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Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, including0 suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous... Read Full Overview

Fresh from victory over the city of Troy, the victorious Greek army is returning home. King Agamemnon is at the height of his power, the Greek world surrounding the Aegean Sea lies under his dominion. However, not all is well for the great king. Upon his homecoming, Agamemnon's... Read Full Overview

This paperback edition replaces the hardback first published in 1957.

The Agamemnon Of Aeschylus: Translated Into English Rhyming Verse With Explanatory Notes By Gilbert Murray This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve... Read Full Overview

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, including0 suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous... Read Full Overview

In the Oresteia Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an... Read Full Overview

English summary: New French translation of the fifth century BCE author, Aeschyluss, Agamemnon, which follows the king of the same name after his return from Troy to his death at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra. French description: Nouvelle traduction issue des travaux de... Read Full Overview

Published posthumously in 1910, this is the last great work of the eminent classical scholar Walter Headlam (1866-1908), who devoted most of his short life to the study of Aeschylus. On Headlam's death, Alfred Pearson was commissioned to finish the project, and the care and precision... Read Full Overview

Aeschylus' Persae, first produced in 472 BC, is the oldest surviving Greek tragedy. It is also the only extant Greek tragedy that deals, not with a mythological subject, but with an event of recent history, the Greek defeat of the Persians at Salamis in 480 BC. Unlike Aeschylus'... Read Full Overview

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: And wept; while visioned in the light Of her own loveliness, more bright Than pictured breathing... Read Full Overview

The Bibliotheca Teubneriana, established in 1849, has evolved into the world's most venerable and extensive series of editions of Greek and Latin literature, ranging from classical to Neo-Latin texts. Some 4-5 new editions are published every year.

A team of renowned... Read Full Overview

Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: our knowledge of the genre begins with his work and our understanding of earlier... Read Full Overview

Agamemnon, King of Argos, returns to Greece a victor in the Trojan War. He has brought with him the seer Cassandra as his war-prize and concubine. Awaiting him is his vengeful wife Clytemnestra, who is angry at Agamemnon's sacrifice of their daughter Iphigeneia to the gods, jealous... Read Full Overview

Rubenstein's modern translation of the masterpiece of Aeschylus is acclaimed by scholars at Oxford, Cambridge and elsewhere and also by American high schools as lively vigorous great directness beautiful accessible to modern audiences brilliant vivid and immediate

This is trilogy of Geek tragedies written by Aeschylus which has been culturally important knowledge base of civilisation. The work was translated by E.D.A Morshead a classic English scholar in 19th century.We have formatted the book for an easy reading experience if you enjoy... Read Full Overview