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Persians and Other Plays
Aeschylus
Translated by Christopher Collard
384 pages
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5 maps
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196x129mm
978-0-19-283282-5
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Paperback
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08 January 2009
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- A new, accurate, and readable translation of four major Greek tragedies, including the unique historical tragedy Persians and the hugely influential Prometheus Bound.
- The translation is based on the most authoritative edition of the Greek text.
- The detailed Introduction sets the plays in their original context and considers them as theatrical and poetic works.
- Comprehensive explanatory notes gloss details of language and content, structure and form.
- Includes up-to-date bibliography, five maps, and an index.
- Companion volume to OWC Oresteia, also tr. Christopher Collard
Aeschylus is the first of the great Greek playwrights, and the four plays in this volume demonstrate the remarkable range of Greek tragedy. Persians is the only surviving tragedy to draw on contemporary history, the Greeks' extraordinary victory over Persia in 480 BC. The Persians' aggression is inhuman in scale, and offends the gods, but while celebrating the Greek triumph, Aeschylus also portrays the shock of the defeated with some compassion. In Seven Against Thebes a royal family is cursed with self-destruction, in a remorseless tragedy that anticipates the grandeur of the later Oresteia. Suppliants portrays the wretched plight of the daughters of
Danaus, fleeing from enforced marriage; as refugees they seek protection, and must plead a moral and political case to gain it. And in Prometheus Bound, Prometheus is relentlessly persecuted by Zeus for benefitting mankind in defiance of the god.
Christopher Collard's highly readable new translation is accompanied by an introduction that sets the plays in their original context, and together with the notes considers theatrical and poetic issues, as well as details of content and language.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable
features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Readership: Readers, students, and perfomers of the classics, Greek tragedy, drama, literature
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Aeschylus Translated by Christopher Collard, Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of Wales Swansea
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"Excellent...as scholarly and reliable as anyone could wish for...clear and judicious." - Mark Griffiths, Times Literary Supplement
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Introduction
Note on the Text
Bibliography
Chronology
PERSIANS
SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
SUPPLIANTS
PROMETHEUS BOUND
Maps
Explanatory Notes
Index
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