Aeschylus: The Oresteia

by Simon Goldhill

Book Overview

This is a general introduction in English to Aeschylus's Oresteia, the most important and most influential of all Greek dramas. It discusses the Greek drama festival and the social and political... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521408539
• ISBN13: 9780521408530
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

A fine book

This book may be concise but it is nevertheless absorbing. Probably the best text available on the topic, and excellently written also. Recommended.

Best short analysis of Aeschylus' masterpiece

This book is a winner. In a few short pages, Goldhill offers the best up-to-date introduction to the Oresteia, with attention to language, plot, cultural background, and dramatic structure. You can't do better.