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Author Mitchell-Boyask, Robin

Title Aeschylus
Published London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (158 pages)
Series Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy
Companions to Greek and Roman tragedy.
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Aeschylus the Athenian; 2. Eumenides and Greek Myth and Religion; 3. The Theatre of Aeschylus; 4. The Play and its Staging; 5. Justice, Law, and Athenian Politics in Eumenides; 6. The Reception of Eumenides: Ancient Tragedy, Gender, and the Modern World; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; Bibliography; Glossary; Chronology; Index; A; B; C; D; E; H; I; J; K; M; N; O; P; S; T; V; Z
Summary The ""Eumenides"", the concluding drama in Aeschylus' sole surviving trilogy, the ""Oresteia"", is not only one of the most admired Greek tragedies, but also one of the most controversial and contested, both to specialist scholars and public intellectuals. It stands at the crux of the controversies over the relationship between the fledgling democracy of Athens and the dramas it produced during the City Dionysia, and over the representation of women in the theatre and their implied status in Athenian society. The ""Eumenides"" enacts the trial of Agamemnon's son Orestes, who had been ordered u
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Subject Aeschylus. Eumenides.
SUBJECT Eumenides (Aeschylus) fast
Subject Greek drama (Tragedy)
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781472519634
1472519639