Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound
Autor Aeschylus Editat de David Grene, Richmond Lattimore, Mark Griffith, Glenn W. Mosten Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 apr 2013
The most engaging and authoritative translation of some of the foundational works of Western culture
This volume collects careful, readable translations of some of the key works of Aeschylus by experts in the language and culture of the ancient Greek world in which he lived and wrote. Aeschylus I contains “The Persians,” translated by Seth Benardete; “The Seven Against Thebes,” translated by David Grene; “The Suppliant Maidens,” translated by Seth Benardete; and “Prometheus Bound,” translated by David Grene.
For this edition, series editors Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the ancient Greek while retaining the vibrancy for which our English versions are famous.New introductions for each play offer essential information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. In addition, each volume includes an introduction to the life and work of its tragedian, as well as notes addressing textual uncertainties and a glossary of names and places mentioned in the plays.
This volume collects careful, readable translations of some of the key works of Aeschylus by experts in the language and culture of the ancient Greek world in which he lived and wrote. Aeschylus I contains “The Persians,” translated by Seth Benardete; “The Seven Against Thebes,” translated by David Grene; “The Suppliant Maidens,” translated by Seth Benardete; and “Prometheus Bound,” translated by David Grene.
For this edition, series editors Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the ancient Greek while retaining the vibrancy for which our English versions are famous.New introductions for each play offer essential information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. In addition, each volume includes an introduction to the life and work of its tragedian, as well as notes addressing textual uncertainties and a glossary of names and places mentioned in the plays.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226311449
ISBN-10: 0226311449
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Ediția:Third Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10: 0226311449
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Ediția:Third Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Notă biografică
Mark Griffith is a professor of classics and of theater, dance, and performance studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Albany, CA. Trained at Cambridge, Griffith is an enormously accomplished expert on the Greek Tragedies. Glenn W. Most studied at Harvard, Oxford, and Yale and is currently professor of ancient Greek at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, and a visiting member of the Committe on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. He divides his time between Pisa, Florence, and Chicago. Richmond Lattimore (1906–1984) was a poet, translator, and longtime professor of Greek at Bryn Mawr College. David Grene (1913–2002) taught classics for many years at the University of Chicago. He was a founding member of the Committee on Social Thought.
Cuprins
Editors’ Preface to the Third Edition
Introduction to Aeschylus
How the Plays Were Originally Staged
Introduction to Aeschylus
How the Plays Were Originally Staged
The Persians, translated by Seth Benardete
The Seven against Thebes, translated by David Grene
The Suppliant Maidens, translated by Seth Benardete
The Surviving Fragments of the Rest of the Suppliants Trilogy
Prometheus Bound, translated by David Grene
The Surviving Fragments of the Rest of the Prometheus Trilogy
The Seven against Thebes, translated by David Grene
The Suppliant Maidens, translated by Seth Benardete
The Surviving Fragments of the Rest of the Suppliants Trilogy
Prometheus Bound, translated by David Grene
The Surviving Fragments of the Rest of the Prometheus Trilogy
Textual Notes
Glossary
Glossary