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Aeschylus Plays: I

The Persians; Prometheus Bound; The Suppliants; Seven Against Thebes
By Aeschylus
Series: Classical Dramatists
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Aeschylus Plays: I presents a powerful collection of classic Greek dramas by Aeschylus, translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael. It includes The Persians, which uniquely reflects on the real historical battle of 480 BC; Prometheus Bound, depicting the defiant Titan's struggle against Zeus; Suppliants, portraying the desperate flight of Danaus and his daughters to escape a forced marriage and celebrate human courage; and Seven Against Thebes, dramatizing the tragic final conflict of Oedipus' sons.
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Contains texts for the theatre of four of Aeschylus's seven extant plays: "The Persians", "Prometheus Bound", "The Suppliants" and "Seven against Thebes". Aeschylus is one of the most important figures of Athenian drama and his remaining three plays are available in "Aeschylus Plays: Two".

Contains texts for the theatre of four of Aeschylus's seven extant plays: "The Persians", "Prometheus Bound", "The Suppliants" and "Seven against Thebes". Aeschylus is one of the most important figures of Athenian drama and his remaining three plays are available in "Aeschylus Plays: Two".

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Classic plays reissued in the new Methuen Greek Classics series in a distinctive style.

The Persians, based on the destruction of the Persian invaders in 480BC, breaks with the Greek tradition of purely dramatising myths to deal 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.

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.

Series: Classical Dramatists

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780413651907

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 September 1991

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 222g

Pages: 188

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Aeschylus Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Series: Classical Dramatists

About the Author

Aeschylus (525-456 BC) The father of Greek tragic drama, usually considered the first great writer in the Western theatrical tradition. Only seven plays, of over 70 known titles, are extant. These are The Persians (472 BC), Seven Against Thebes (469 BC), Prometheus Bound (c. 460 BC), The Suppliant Women (c. 460 BC), and the Oresteia trilogy (458 BC), comprising Agamemnon, Choephoroi, and Eumenides. He also wrote numerous satyr plays, which have only survived in fragmentary form. Aeschylus's work is powerful and operatic, using majestic but often innovative language. His attitude to Greek society and religion was generally conservative, although he boldly depicted the sufferings of men and woman when moral systems, and the gods themselves, are in conflict. Legend says he was killed by a tortoise dropped by an eagle (to break the shell) on his bald head (mistaken for a stone). His tombstone makes no mention of his literary works, referring only to his service at the Battle of Marathon (490 BC).

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