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Aeschylus

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Description for Aeschylus Hardcover. 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. This third volume collects the major fragments of lost Aeschylean plays. Editor(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Translator(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 173 x 118 x 32. Weight in Grams: 434.

Four unconnected but unforgettable plays from ancient Athens’ first great tragedian.

Aeschylus (ca. 525–456 BC), the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world’s great art forms, witnessed the establishment of democracy at Athens, fought against the Persians at Marathon and probably also at Salamis, and had one of his productions sponsored by the young Pericles. He was twice invited to visit Sicily, and it was there that he died. At Athens he competed for the tragic prize at the City Dionysia about nineteen times between circa 499 and 458, and ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Series
Loeb Classical Library
Condition
New
Weight
434g
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9780674996274
SKU
V9780674996274
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Ref
99-39

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

Reviews for Aeschylus
Alan Sommerstein’s three-volume Aeschylus… is in many respects the best critical edition of this playwright available in any format. Sommerstein’s authority as a linguist and expert in Aeschylean drama is second to none, and he has provided an up-to-date and carefully constituted text for the seven surviving plays, plus all of the fragmentary remains that are at least one line ... Read more

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