Aeschylus, the Oresteia : the texts of the plays, ancient backgrounds and responses, criticism / translated by Oliver Taplin ; edited by Oliver Taplin and Joshua Billings.

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Title:

ISBN:

9780393923285

Personal Author:

Aeschylus

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]

Physical Description:

xxxv, 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

General Note:

"Agamemnon, Women at the Graveside, Orestes at Athens" -- cover.

Summary:

In the Oresteia -- the only trilogy in Greek drama that survives from antiquity -- Aeschylus took as his subject 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 everlasting song of celebration.

Personal Subject:

Aeschylus. Oresteia

Subject Term:

Greek drama (Tragedy)

Added Author:

Taplin, Oliver

Billings, Joshua, 1985-

Container of (expression): Aeschylus. Oresteia. English 2018.

Series Title:

Norton critical edition.

Series Sequence:

Norton critical edition