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Aeschylus: Eumenides
This edition of Aeschylus' triumphantly reconciliatory final play of the Oresteian trilogy presents a newly constituted text that diverges substantially from Page's OCT of 1972. The translation is in prose, with literary and historical commentary, and an introduction dealing with myth, historical background and suggested staging of the play. There are also several appendixes. Greek text with facing-page translation, commentary and notes.
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Aeschylus: Eumenides
This edition of Aeschylus' triumphantly reconciliatory final play of the Oresteian trilogy presents a newly constituted text that diverges substantially from Page's OCT of 1972. The translation is in prose, with literary and historical commentary, and an introduction dealing with myth, historical background and suggested staging of the play. There are also several appendixes. Greek text with facing-page translation, commentary and notes.
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Aeschylus: Eumenides

Aeschylus: Eumenides

Aeschylus: Eumenides

Aeschylus: Eumenides

Overview

This edition of Aeschylus' triumphantly reconciliatory final play of the Oresteian trilogy presents a newly constituted text that diverges substantially from Page's OCT of 1972. The translation is in prose, with literary and historical commentary, and an introduction dealing with myth, historical background and suggested staging of the play. There are also several appendixes. Greek text with facing-page translation, commentary and notes.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780856683824
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Publication date: 12/01/1989
Series: Classical Texts Ser.
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 8.40(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; References and abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The legend; 2. Erinyes, Eumenides and Semnai; 3. The Areopagus and homicide; 4. The life and work of Aeschylus; 5. Justice and the gods; 6. A play for its day; 7. Production; 8. The text; Sigla; Eumenides; Commentary; Appendix; Indexes.

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