| #1064169 in Books | Cambridge University Press | 1989-11-24 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.32 x.71 x4.84l,.79 | File type: PDF | 324 pages | ||6 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| Superb Greek text and commentary.|By Timothy Doran|(Note: just in case you don't know this: this edition is in ANCIENT GREEK, not English. The only English is in the [voluminous] notes, not a translation.) I found this edition of the third play of Aeschylus' Oresteia very fine and very complete, and I was able to read all of the Eumenides with it -- and I am only in my s|Language Notes|Text: English, Greek (translation)|About the Author|Aeschylus (c. 525/524 BC – c. 456/455 BC) was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others be
Sommerstein presents a freshly constituted text, with introduction and commentary, of Eumenides, the climactic play of the only surviving complete Greek tragic trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus. Of all Athenian tragic dramas, Eumenides is most consciously designed to be relevant to the situation of the Athenian state at the time of its performance (458 B.C.) and seems to have contained daring innovations both in technique and in ideas. The introduction and commentary to...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Aeschylus: Eumenides (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) | Aeschylus. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
