The Oresteia – Agamemnon, Women at the Graveside, Orestes in Athens : Agamemnon, Women at the Graveside, Orestes in Athens
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Aeschylus
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
163149466X
ISBN-13
9781631494666
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Ltd
Imprint
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 23rd, 2018
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
352 grams
Dimensions
14.90 x 21.90 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Plays, playscriptsPlays, playscripts, drama
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This spellbinding, ground-breaking translation reenergises Aeschylus’ enduring saga of split loyalties, bloody sacrifice and the efforts to bring peace after generations of strife.
One of the foundational texts of Western literature, the Oresteia trilogy is about cycles of deception and brutality within the ruling family of Argos. In Agamemnon, queen Clytemnestra awaits her husband’s return from war to commit a terrible act of retribution. The next plays, radically retitled here as The Women at the Graveside and Orestes in Athens, deal with the aftermath of the regicide, Orestes’ search to avenge his father’s death and his ceaseless torment. A powerful discourse on the formation of democracy, The Oresteia illuminates the tensions between loyalty to one’s family and to the community. In this classic for future generations, Oliver Taplin captures the lyricism of the original.
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