David Raeburn, Oliver Thomas

Gebundenes Buch

The Agamemnon of Aeschylus

A Commentary for Students

Beschreibung

This commentary on Aeschylus' Agamemnon offers the reader a thorough introduction, extensive notes, and separate sections which explore Aeschylus' use of theatrical resources, an analysis of his distinctive poetic style and use of imagery, and an outline of the transmission of the play from 458 BC to the first printed editions.

Autor

David Raeburn read Literae Humaniores at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in 1949. After a career as a classics teacher and headmaster, he has been teaching classical languages an the University of Oxford since 1991. He played a leading role in establishing the Summer School in Ancient Greek, organized by the Joint Association of Classics Teachers, and is also known as a director of student productions of many Greek tragedies including Agamemnon, both in Greek and in translation. Oliver Thomas graduated from New College, Oxford in 2004. He completed his doctorate in 2009, and is currently a Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church, Oxford.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 145mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780199595600
• ISBN-10: 0199595607
• Artikelnr.: 33372895