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Fragments

By Aeschylus
Series: Loeb Classical Library
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Fragments brings together the surviving pieces of Aeschylus's lost plays, offering a glimpse into the works of the dramatist who shaped Athenian tragedy. This volume highlights the remnants of his nearly eighty plays, revealing themes and narratives from a pivotal era of Greek drama and democracy.
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Ideal for students and enthusiasts of classical literature, drama scholars, and readers interested in ancient Greek culture and the origins of theatrical art.

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Aeschylus (ca. 525–456 BC) is the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world’s great art forms. Seven of his eighty or so plays survive complete, including the Oresteia trilogy and the Persians, the only extant Greek historical drama. Fragments of his lost plays also survive.

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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, titled Fragments.

Series: Loeb Classical Library

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674996298

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 January 2009

Country: United States

Imprint: Loeb Classical Library

Illustration: Index

Contributors:

  • Edited and translated by Alan H. Sommerstein

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 108.0mm

Height: 162.0mm

Weight: 295g

Pages: 384

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Aeschylus Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Series: Loeb Classical Library

About the Author

Alan H. Sommerstein is Professor of Greek, University of Nottingham.

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