AESCHYLUS: AGAMEMNON: Translated from the Greek by Thomas DeVoe Worthen (AESCHYLUS: THE ORESTEIA Book 1)
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (715 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00JY5OSV4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 299 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Worthen makes and otherwise difficult play easy to follow and understand Dr. Worthen makes and otherwise difficult play easy to follow and understand. His notes are clear and helpful.. Five Stars Amazon Customer Awesome translation!
This is a translation of Aeschylus along with a general introduction.. In ancient Athens (458 BCE) the poet Aeschylus entered the dramatic competition of the annual spring festival to the god Dionysus (The Greater Dionysia) by writing and producing four plays, three interlinked tragedies Agamemnon, Choephoroe and Eumenides and an associated "Satyr" play. They have become known collectively as The Oresteia. The text of almost all of the tragedies has by some stroke of fortune been preserved