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Eumenides Pb (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana)

1 review
Aeschylus/West

University of Michigan Press, 1998

Aeschylus and the sacred Athenian concept of justice
The Orestia trilogy is the tragic story of the awesome responsibility of a blood debt. In the first play, "Agamemnon," the title character returns victoriously from Troy to be murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, who having sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia so that a fair wind would blow the Achean army to Troy. In the middle play, "The Choephori" ("The Libation Bearers"), Orestes comes to ...

The Oresteia: Agamemnon, Choephoroe, Eumenides (Everyman's Library)

1 review
Aeschylus

Everyman's Library, 2004

a less published but formidable translation
as always, the package is wonderful. everyman covers are splendid and the pages are fine paper. the translation is less widely available than the grene lattimore or the fagles translations but it is no less masterful. justice is done to this classic.

Aeschylus II: Agamemnon, Libation-Bearers, Eumenides, Fragments (Loeb Classical Library #146)

2 reviews
Aeschylus

Loeb Classical Library, 1960

Classic Drama at its Best
As the inventor of tragedy, Aeschylus gives us a masterful example of classic Greek tragedy in the Oresteia. His famous trilogy is offered in the original Greek, side by side with Herbert Weir Smyth's inspiring English translation. With earthy metaphors and a storm of emotion, this volume cannot fail to excite.

Aeschylus: Eumenides (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)

3 reviews
Aeschylus

Cambridge University Press, 1989

Superb Greek text and commentary.
(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 second year of Greek (although my dedication may be above average). ...

The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides (Penguin Classics)

31 reviews
Aeschylus

Penguin Classics, 1984

even better the second time around
These are great plays, and this is a beautiful translation. I think, though, that to really appreciate what Aeschylus accomplished (aided and abetted by Fagles), most modern readers should really read the entire trilogy twice. When these plays were first performed, the entire audience would have known the story of Agamemnon's fate and Orestes' revenge from the Odyssey, and probably from ...

Eumenides

1 review
Aeschylus

Duckworth Pub, 1979

The Triumph Of Reason Over Revenge.
For those of you who don't know this, "The Eumenides" is part 3 of the trilogy by Aeschylus. In Part 1 ("Agamemnon"), Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon so she could be with her lover Aegisthus. In Part 2 ("The Libation Bearers") Agamemnon's son Orestes flips the tables and kills Aegisthus and Clytemnestra. But he is tormented by the furies. That brings us to the third and concluding ...

The Oresteian Trilogy: Agamemnon; The Choephori; The Eumenides (Penguin Classics)

4 reviews
Aeschylus

Penguin Classics, 1956

The only surviving Greek trilogy.
"Agamemnon" is the first of the Oresteia trilogy (the only extant Greek trilogy) and should be required reading of all university students. The trilogy won First Prize at the Greater Dionesia in 458 B. C. Agamemnon returns to Argos from the Trojan War. He is killed by his wife Clytemnestra and his first cousin Aegisthus. Clytemnestra's reasons for the murder of both Agamemnon and Cassandra ...

Aeschylus: Eumenides (Classical Texts)

1 review
A. J. Podlecki

Aris & Phillips, 1989

The first play in the Orestia Trilogy of Aeschylus
The Orestia trilogy is the tragic story of the responsibility of a blood debt and the need for a system of laws and justice that replaces an ending cycle of revenge. In the first play, "Agamemnon," the title character returns victoriously from Troy to be murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, who having sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia so that a fair wind would blow the Achean army to Troy. In ...

The Oresteia by Aeschylus, Trilogy includes Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides.

1 review, ...

MobileReference, 2008

Aeschylus
The Oresteia by Aeschylus, Trilogy includes Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides. The Oresteia is the only Greek trilogy that survived. Each of these plays is a classical tragedy, and each is wonderful in its own right. Aeschylus is one of the greatest poets in history!

Aeschylus I: Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides)

12 reviews
Aeschylus

bnpublishing.com, 2006

An excellent trilogy
Aeschylus (525-456 BC) is the father of Greek tragedies (one legend reports that Dionysus himself commanded Aeschylus to write them). Of the seventy tragedies that he wrote, only seven have survived to the present day. These three plays form the most complete tetralogy that we have (a tetralogy contained three tragedies and one satyr play - a semi-religious, semi-mocking performance that acted as ...

Aeschylus (The Oresteia Trilogy, Agamemnon, Choephoroe, Eumenides)

Dell, 1965

The Oresteia trilogy is probably the greatest work of Aeschylus. The curse on the House of Atreus involves King Agamemnon, his wife, Clytemnestra, and their son, Orestes, in a turbulent drama of murder and revenge.

Aeschylus 1: Oresteia - Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (The Complete Greek Tragedies)
Richmond Lattimore David Grene

Washington Square press, 1967

Publisher: Edition: first

Aeschylus - The Oresteia

The Folio Society of London, 1961

In slip case, royal octavo, half-linen cloth blocked with a design by Laurence Preece, illustrated, xvii plus 184 pages: Introduction;

Aeschylus, 1 : The Oresteia : Agamemmon, the Libation Bearers, the Eumenides (Penn Greek Drama Series)

3 reviews
Aeschylus, David R. Slavitt

University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997

Not a mind-blowing translation, but not bad, either
A bit uneven in spots, the translation is overall easy to read and highly recommended for highschool or lower level university classes. Students unfamiliar with this material need modern diction and syntax, despite what the reviewer from Japan opines, and this translation provides them.

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