| Fragments Contributor(s): Aeschylus (Author), Sommerstein, Alan H. (Editor), Sommerstein, Alan H. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0674996291 ISBN-13: 9780674996298 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: Aeschylus (ca. 525-456 BCE), the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world's great art forms, witnessed the establishment of democracy at Athens and fought against the Persians at Marathon. He won the tragic prize at the City Dionysia thirteen times between ca. 499 and 458, and in his later years was probably victorious almost every time he put on a production, though Sophocles beat him at least once. Of his total of about eighty plays, seven survive complete. The third volume of this edition collects all the major fragments of lost Aeschylean plays. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Ancient & Classical - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 882 |
| Series: Loeb Classical Library |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.4" W x 6.3" (0.60 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Aeschylus (ca. 525-456 BCE), the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world's great art forms, witnessed the establishment of democracy at Athens and fought against the Persians at Marathon. He won the tragic prize at the City Dionysia thirteen times between ca. 499 and 458, and in his later years was probably victorious almost every time he put on a production, though Sophocles beat him at least once. Of his total of about eighty plays, seven survive complete. The third volume of this edition collects all the major fragments of lost Aeschylean plays. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sommerstein, Alan H.: - Alan H. Sommerstein is Professor of Greek, University of Nottingham. |