44 results for '"Aeschylus"'

An extraordinary drama of flight and rescue arising from women's resistance to marriage, The Suppliants is surprising both for its exotic color and for its forceful enactment of the primal struggle...

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Aeschylus (525–456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. In Prometheus Bound the defiant Titan Prometheus is brutally...

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...

Hardcover with jacket in good condition. First edition. Jacket is marked, tanned and edge-worn. Rear upper edge of jacket is nicked. Light edge-wear on hardcover. Page block is lightly marked. Minor...