Prometheus Bound and Other Plays
Prometheus Bound, the Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, the Persians
$24.61
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
2 January 2001
Summary
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Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art.
In Prometheus Bound the defiant Titan Prometheus is brutally punished by Zeus for daring to improve the state of wretchedness and servitude in which mankind is kept.
The Suppliants tells the story of the fifty daughters of Danaus who must flee to escape enforced marriages, while Seven Agains…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140441123 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140441123 |
| Author: | Aeschylus |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 2 January 2001 |
| Weight: | 128g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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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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