of ancient Greek tragedy may be found in Laura Swift's new introductory volume, Greek Tragedy."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Persians

Against Thebes

Suppliants

The Oresteia: (I) Agamemnon

The Oresteia: (II) libation bearers

The Oresteia: (III) Eumenides

Prometheus bound.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781474233309

1474233309

9781474233286

1474233287

9781474233293

1474233295

OCLC:

1201426301