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Description for The Oresteia
Paperback. The great trilogy that is the wellspring of Western drama. Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 105 x 8. Weight in Grams: 113.
Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little Price
Aeschylus' great trilogy of Greek tragedies about the end of the curse on the House of Atreus, The Oresteia comprises Agamemnon, Choephori (Libation-Bearers) and Eumenides (The Furies).
A fourth play, Proteus, originally formed part of a tetralogy, but has not survived.
The trilogy was first performed at the Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BC, where it won first prize.
This English version of The Oresteia, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton.
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Drama Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854591739
SKU
V9781854591739
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Aeschylus
Aeschylus (born c. 525 BC) was an ancient Greek dramatist, often described as the father of tragedy.
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