| Description |
1 online resource (246 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Chronology of Aeschylus' Life and Times -- Introduction -- A Text for Performance -- Community and Festival at Athens -- Performance Space -- Choros and Actors -- Orchēstra and Skēnē -- Form and Meaning in the Oresteia -- The Gods and Daemons -- Politics -- Translation -- Some Modern Performances -- Notes -- Selected Further Reading -- Greek Tragedy -- Aeschylus -- Oresteia -- Notes on the Text, Translation and Commentary -- Editions of the Greek text -- Lyric and Spoken Verse |
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Punctuation -- Line Numbering -- Stage Directions -- Theatrical Commentary -- Structure -- Spelling and Notation -- Oresteia -- Agamemnon -- Scene 1 -- Choros 1 -- Scene 2 -- Choros 2 -- Scene 3 -- Choros 3 -- Scene 4 -- Choros 4 -- Scene 5 -- Scene 6 -- Choros 5 -- Scene 7 -- Scene 8 -- Notes -- Libation Bearers -- Scene 1 -- Choros 1 -- Scene 2 -- (Choros 2) -- Choros 3 -- Scene 3 -- Choros 4 -- Scene 4 -- Choros 5 -- Scene 5 -- Choros 6 -- Scene 6 -- Choros 7 -- Scene 7 -- Choros 8 -- Notes -- Eumenides -- Scene 1 (a) -- Scene 1 (b) -- Scene 1 (c) -- Choros 1 -- Scene 2 -- Scene 3 |
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(Choros 2) -- Choros 3 -- Scene 4 -- Choros 4 -- Scene 5 -- FINALE -- Notes -- Theatrical Commentary -- Agamemnon -- Dramatic Structure and Form -- Scene 1 -- Choros 1 -- Scene 2 -- Choros 2 -- Scene 3 -- Choros 3 -- Scene 4 -- Choros 4 -- Scene 5 -- Scene 6 -- Choros 5 -- Scene 7 -- Scene 8 -- Notes -- Libation Bearers -- Introduction -- Dramatic Structure -- Setting -- Scene 1 -- Choros 1 -- Scene 2 -- Choros 3 -- Scene 3 -- Choros 4 -- Scene 4 -- Choros 5 -- Scene 5 -- Choros 6 -- Scene 6 -- Choros 7 -- Scene 7 -- Choros 8 -- Notes -- Eumenides -- Introduction -- Dramatic Structure -- Scene 1 |
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Choros 1 -- Scene 2 -- Scene 3 -- Choros 3 -- Scene 4 -- Choros 4 -- Scene 5 -- Preliminaries -- Apollo's Entry -- The Prosecution -- The Defence -- The Foundation Speech -- The Voting -- After the Verdict -- Finale -- Notes -- Glossary -- Proper Names -- Greek Words -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Summary |
This is a fully revised new edition of Michael Ewans' 1995 English translation of the Oresteia, taking into account the extensive work published on the trilogy in recent years |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Agamemnon, King of Mycenae (Mythological character) -- Drama
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Orestes, King of Argos (Mythological character) -- Drama
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Electra (Greek mythological figure) -- Drama
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Aeschylus. Oresteia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781003859147 |
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1003859143 |
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