The complete Aeschylus. Volume I, The Oresteia / edited by Peter Burian and Alan Shapiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aeschylus.

Contributor:

Burian, Peter, 1943-

Shapiro, Alan, 1952-

Series:

Greek tragedy in new translations.

Greek tragedy in new translations

The complete Aeschylus ; v. 1

Standardized Title:

Oresteia. English

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Agamemnon, King of Mycenae (Mythological character)--Drama.

Agamemnon.

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

Orestes.

Aeschylus--Translations into English.

Aeschylus.

Electra (Greek mythology)--Drama.

Electra (Greek mythology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

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 originals. 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

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ON THE TRANSLATION; Agamemnon; Libation Bearers; Eumenides; NOTES; Agamemnon; Libation Bearers; Eumenides; GLOSSARY; FOR FURTHER READING

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

0-19-983113-0

0-19-983014-2

OCLC:

722722536