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Aeschylus II: The Oresteia
AeschylusThis edition also includes brand-new translations of Euripides’ Medea, The Children of Heracles, Andromache, and Iphigenia among the Taurians, fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles’s satyr-drama ...
Aeschylus: Eumenides
AeschylusProfessor Sommerstein presents here a freshly constituted text, with introduction and commentary, of Eumenides, the final play in Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy.
Aeschylus, 2: The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, The ...
AeschylusFor the classicist, these versions constitute an ambitious reinterpretation of traditional masterpieces; after 2,500 years, the poetry of Euripides and Aeschylus has found a new voice—in fact, ten of them."—The Boston Book Review
Aeschylus
Michael LloydThis book is an anthology of thirteen of the most important articles published on Aeschylus in the last fifty years.
Oxford Readings in Aeschylus
Michael LloydA collection of thirteen of the most important articles on the great Athenian tragedian Aeschylus published in the last fifty years.
Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound
AeschylusAn important feature of this volume is the appendix, which gathers together the existing fragments of the other two plays in the supposed Prometheus trilogy, quoting them in full in the original language and in translation, with short ...
The Oresteia
AeschylusThe 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, 1: The Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, ...
AeschylusFrom the Penn Greek Drama Series, this volume offers translations by David Slavitt of the great trilogy of the House of Atreus, telling of Agamemnon's murder at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover, Aegisthus, and of Electra's ...
The Reception of Aeschylus’ Plays through Shifting Models ...
PreviewBiles, Zachary P. “Aeschylus' Afterlife: Reperformance by Decree in 5th-C. Athens ?” Illinois Classical Studies 31–32 (2006–2007): 206–242. Biles, Zachary P. “ Intertextual Biography in the Rivalry of Cratinus and Aristophanes.” American ...
Lysistrata, The Women's Festival, and Frogs
AristophanesAlso by Michael Ewans [anéc'ek's Tragic Operas (Faber, 1977) Wagner and Aeschylus: The Ring and the Oresteia (Faber, 1982) Georg Biichner's Woyzeck ( Peter Lang, 1989) Aeschylus: Oresteia (editor and translator) (I. M. Dent, 1995) ...
Wagner and Aeschylus: The Ring and the Oresteia
Michael EwansWagner and Aeschylus examines the role that the Oresteia played in the shaping of the Ring.
A Commentary on the Complete Greek Tragedies--Aeschylus
James C. HoganForthcoming volumes will cover the works of Sophocles and Euripides.
Oresteia
Aeschylus"By far the best translation. Faithful to the original Greek text and eminently readable. The notes constitute a commentary in their own right.
Suppliants and Other Dramas
AeschylusSuppliants dramatizes the powerful story of the daughters of Danaos, determined not to be forced into marriage against their will.
Transmission and the Individual Remix
Tom McCarthyThis essay is an invitation to listen to those signals, as they travel through and shape the work of Aeschylus and Ovid, Rilke, Conrad, Burroughs, Joyce and others.
Six Greek tragedies
AeschylusA selection of six tragedies that have had an immense influence on Western drama. They depict archtypes of the human condition and eternal dilemmas of morality and loyalty.
Great Poets & Playwrights
Britannica Educational PublishingThis captivating collection of biographies profiles some of the greatest writers of poetry and drama, from Aeschylus to Diane Ackerman, Sophocles to David Mamet.
Revenge Tragedy: Aeschylus to Armageddon
More editionsAlthough this book is a literary study, it makes use of anthropology, social theory, and moral philosophy. As a result, it will be of interest to students in a variety of disciplines, as well as to the general reader.
How to Stage Greek Tragedy Today
Simon Goldhill"[E]xplains how Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles conceived their works in performance and then summarizes everything we know about how their tragedies were actually staged.... [T]ackles the six major problems facing any company ...
Costume in Greek Classic Drama
Iris BrookeThis work describes how performers were dressed in plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and explains how the actors' performances influenced the cut of their costumes. 53 black-and-white illustrations.
The Authenticity of Prometheus Bound
Mark GriffithPrometheus Bound was accepted without question in antiquity as the work of Aeschylus, and most modern authorities endorse this ascription.
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