The Oresteia
Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
$25.37
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 April 1978
Summary
The only trilogy in Greek drama that survives from antiquity, Aeschylus’ The Oresteia is translated by Robert Fagles, with an introduction, notes, and glossary written in collaboration with W.B. Stanford.
In The Oresteia, Aeschylus addresses the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140443332 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140443339 |
| Author: | Aeschylus, W. Stanford, Robert Fagles |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 April 1978 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 129mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Critics Review
“Conveys more vividly and powerfully than any of the ten competitors I have consulted the eternal power of this masterpiece … a triumph.” –Bernard Levin
“Conveys more vividly and powerfully than any of the ten competitors I have consulted the eternal power of this masterpiece … a triumph.” —Bernard Levin
“How satisfying to read at last a modern translation which is rooted in Greek feeling and Greek thought … both the stature and the profound instinctive genius of Aeschylus are recognised.” —Mary Renault, author of The King Must Die
Aeschylus
Aeschylus was born of noble family near Athens in 525 BC. He took part in the Persian Wars, and his epitaph represents him as fighting at Marathon. He wrote more than seventy plays, of which only seven have survived.
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