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Aeschylus : Eumenides

by: Mitchell-Boyask, R.

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Category: Greek Texts / Apparatus Criticus / Commentary
Code: 15819
ISBN-13: 9780715636428 / 978-0-7156-3642-8
ISBN-10: 0715636421 / 0-7156-3642-1
Publisher: Duckworth
Publication Date: 2009
Publication Place: London
Binding: Paper
Pages: 157
Book Condition: New
Comments: Duckworth companions to Greek and Roman tragedy / 157 p. ; 23 cm. / Aeschylus the Athenian --Eumenides and Greek myth and religion --The theatre of Aeschylus --The play and its staging --Justice, law, and Athenian politics in Eumenides --

 The ""Eumenides"", the concluding drama in Aeschylus' sole surviving trilogy, the ""Oresteia"", is not only one of the most admired Greek tragedies, but also one of the most controversial and contested, both to specialist scholars and public intellectuals. It stands at the crux of the controversies over the relationship between the fledgling democracy of Athens and the dramas it produced during the City Dionysia, and over the representation of women in the theatre and their implied status in Athenian society. The ""Eumenides"" enacts the trial of Agamemnon's son Orestes, who had been ordered

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Aeschylus the Athenian; 2. Eumenides and Greek Myth and Religion; 3. The Theatre of Aeschylus; 4. The Play and its Staging; 5. Justice, Law, and Athenian Politics in Eumenides; 6. The Reception of Eumenides: Ancient Tragedy, Gender, and the Modern World; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; Bibliography; Glossary; Chronology; Index; A; B; C; D; E; H; I; J; K; M; N; O; P; S; T; V; Z

 

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Companions to Greek and Roman tragedy

 
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  • ISBN-03: 0715636421 / 0-7156-3642-1
  • Duckworth, London, 2009

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