Aeschylus

The Oresteia (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

He who learns must suffer.
Before setting out for the Trojan War, King Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia. Many years later, when Agamemnon returns to his palace, his adulterous Queen Clytemnestra takes her revenge by brutally murdering him and installing her lover on the throne. How will the gods judge Orestes, their estranged son, who must avenge his father's death by murdering his mother?
The curse of the House of Atreus, passing from generation to generation, is one of the great myths of Western literature. In the hands of Aeschylus, the story enacts the final victory of reason and justice over superstition and barbarity.
The original trilogy, comprising Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and Eumenides, is distilled into one thrilling three-act play in this magnificent new translation by award-winning playwright Rory Mullarkey.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474274333
• Artikelnr.: 43975574

Autorenporträt

Born in Eleusis, he served in the army, was wounded at Marathon (490BC) and probably fought at Salamis (480). His plays include: The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Prometheus Bound, SUppliants and the Oresteia, which comprises three plays about the murder of Agamemnon and its consequences and was his last great success on the Athenian stage (458).

Inhaltsangabe

The Oresteia - Aeschylus Foreword
Acknowledgments
A Reading of "The Oresteia": The Serpent and the Eagle
AESCHYLUS: THE ORESTEIA
Agamemnon
The Libation Bearers
The Eumenides
The Geneaology of Orestes
Select Bibliography
Notes:
Agamemnon
The Libation Bearers
The Eumenides
Glossary