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The Oresteia / Aeschylus ; translated and introduced by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton.

Title
The Oresteia / Aeschylus ; translated and introduced by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton.
Author
Aeschylus
Publication
London : Nick Hern Books, 2007.

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Additional Authors
  • McDonald, Marianne
  • Walton, J. Michael, 1939-
Description
xxii, 136 p.; 16 cm.
Summary
The trilogy of Greek tragedies about the end of the curse on the House of Atreus, comprising Agamemnon, Choephori (Libation-Bearers) and Eumenides (The Furies).A fourth play, Proteus, originally formed part of a tetralogy, but has not survived.The trilogy was first performed at the Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BC, where it won first prize.
Series Statement
Drama classics ; 79
Uniform Title
Drama classics 79.
Subject
  • Aeschylus > Translations into English
  • Orestes, King of Argos (Mythological character) > Drama
  • Electra (Greek mythological figure) > Drama
  • Agamemnon, King of Mycenae (Mythological character) > Drama
Genre/Form
  • Greek drama (Tragedy) – Translations into English.
  • Drama
  • Translations
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxiii]).
Language (note)
  • Translated from the Ancient Greek.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Agamemnon -- Choephori -- Eumenides.
ISBN
  • 9781854591739 (pbk.)
  • 1854591738 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 81453716
  • SCSB-12602175
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library