The Complete Aeschylus Volume II Persians and Other Plays (Greek Tragedy in New Translations) Aeschylus, Peter Burian, Alan Shapiro

Product Details:

Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 17, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195373286


ASIN: B004AYCXTI

Product Dimensions:

7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces

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 joomla 1.6 handleiding pdf. The volume brings together four major works by one of the great classical dramatists: Prometheus Bound, translated by James Scully and C joomla 1.6 handleiding pdf. John Herrington, a haunting depiction of the most famous of Olympian punishments; The Suppliants, translated by Peter Burian, an extraordinary drama of flight and rescue arising from women's resistance to marriage; Persians, translated by Janet Lembke and C joomla 1.6 handleiding pdf. John Herington, a masterful telling of the Persian Wars from the view of the defeated; and Seven Against Thebes, translated by Anthony Hecht and Helen Bacon, a richly symbolic play about the feuding sons of Oedipus joomla 1.6 handleiding pdf. These four tragedies were originally available as single volumes. This new volume retains the informative introductions and explanatory notes of the original editions and adds a single combined glossary and Greek line numbers.

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