The Oresteia of Aeschylus

Author: Aeschylus
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016258470
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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The Oresteia

Author: Aeschylus
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN: 0375712682
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time. The three plays of the Oresteia portray the bloody events that follow the victorious return of King Agamemnon from the Trojan War, at the start of which he had sacrificed his daughter Iphigeneia to secure divine favor. After Iphi-geneia’s mother, Clytemnestra, kills her husband in revenge, she in turn is murdered by their son Orestes with his sister Electra’s encouragement. Orestes is pursued by the Furies and put on trial, his fate decided by the goddess Athena. Far more than the story of murder and ven-geance in the royal house of Atreus, the Oresteia serves as a dramatic parable of the evolution of justice and civilization that is still powerful after 2,500 years. The trilogy is presented here in George Thomson’s classic translation, renowned for its fidelity to the rhythms and richness of the original Greek.

An Oresteia

Author: Aeschylus
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 086547916X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
In this innovative rendition of The Oresteia, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson combines three different visions -- Aischylos' Agamemnon, Sophokles' Elektra, and Euripides' Orestes, giving birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. Carson's accomplished rendering combines elements of contemporary vernacular with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy, opening up the plays to a modern audience. --from publisher description.

Aeschylus: The Oresteia

Author: Simon Goldhill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521539814
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 110

Book Description
This is the only general introduction in English to Aeschylus' Oresteia, one of the most important and most influential of all Greek dramas. Simon Goldhill focuses on the play's themes of justice, sexual politics, violence, and the position of man within culture, and explores how Aeschylus constructs a myth for the city in which he lived. A final chapter considers the influence of the Oresteia on later theatre. Its clear structure and guide to further reading will make this an invaluable guide for students and teachers alike.

The Oresteia

Author: Aeschylus,
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472521706
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
First performed in 458BC, Aeschylus's trilogy of plays - known collectively as The Oresteia - remains perhaps the great masterpiece of Ancient tragic drama. Telling the bloody story of the House of Atreus, Aeschylus's tragedy stages an eternal debate about justice and revenge that remains relevant more than two millenia later. Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series in this classic and authoritative translation by Hugh Lloyd-Jones, this book contains the text of all three plays - Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides - with extensive scholarly annotation throughout.

The Oresteia

Author: Aeschylus
Publisher: RicherResourcesPublications
ISBN: 0977626970
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
William von Humbolt wrote of Aeschylus' that"among all the products of the Greek stage, none can compare with it in tragic power; no other play shows the same intensityand pureness of belief in the divine and good; none can surpassthe lessons it teaches a

The Oresteia of Aeschylus

Author: Aeschylus
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374527059
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 207

Book Description
Presents a modern translation of the ancient Greek trilogy which traces the chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos, commissioned by the Royal National Theatre for performance in the Fall of 1999.

Oresteia

Author: Aeschylus
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192832818
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
For those interested in Greek tragedy and classical literature, this volume is a new translation of three plays and is designed to make the author's original words intelligible and meaningful to modern readers.

The Complete Aeschylus

Author: Aeschylus
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1627930248
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 671

Book Description
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, continues with her murder by their son Orestes in Libation Bearers, and concludes with Orestes' acquittal at a court founded by Athena in Eumenides. The trilogy thus traces the evolution of justice in human society from blood vengeance to the rule of law, Aeschylus' contribution to a Greek legend steeped in murder, adultery, human sacrifice, cannibalism, and endless intrigue.

Aeschylus, the Oresteia

Author: Aeschylus
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393923285
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"This vivid and accessible translation captures the drama of Aeschylus' poetry and the excitement of the action in performance." --VICTORIA WOHL, University of Toronto "This critical edition provides a lavish and fulsome picture of ancient Greek tragedy's most significant surviving document." --JOHANNA HANINK, Brown University