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| #615933 in Books | 2014-05-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.25 x.70 x5.50l,.74 | File type: PDF | 288 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A highly erudite edition of The Oresteia ...|By Alex|The Oresteia is one the oldest tragedies we have. It is, of course, foolish to award this book anything less than five stars as it is one of Western Civilization's gems. This trilogy of plays deals with the murder of Agamemnon, the revenge by his son Orestes, and then Orestes' persecution and trial by the Erinyes: complex fig|From the Inside Flap|
"By far the best translation. Faithful to the original Greek text and eminently readable. The notes constitute a commentary in their own right."—Albert Henrichs, Harvard University||"Hugh Lloyd-Jones's translation stands out very
The most famous series of ancient Greek plays, and the only surviving trilogy, is the Oresteia of Aeschylus, consisting of Agamemnon, Choephoroe, and Eumenides. These three plays recount the murder of Agamemnon by his queen Clytemnestra on his return from Troy with the captive Trojan princess Cassandra; the murder in turn of Clytemnestra by their son Orestes; and Orestes' subsequent pursuit by the Avenging Furies (Eumenides) and eventual absolution.
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