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The Oresteia : Agamemnon, Women at the graveside, Orestes at Athens
- Title
- The Oresteia : Agamemnon, Women at the graveside, Orestes at Athens / Aeschylus ; a new translation by Oliver Taplin.
- Author
- Aeschylus
- Publication
- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Taplin, Oliver
- Description
- xxxiii, 172 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- This spellbinding, groundbreaking translation reenergizes Aeschylus' enduring saga of split loyalties, bloody sacrifice, and the efforts to bring peace after generations of strife. The most renowned of Aeschylus' tragedies and 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, afflicted queen Clytemnestra awaits her husband's return from war to commit a terrible act of retribution for the murder of her daughter. The next two 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 the ceaseless torment of the young prince. A powerful discourse on the formation of democracy after a period of violent chaos, The Oresteia has long illuminated the tensions between loyalty to one's family and to the greater community. Now, Oliver Taplin's "vivid and accessible translation" (Victoria Mohl) captures the lyricism of the original, in what is sure to be a classic for generations to come. -- ‡c From publisher's description.
- Uniform Title
- Oresteia. English
- Alternative Title
- Oresteia.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Tragedies (Drama)
- Translations.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Agamemnon -- Women at the graveside -- Orestes at Athens.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-3272
- ISBN
- 9781631494666
- 163149466X
- LCCN
- 2018040679
- 40028633189
- OCLC
- 1054260576
- Author
- Aeschylus, author.
- Title
- The Oresteia : Agamemnon, Women at the graveside, Orestes at Athens / Aeschylus ; a new translation by Oliver Taplin.
- Publisher
- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, A Division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Added Author
- Taplin, Oliver, translator.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028633189
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-3272