Aeschylus The Oresteia
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The Oresteia
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Author : Aeschylus
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 1984-02-07
The Oresteia written by Aeschylus and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-02-07 with Drama categories.
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
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Author : Aeschylus
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008-11-13
Oresteia written by Aeschylus and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-13 with Drama categories.
Agamemnon *Libation Bearers *Eumenides Aeschylus' Oresteia is the only trilogy to survive from Greek tragedy, and the religious and moral ideas it enacts afterwards influenced a great dramatic genre, as well as giving its three plays their lasting significance. In this family history, Fate and the gods decree that each generation will repeat the crimes and endure the suffering of their forebears. When Agamemnon is murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, their son Orestes must avenge his father's death. Only Orestes' appeal to the goddess Athena saves him from his mother's Furies, breaking the bloody chain; together gods and humans inaugurate a way of just conduct that will ensure stable families and a strong community. The Oresteia is majestic as theatre and as literature, and this new translation seeks to preserve both these qualities. The introduction and notes emphasize the interconnection of scenes, ideas, and language that distinguishes this unique work. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The Oresteia
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Author : Aeschylus
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2019-03-08
The Oresteia written by Aeschylus and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-08 with Drama categories.
Highly acclaimed as translators of Greek and Sanskrit classics, respectively, David Grene and Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty here present a complete modern translation of the three plays comprising Aeschylus' Oresteia and, with the assistance of director Nicholas Rudall, an abridged stage adaptation. This balanced and highly successful collaboration of scholars with a theater director solves the contemporary problems of translating and staging the Oresteia, which originally was written to be performed in Athens in the first half of the fifth century B.C. While remaining faithful to the original Greek, Grene and O'Flaherty embrace a strong and adventurous English style, vivid and visceral. The language of this extraordinary translation, immediately accessible to a theater audience, speaks across the centuries. Premiered at Chicago's Court Theater in 1986 under Rudall's direction, the stage adaptation of the Oresteia proved eminently playable. This new adaptation of the Oresteia offers a brilliant demonstration of how clearly defined goals (here, the actor's needs) can inspire translators to produce fresh, genuine, accessible dramatic texts. The resulting work provides complete and accurate texts for those who cannot read the original Greek, and it transforms the Oresteia into an effective modern stage play. With interpretive introductions written by the translators and director, this new version will be welcomed by teachers of translation courses, by students of Greek and world drama in general, and by theater professionals.
The Oresteia
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Author : Aeschylus
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-06-19
The Oresteia written by Aeschylus and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Hugh Lloyd-Jones's classic translation of Aeschylus's tragic cycle, The Oresteia, now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series.
The Oresteian Trilogy
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Author : Aeschylus
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 1973-07-26
The Oresteian Trilogy written by Aeschylus and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973-07-26 with Drama categories.
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.
Aeschylus The Oresteia
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Author : Simon Goldhill
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1992-09-24
Aeschylus The Oresteia written by Simon Goldhill and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-09-24 with Literary Collections categories.
This is the first general introduction in English to Aeschylus's Oresteia, the most important and most influential of all Greek dramas. It discusses the Greek drama festival and the social and political background of Greek tragedy, and offers a reading of this central trilogy. Dr. 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 theater, and there is a guide to further reading.
The Oresteia
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Author : Aeschylus
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-07-21
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The Oresteia By Aeschylus The popular Greek author of ancient period tragedy trilogy whose only surviving work from that era (and also of the whole Greek empire) has become an example of ancient Greek theater. In 458 the trilogy was performed at the Dionysia festival (organized to honor Greek god Dionysus) where it bagged the first prize.
The Oresteia Of Aeschylus
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Author : Aeschylus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
The Oresteia Of Aeschylus written by Aeschylus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Orestes (Greek mythology) categories.
The Plot Of Aeschylus Oresteia
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Author : Haruo Konishi
language : el
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The Plot Of Aeschylus Oresteia written by Haruo Konishi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Drama categories.
The Logic Of Tragedy
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Author : Philip Vellacott
language : en
Publisher: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press
Release Date : 1984
The Logic Of Tragedy written by Philip Vellacott and has been published by Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Drama categories.