Aeschylus: The Oresteia

by Simon Goldhill

Book Overview

Simon Goldhill focuses on the play's themes--justice, sexual politics, violence, and the role of man in ancient Greek culture--in this general introduction to Aeschylus' Oresteia, one of the most... 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.