The Agamemnon of Aeschylus

by David Raeburn
The Agamemnon of Aeschylus
Author: David Raeburn
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2011-11-18
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0191619809
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This commentary discusses Aeschylus' play Agamemnon (458 BC), which is one of the most popular of the surviving ancient Greek tragedies, and is the first to be published in English since 1958. It is designed particularly to help students who are tackling Aeschylus in the original Greek for the first time, and includes a reprint of D. L. Page's Oxford Classical Text of the play. The introduction defines the place of Agamemnon within the Oresteia trilogy as a whole, and the historical context in which the plays were produced. It discusses Aeschylus' handling of the traditional myth and the main ideas which underpin his overall design: such as the development of justice and the nature of human responsibility; and it emphasizes how the power of words, seen as ominous speech-acts which can determine future events, makes a central contribution to the play's dramatic momentum. Separate sections explore Aeschylus' use of theatrical resources, the role of the chorus, and the solo characters. Finally there is an analysis of Aeschylus' distinctive poetic style and use of imagery, and an outline of the transmission of the play from 458 BC to the first printed editions.

Agamemnon

by Aeschylus
Agamemnon
Author: Aeschylus
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781537484303
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The sense of difficulty, and indeed of awe, with which a scholar approaches the task of translating the Agamemnon depends directly on its greatness as poetry. It is in part a matter of diction. The language of Aeschylus is an extraordinary thing, the syntax stiff and simple, the vocabulary obscure, unexpected, and steeped in splendour. Its peculiarities cannot be disregarded, or the translation will be false in character. Yet not Milton himself could produce in English the same great music, and a translator who should strive ambitiously to represent the complex effect of the original would clog his own powers of expression and strain his instrument to breaking. But, apart from the diction in this narrower sense, there is a quality of atmosphere surrounding the Agamemnon which seems almost to defy reproduction in another setting, because it depends in large measure on the position of the play in the historical development of Greek literature.

Agamemnon

by Aeschylus
Agamemnon
Author: Aeschylus
Publisher:
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1887
Genre: Agamemnon (Greek mythology)
ISBN:
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The Oresteian Trilogy

by Aeschylus
The Oresteian Trilogy
Author: Aeschylus
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 241
Release: 1973-07-26
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0141906294
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Aeschylus (525-c.456 bc) set his great trilogy in the immediate aftermath of the Fall of Troy, when King Agamemnon returns to Argos, a victor in war. Agamemnon depicts the hero's discovery that his family has been destroyed by his wife's infidelity and ends with his death at her callous hand. Clytemnestra's crime is repaid in The Choephori when her outraged son Orestes kills both her and her lover. The Eumenides then follows Orestes as he is hounded to Athens by the Furies' law of vengeance and depicts Athene replacing the bloody cycle of revenge with a system of civil justice. Written in the years after the Battle of Marathon, The Oresteian Trilogy affirmed the deliverance of democratic Athens not only from Persian conquest, but also from its own barbaric past.

Three Greek Plays

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Three Greek Plays
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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1958-11
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780393002034
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Three classic Greek tragedies are translated and critically introduced by Edith Hamilton.

The Oresteia of Aeschylus

by Aeschylus
The Oresteia of Aeschylus
Author: Aeschylus
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-27
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ISBN: 9781016258470
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

An Oresteia

by Aeschylus
An Oresteia
Author: Aeschylus
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2010-03-02
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 086547916X
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In this innovative rendition of The Oresteia, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson combines three different visions -- Aischylos' Agamemnon, Sophokles' Elektra, and Euripides' Orestes, giving birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. Carson's accomplished rendering combines elements of contemporary vernacular with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy, opening up the plays to a modern audience. --from publisher description.

Orestes and Other Plays

by Euripides
Orestes and Other Plays
Author: Euripides
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2006-02-23
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0141961988
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Written during the long battles with Sparta that were to ultimately destroy ancient Athens, these six plays by Euripides brilliantly utilize traditional legends to illustrate the futility of war. The Children of Heracles holds a mirror up to contemporary Athens, while Andromache considers the position of women in Greek wartime society. In The Suppliant Women, the difference between just and unjust battle is explored, while Phoenician Women describes the brutal rivalry of the sons of King Oedipus, and the compelling Orestes depicts guilt caused by vengeful murder. Finally, Iphigenia in Aulis, Euripides' last play, contemplates religious sacrifice and the insanity of war. Together, the plays offer a moral and political statement that is at once unique to the ancient world, and prophetically relevant to our own.