Prometheus Bound/the Suppliants/Seven Against Thebes/the PersiansVellacott, Philip
9781400041923
The Oresteia
Aeschylus; George Derwent Thomson
ISBN 10: 1400041929 / 1-4000-4192-9
ISBN 13: 9781400041923
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 13: 9781400041923
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
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One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time.
The three plays of the Oresteia portray the bloody events that follow the victorious return of King Agamemnon from the Trojan War, at the start of which he had sacrificed his daughter Iphigeneia to secure divine favor. After Iphigeneia’s mother, Clytemnestra, kills her husband in revenge, she in turn is murdered by their son Orestes with his sister Electra’s encouragement. Orestes is pursued by the Furies and put on trial, his fate decided by the goddess Athena. Far more than the story of murder and vengeance in the royal house of Atreus, the Oresteia serves as a dramatic parable of the evolution of justice and civilization that is still powerful after 2,500 years.
The trilogy is presented here in George Thomson’s classic translation renowned for its fidelity to the rhythms and multilayered richness of the original Greek.
Review:
"[T]his vivid free-verse translation of Aeschylus' dark and bloody tragic trilogy...evinces Hughes's wide range of interests and mastery of classic literatures....[A]n essential further installment in the always interesting oeuvre of a gifted poet who was also a diligent scholar."
Kirkus, 06/01/1999
Review:"The problem is not that Hughes adapts or adds to the poem....But Hughes's changes move out and away from the text rather than deeper into it."
Garry Wills, New York Times Book Review, 09/05/1999
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