| Aeschylus Plays: I: The Persians; Prometheus Bound; The Suppliants; Seven Against Thebes Contributor(s): Aeschylus (Author) |
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ISBN: 0413651908 ISBN-13: 9780413651907 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education |
| Dewey: 882.01 |
| Lexile Measure: 1380 |
| Series: Classical Dramatists |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.12" W x 8.02" (0.50 lbs) 188 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Classic plays reissued in the new Methuen Greek Classics series in a new distinctive style The Persians; based on the destruction of the Persian invaders in 480BC, breaks with the Greek tradition of purely dramatising myths to deals with the recent past and with characters who would have been familiar to its first audience in 472BC; Prometheus Bound stages the stand off between the original rebel and hero Prometheus and almighty Zeus; Suppliants, follows the plight of Danaus and his daughters, in flight from a fateful marriage contract with the King of Egypt's sons and shows the triumph of humanity over brute force while Seven Against Thebes dramatises the final battle between the two sons of Oedipus Eteocles and Polynices in the climax of the Oedipus saga. Translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael, these plays are widely studied in schools, colleges and universities. |
Contributor Bio(s): Aeschylus: - Aeschylus (est. 525-456 B.C.E.) was the father of Greek tragedy, whose innovations in theater included conflict directly between characters, rather than through the intermediary of the chorus. Though a highly prolific playwright of an estimated seventy to ninety plays, only seven of Aeschylus' works survive. Among the most famous are The Persians and the Oresteia trilogy: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and The Eumenides. |