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Highly acclaimed as translators of Greek and Sanskrit classics, respectively, David Grene and Wendy Doniger O’Flaherty here present a complete modern translation of the three plays comprising Aeschyl …

First performed in 458BC, Aeschylus’s trilogy of plays – known collectively as The Oresteia – remains perhaps the great masterpiece of Ancient tragic drama. Telling the bloody story of the House of A …

First performed in 458BC, Aeschylus’s trilogy of plays – known collectively as The Oresteia – remains perhaps the great masterpiece of Ancient tragic drama. Telling the bloody story of the House of A …

I mean, what is Thebes? A theocracy? No. A meritocracy? Certainly not. A monarchy? Kind of. A patriarchy? Less and less so. Thebes is many things, and to revolutionise that? Well, how?From Oedipus to …

I mean, what is Thebes? A theocracy? No. A meritocracy? Certainly not. A monarchy? Kind of. A patriarchy? Less and less so. Thebes is many things, and to revolutionise that? Well, how?From Oedipus to …

He who learns must suffer.Before setting out for the Trojan War, King Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia. Many years later, when Agamemnon returns to his palace, his adulterous Queen Clytemn …

He who learns must suffer.Before setting out for the Trojan War, King Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia. Many years later, when Agamemnon returns to his palace, his adulterous Queen Clytemn …

Aeschylus was a Greek playwright who is considered to be the father of tragedy. Aeschylus was believed to have written at least 70 plays but only 7 have survived. This collection includes the followi …

Aeschylus was a Greek playwright who is considered to be the father of tragedy. Aeschylus was believed to have written at least 70 plays but only 7 have survived. This collection includes the followi …

A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world’s most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, E …

A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world’s most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, E …

Lo, the earth’s bound and limitary land, The Scythian steppe, the waste untrod of men! Look to it now, Hephaestus-thine it is, Thy Sire obeying, this arch-thief to clench Against the steep-down preci …

Sleep on! awake! what skills your sleep to me– Me, among all the dead by you dishonoured– Me from whom never, in the world of death, Dieth this curse, ”Tis she who smote and slew’, And shamed and …

I pray the gods to quit me of my toils, To close the watch I keep, this livelong year; For as a watch-dog lying, not at rest, Propped on one arm, upon the palace-roof Of Atreus’ race, too long, too w …

The Ancient Classics series provides e Readers with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin and Greek texts. This comprehensive e Book presents the co …

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Oresteia Trilogy (Unabridged English Translation)" is formatted for your e Reader with a functional and detailed table of contents.The trilogy known as Th …

Orestes” parents are at war. A family drama spanning several decades, a huge, moving, bloody saga, Aeschylus” greatest and final play asks whether justice can ever be done – and continues to resona …