{"product_id":"the-plays-of-aeschylus-paperback","title":"The Plays of Aeschylus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. F. Garvie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis excellent introduction to the six extant plays of Aeschylus is fully revised and updated, with additional further reading, ideal for the student unfamiliar with these earliest of Greek tragedies. Aeschylus is the oldest of the three great Greek tragedians and lived from 525\/524 to 465\/455. He took part in the battle of Marathon in 490 and probably also in the battle of Salamis in 480, the subject of his \u003ci\u003ePersians\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorking in chronological order of their first production, this volume explores \u003ci\u003ePersians\u003c\/i\u003e, the earliest Greek tragedy that has come down to us; \u003ci\u003eSeven against Thebes\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003e Suppliants\u003c\/i\u003e; and the three plays of the Oresteia trilogy: \u003ci\u003eAgamemnon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Libation Bearers\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEumenides\u003c\/i\u003e. The book also contains an essay on \u003ci\u003ePrometheus Bound\u003c\/i\u003e, now generally thought not to be by Aeschylus, but accepted as his in antiquity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume is a companion to \u003ci\u003eThe Plays of Euripides\u003c\/i\u003e(by James Morwood) and \u003ci\u003eThe Plays of Sophocles\u003c\/i\u003e(by Alex Garvie) also available in second editions from Bloomsbury. A further essential guide to the themes and context of ancient Greek tragedy may be found in Laura Swift's new introductory volume, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreek Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Garvie \u003c\/b\u003eis Emeritus Professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAeschylus Supplices: Play and Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e (1969, 2nd edition 2006); of editions of Aeschylus' \u003ci\u003eChoephori\u003c\/i\u003e (1986) and \u003ci\u003ePersae \u003c\/i\u003e(2009); Homer's \u003ci\u003eOdyssey \u003c\/i\u003eVI-VIII (1994); Sophocles's \u003ci\u003eAjax \u003c\/i\u003e(1998) and a companion volume to this book, \u003ci\u003eThe Plays of Sophocles \u003c\/i\u003e(2nd edition, Bloomsbury, 2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43699520209031,"sku":"9781474233279","price":46.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/YZOc3wy5wi9781474233279.webp?v=1767502510","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-plays-of-aeschylus-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}