Oresteia

Oresteia
Author: Aeschylus
Publsiher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2003
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0192832816

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For those interested in Greek tragedy and classical literature, this volume is a new translation of three plays and is designed to make the author's original words intelligible and meaningful to modern readers.

The Oresteia of Aeschylus

The Oresteia of Aeschylus
Author: Aeschylus
Publsiher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 101625847X

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Aeschylus The Oresteia

Aeschylus  The Oresteia
Author: Simon Goldhill
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2004-01-19
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0521539811

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This is the only general introduction in English to Aeschylus' Oresteia, one of the most important and most influential of all Greek dramas. Simon Goldhill focuses on the play's themes of justice, sexual politics, violence, and the position of man within culture, and explores how Aeschylus constructs a myth for the city in which he lived. A final chapter considers the influence of the Oresteia on later theatre. Its clear structure and guide to further reading will make this an invaluable guide for students and teachers alike.

The Oresteia

The Oresteia
Author: Aeschylus
Publsiher: Everyman's Library
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2014-08-06
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780375712685

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One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time. The three plays of the Oresteia portray the bloody events that follow the victorious return of King Agamemnon from the Trojan War, at the start of which he had sacrificed his daughter Iphigeneia to secure divine favor. After Iphi-geneia’s mother, Clytemnestra, kills her husband in revenge, she in turn is murdered by their son Orestes with his sister Electra’s encouragement. Orestes is pursued by the Furies and put on trial, his fate decided by the goddess Athena. Far more than the story of murder and ven-geance in the royal house of Atreus, the Oresteia serves as a dramatic parable of the evolution of justice and civilization that is still powerful after 2,500 years. The trilogy is presented here in George Thomson’s classic translation, renowned for its fidelity to the rhythms and richness of the original Greek.

Oresteia

Oresteia
Author: Aeschylus,
Publsiher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2008-11-13
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780199537815

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The Oresteian trilogy (Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides) established the themes of Greek tragedy - the inexorable nature of Fate, the relationship between justice, revenge, and religion. The plays dramatize the murder of Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra, the revenge of her son Orestes, and his judgement by the court of Athens. This new translation seeks to preserve the plays' qualities as theatre and as literature.

The Oresteia

The Oresteia
Author: Aeschylus
Publsiher: Greek Tragedy in New Translati
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2003
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 019513592X

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"In this new translation the strangeness of the original Greek and its enduring human truth come alive in language that is remarkable for its unrelenting poetic intensity, its rich metaphorical texture, and a verbal density that can at times modulate into the simplest expressions.

Aeschylus II

Aeschylus II
Author: Aeschylus
Publsiher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2013-04-19
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780226311487

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This updated translation of the Oresteia trilogy and fragments of the satyr play Proteus includes an extensive historical and critical introduction. In the third edition of The Complete Greek Tragedies, Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the ancient Greek while retaining their vibrancy for which the Grene and Lattimore versions are famous. New introductions for each play offer essential information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. Each volume also includes an introduction to the life and work of the tragedian and an explanation of how the plays were first staged, as well as notes addressing textual uncertainties and a glossary of names and places mentioned in the plays. The result is a series of lively and authoritative translations offering a comprehensive introduction to these foundational works of Western drama.

The Complete Aeschylus

The Complete Aeschylus
Author: Aeschylus
Publsiher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2011-01-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0199830142

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Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the originals. Aeschylus' Oresteia, the only ancient tragic trilogy to survive, is one of the great foundational texts of Western culture. It begins with Agamemnon, which describes Agamemnon's return from the Trojan War and his murder at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra, continues with her murder by their son Orestes in Libation Bearers, and concludes with Orestes' acquittal at a court founded by Athena in Eumenides. The trilogy thus traces the evolution of justice in human society from blood vengeance to the rule of law, Aeschylus' contribution to a Greek legend steeped in murder, adultery, human sacrifice, cannibalism, and endless intrigue. This new translation is faithful to the strangeness of the original Greek and to its enduring human truth, expressed in language remarkable for poetic intensity, rich metaphorical texture, and a verbal density that modulates at times into powerful simplicity. The translation's precise but complicated rhythms honor the music of the Greek, bringing into unforgettable English the Aeschylean vision of a world fraught with spiritual and political tensions.