63 results for '"Aeschylus"'

A ghost summoned with bizarre rituals from the underworld, the elaborate protocol of the Persian court, desperate lamentation, self-mutilation, and a thrilling eye-witness account of the battle of...

In this book, Taplin looks for clues to Aeschylus's stagecraft in the texts of the plays themselves, analyzing the exits and entrances that occur throughout his works.

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,...

Ranked #2 Translation of 2018 by Open Letters Review This Norton Critical Edition includes: Oliver Taplin's new translation of the fifth-century B.C.E. Greek tragedy--a trilogy of revenge and...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and...

Classical Studies, Art

Chicago's renowned translations of the greatest surviving plays of ancient Greece, collected into a single volume. Drawn from the authoritative third editions of David Grene and Richmond...

Essays discuss the major plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and examine the meaning of Greek theater

Barrett, W. S. The Oligaithidai And Their Victories.--carey, C. Pindarica.--lloyd-jones, H. Ten Notes On Aeschylus, Agamemnon.--garvie, A. F. Aeschylus' Simple Plots.--dawe, R. D. The End Of Seven...

Subtitled The conflation of wedding and funeral rituals in Greek tragedy' this book examines the link between weddings and death in ancient Greek drama, and considers how and why the conflation of...

Celebrated for its dramatic ingenuity, Euripides's earlier version of the myth that Aeschylus made famous has not been revised in English since 1895. Popular in antiquity and important in the...

The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the...

Aeschylus: The Last Phase -- Phaedra And Hippolytus -- Never Blotted A Line? Formula And Premeditation In Homer And Hesiod -- Plato's Hostility To Art -- Horace As A Love Poet: A Reading Of Odes 1.5...

Edmund Clerihew Bentley published a volume of nonsense verse consisting of a series of four-liners designed to poke fun at distinguished personalities. Illustrated by Bentley's lifelong friend,...

The aside is a familiar convention in drama, but surprisingly little has been written about it in connection with Greek theater, where the aside originated and developed. In Actors and Audience,...

Edith Hamilton buoyantly captures the spirit and achievements of the Greek civilization for our modern world.In The Greek Way, Edith Hamilton captures with "Homeric power and simplicity" (New York...