Oresteia

Author : Aeschylus
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1984-02-07
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0140443339

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The Oresteia by Aeschylus Pdf

In the Oresteia Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration. In Agamemnon, a king's decision to sacrifice his daughter and turn the tide of war inflicts lasting damage on his family, culminating in a terrible act of retribution; The Libation Bearers deals with the aftermath of Clytemnestra's regicide, as her son Orestes sets out to avenge his father's death; and in The Eumenides, Orestes is tormented by supernatural powers that can never be appeased. Forming an elegant and subtle discourse on the emergence of Athenian democracy out of a period of chaos and destruction, The Oresteia is a compelling tragedy of the tensions between our obligations to our families and the laws that bind us together as a society. The only trilogy in Greek drama that survives from antiquity, Aeschylus' The Oresteia is translated by Robert Fagles with an introduction, notes and glossary written in collaboration with W.B. Stanford in Penguin Classics. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Simon Goldhill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-19
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521539811

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Aeschylus: The Oresteia by Simon Goldhill Pdf

This is the only general introduction in English to Aeschylus' Oresteia, one of the most important and most influential of all Greek dramas. Simon Goldhill focuses on the play's themes of justice, sexual politics, violence, and the position of man within culture, and explores how Aeschylus constructs a myth for the city in which he lived. A final chapter considers the influence of the Oresteia on later theatre. Its clear structure and guide to further reading will make this an invaluable guide for students and teachers alike.

Author : Aeschylus,
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-13
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780199537815

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Oresteia by Aeschylus, Pdf

The Oresteian trilogy (Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides) established the themes of Greek tragedy - the inexorable nature of Fate, the relationship between justice, revenge, and religion. The plays dramatize the murder of Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra, the revenge of her son Orestes, and his judgement by the court of Athens. This new translation seeks to preserve the plays' qualities as theatre and as literature.

Author : Aeschylus
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 101625847X

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The Oresteia of Aeschylus by Aeschylus Pdf

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Author : Aeschylus
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-06
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780375712685

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The Oresteia by Aeschylus Pdf

One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time. The three plays of the Oresteia portray the bloody events that follow the victorious return of King Agamemnon from the Trojan War, at the start of which he had sacrificed his daughter Iphigeneia to secure divine favor. After Iphi-geneia’s mother, Clytemnestra, kills her husband in revenge, she in turn is murdered by their son Orestes with his sister Electra’s encouragement. Orestes is pursued by the Furies and put on trial, his fate decided by the goddess Athena. Far more than the story of murder and ven-geance in the royal house of Atreus, the Oresteia serves as a dramatic parable of the evolution of justice and civilization that is still powerful after 2,500 years. The trilogy is presented here in George Thomson’s classic translation, renowned for its fidelity to the rhythms and richness of the original Greek.

Author : Michael Ewans
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1983-05-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521250730

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Wagner and Aeschylus: The Ring and the Oresteia by Michael Ewans Pdf

Wagner and Aeschylus examines the role that the Oresteia played in the shaping of the Ring.

Author : Aeschylus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Greek drama (Tragedy)
ISBN : PRNC:32101007591413

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The Oresteia of Aeschylus by Aeschylus Pdf

Author : Michael Ewans
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781003859208

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Aeschylus' Oresteia by Michael Ewans Pdf

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. Accompanying this lucid, accurate and actable translation is a substantial introduction, outlining the festival setting of the plays, the original performance conditions and performance style, the form and meaning of the trilogy, the issues surrounding the act of translation, and finally a survey of some major productions since 1980. The text itself is a thoroughly competitive translation into modern English verse, now significantly revised in the light of recent scholarship on the text. It is followed by a theatrical commentary on each scene and chorus, providing unique insights into how the plays might have been staged in ancient Athens and how they can be staged today. The book also includes notes on the translation, two glossaries of names and Greek terms, selected further reading, and a chronology of Aeschylus’ life and times. Aeschylus’ Oresteia: Translation and Theatrical Commentary is the most comprehensive English edition of Aeschylus’ masterpiece, and this new edition fully meets the needs of teachers, students and practitioners working on the trilogy as well as those interested in ancient Greek drama and literature more broadly.

Author : Andy Hinds
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-03
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781786821348

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The Oresteia by Andy Hinds Pdf

This translation is the result of a close collaboration between theatre director and playwright, Andy Hinds (author of Acting Shakespeares Language), and Classics scholar, Dr. Martine Cuypers (Trinity College Dublin). Whilst preserving a scholarly fidelity to the original Greek, the translation is written in a clear and energetic verse, designed to be as 'performable' in the theatre, as it is readable in the home or study. It will be of equal interest and use, therefore, to teachers, students and academics, to actors and directors, and to the general reader. The Oresteia is released as a companion volume to Hinds translation of Iphigenia in Aulis. Iphigenia represents Euripides version of a key episode in the great saga, The Fall of the House of Atreus, while The Oresteia relates Aeschylus version of the continuation and conclusion of the saga.

Author : Amit Shilo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108961936

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Beyond Death in the Oresteia by Amit Shilo Pdf

The Oresteia is permeated with depictions of the afterlife, which have never been examined together. In this book Amit Shilo analyses their intertwined and conflicting implications. He argues for a 'poetics of multiplicity' and 'poetics of the beyond' that inform the ongoing debates over justice, fate, ethics, and politics in the trilogy. The book presents novel, textually-grounded readings of Cassandra's fate, Clytemnestra's ghost scene, mourning ritual, hero cult, and punishment by Hades. It offers a fresh perspective on the political thought of the trilogy by contrasting the ethical focus of the Erinyes and Hades with Athena's insistence on divine unity and warfare. Shedding new light on the trilogy as a whole, this book is crucial reading for students and scholars of classical literature and religion. This title is available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Author : Aeschylus,Sophocles,Euripides
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-31
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1429922923

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An Oresteia by Aeschylus,Sophocles,Euripides Pdf

A Bold, Iconoclastic New Look at One of the Great Works of Greek Tragedy In this innovative rendition of The Oresteia, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson combines three different visions—Aischylos' Agamemnon, Sophokles' Elektra, and Euripides' Orestes—giving birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. After the murder of her daughter Iphegenia by her husband Agamemnon, Klytaimestra exacts a mother's revenge, murdering Agamemnon and his mistress, Kassandra. Displeased with Klytaimestra's actions, Apollo calls on her son, Orestes, to avenge his father's death with the help of his sister Elektra. In the end, Orestes, driven mad by the Furies for his bloody betrayal of family, and Elektra are condemned to death by the people of Argos, and must justify their actions—signaling a call to change in society, a shift from the capricious governing of the gods to the rule of manmade law. Carson's accomplished rendering combines elements of contemporary vernacular with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy, opening up the plays to a modern audience. In addition to its accessibility, the wit and dazzling morbidity of her prose sheds new light on the saga for scholars. Anne Carson's Oresteia is a watershed translation, a death-dance of vengeance and passion not to be missed.

Author : Aeschylus
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-19
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780226311487

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Aeschylus II by Aeschylus Pdf

This updated translation of the Oresteia trilogy and fragments of the satyr play Proteus includes an extensive historical and critical introduction. In the third edition of The Complete Greek Tragedies, Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the ancient Greek while retaining their vibrancy for which the Grene and Lattimore versions are famous. New introductions for each play offer essential information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. Each volume also includes an introduction to the life and work of the tragedian and an explanation of how the plays were first staged, as well as notes addressing textual uncertainties and a glossary of names and places mentioned in the plays. The result is a series of lively and authoritative translations offering a comprehensive introduction to these foundational works of Western drama.

Author : Aeschylus,
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781472521705

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The Oresteia by Aeschylus, Pdf

First performed in 458BC, Aeschylus's trilogy of plays - known collectively as The Oresteia - remains perhaps the great masterpiece of Ancient tragic drama. Telling the bloody story of the House of Atreus, Aeschylus's tragedy stages an eternal debate about justice and revenge that remains relevant more than two millenia later. Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series in this classic and authoritative translation by Hugh Lloyd-Jones, this book contains the text of all three plays - Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides - with extensive scholarly annotation throughout.

Author : Euripides
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006-02-23
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780141961989

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Orestes and Other Plays by Euripides Pdf

Written during the long battles with Sparta that were to ultimately destroy ancient Athens, these six plays by Euripides brilliantly utilize traditional legends to illustrate the futility of war. The Children of Heracles holds a mirror up to contemporary Athens, while Andromache considers the position of women in Greek wartime society. In The Suppliant Women, the difference between just and unjust battle is explored, while Phoenician Women describes the brutal rivalry of the sons of King Oedipus, and the compelling Orestes depicts guilt caused by vengeful murder. Finally, Iphigenia in Aulis, Euripides' last play, contemplates religious sacrifice and the insanity of war. Together, the plays offer a moral and political statement that is at once unique to the ancient world, and prophetically relevant to our own.

Author : D. J. Conacher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:39015012209444

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Aeschylus' Oresteia by D. J. Conacher Pdf