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The Oresteia
Contributor(s): Aeschylus (Author), Billings, Joshua (Editor), Taplin, Oliver (Translator)
ISBN: 0393923282     ISBN-13: 9780393923285
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
OUR PRICE:   $21.14  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2018
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval
- Drama | Ancient & Classical
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
Dewey: 882.01
LCCN: 2018003430
Lexile Measure: 1380
Series: Norton Critical Editions
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 8.3" (0.60 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Greece
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Publisher Description:

Ranked #2 Translation of 2018 by Open Letters Review

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

  • Oliver Taplin's new translation of the fifth-century B.C.E. Greek tragedy--a trilogy of revenge and murder within the royal family of Argos--with explanatory annotations by the editors.
  • Ancient backgrounds and responses from Homer, Stesichorus, Pindar, Euripides, and Sophocles. -
  • Fourteen wide-ranging critical essays on the Oresteia, from G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche to Oliver Taplin and Peter Wilson.
  • A Glossary of Technical Terms and Proper Names and a Selected Bibliography.

About the Series

Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format--annotated text, contexts, and criticism--helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.

Contributor Bio(s): Billings, Joshua: - Joshua Billings is Assistant Professor of Classics at Princeton University. He is the author of Genealogy of the Tragic: Greek Tragedy and German Philosophy.Taplin, Oliver: - Oliver Taplin is emeritus professor of classics at the University of Oxford. His books range from The Stagecraft of Aeschylus to Pots & Plays. He has recently published translations of Euripides' Medea and Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Other Tragedies.