| Description |
xxxviii, 305 pages : genealogical tables, maps ; 20 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Penguin classics |
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Penguin classics.
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| Contents |
Agamemmnon / Aeschylus -- Oedipus Rex / Sophocles -- Frogs / Aristophanes -- Poetics / Aristotle |
| Summary |
"The fifth century BC saw the fullest flowering of art, literature and philosophy in ancient Athens, and this new selection brings the masterpieces of the great tragedians of that era - Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides - together in one volume. Powerful and devastating, these plays depict complex characters locked in brutal conflict both with others and themselves in situations that offer no simple solutions. Through the revenge-murder in Agamemnon, the hideous family secret revealed in Oedipus Rex and a mother's slaughter of her children in Medea, we see the wrenching dilemmas faced by humans in a morally uncertain world. This volume also includes extracts from Aristophanes' comedy The Frogs - a comic satire on tragic playwrights - and a selection from Aristotle's masterful Poetics, which presents a philosophical discussion of Greek tragedy." "Simon Goldhill's introduction illuminates the plays' cultural background and their place in ritual ceremony, and illustrates their lasting effect on the Western imagination. This edition includes prefaces to each play, a chronology, further readings and detailed notes on each work, while genealogical tables clarify the complex legends behind each tragedy."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Translated from the Ancient Greek |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Translated from the Ancient Greek |
| Subject |
Greek drama (Tragedy) -- Translations into English.
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| SUBJECT |
Greece -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057073 -- Drama.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001612
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Greece -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057073
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| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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History.
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Translations.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Aeschylus.
Agamemnon.
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Sophocles.
Oedipus Rex.
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Aristophanes.
Frogs.
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Euripides.
Medea.
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Aristotle.
Poetics.
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| ISBN |
014143936X paperback |
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