A Commentary on the Complete Greek Tragedies. Aeschylus

by James C. Hogan

Book Overview

This commentary offers a rich introduction and useful guide to the seven surviving plays attributed to Aeschylus. Though it may profitably be used with any translation of Aeschylus, the commentary is based on the acclaimed Chicago translations, The Complete Greek Tragedies, edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore.

James C. Hogan provides a general introduction to Aeschylean theater and drama, followed by a line-by-line commentary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226348431
• ISBN13: 9780226348438
• Release Date: February 1985
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Everything is in it, if you can find it

This book is perfect for any student (especially college students) of the Greek tragedies, even though it focuses on Aeschylus' 7 plays. The reason are the discussions of the line-by-line (I'm not kidding when I mean "line-by-line") examinations of grammar, syntax, and possible double meanings. Unfortunately, although there is an enormous amount of information and summary analyzations of the plays and its characters, they are not easily found as topics are not segmented with titles within the chapters themselves. But I still found every little piece of info. I was looking for (and more!), eventually.