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The Oresteia: Agamemnon, Women at the Graveside, Orestes in Athens
Aeschylus
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One of the foundational texts of Western literature, the Oresteia trilogy is about cycles of deception and brutality within the ruling family of Argos. In Agamemnon, queen Clytemnestra awaits her husband's return from war to commit a terrible act of retribution. The next plays, radically retitled here as The Women at the Graveside and Orestes in Athens, deal with the aftermath of the regicide, Orestes' search to avenge his father's death and his ceaseless torment. A powerful discourse on the formation of democracy, The Oresteia illuminates the tensions between loyalty to one's family and to the community. In this classic ... Read more
One of the foundational texts of Western literature, the Oresteia trilogy is about cycles of deception and brutality within the ruling family of Argos. In Agamemnon, queen Clytemnestra awaits her husband's return from war to commit a terrible act of retribution. The next plays, radically retitled here as The Women at the Graveside and Orestes in Athens, deal with the aftermath of the regicide, Orestes' search to avenge his father's death and his ceaseless torment. A powerful discourse on the formation of democracy, The Oresteia illuminates the tensions between loyalty to one's family and to the community. In this classic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781631494666
SKU
V9781631494666
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About Aeschylus
Oliver Taplin is emeritus professor of classics at the University of Oxford. His books range from The Stagecraft of Aeschylus to Pots & Plays. He has recently published translations of Euripides' Medea and Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Other Tragedies.
Reviews for The Oresteia: Agamemnon, Women at the Graveside, Orestes in Athens
Oliver Taplin's new translation of Aeschylus' Oresteia is a gripping version of one of the most celebrated works of Greek literature... This is a bold, striking and accessible translation... Clear and poetic at the same time, Taplin's language maintains the grandeur of Aeschylus' verse without sacrificing intelligibility to a contemporary ear.
Times Literary Supplement ... this brilliant ... Read more
Times Literary Supplement ... this brilliant ... Read more