Eumenides - Hardcover

Donaldson, John William; Aeschylus

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ISBN 10: 1297496930 ISBN 13: 9781297496936

Publisher: Andesite Press, 2015

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Book Description:

A text, with introduction and commentary, of Eumenides, the climactic play of the only surviving complete Greek Trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus, and the one most relevant to the Athenian state at the time of its performance.

About the Author:

Aeschylus was born at Eleusis near Athens in 525 BCE and died in Sicily in 456 BCE. He took part in the Persian Wars and fought at Marathon. Considered the father of Greek tragedy, he wrote more than seventy plays, of which seven have survived.

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