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Produced in 458 BC, Aeschylus' Choephori is the second play in the Oresteian trilogy. The bloodshed begun in the first play with the murder of Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra is here continued when Agamemnon's son Orestes avenges his father's death by killing Clytemnestra... Read Full Overview

This new edition ofChoephori takes into account the abundance of recent scholarship on Aeschylus' work. A. F. Garvie's introduction discusses the pre-Aeschylean Orestes tradition in literature and art, the character of the play itself--its ideas, imagery, structure, and staging--and... Read Full Overview

Libation Bearers is the 'middle' play in the only extant tragic trilogy to survive from antiquity, Aeschylus' Oresteia, first produced in 458 BCE. This introduction to the play will be useful for anyone reading it in Greek or in translation. Drawing on his wide... Read Full Overview

This new edition of Choephori takes into account the abundance of recent scholarship on Aeschylus' work. A. F. Garvie's introduction discusses the pre-Aeschylean Orestes tradition in literature and art, the character of the play itself--its ideas, imagery, structure, and staging--and... Read Full Overview

After receiving an ultimatum from Apollo, Orestes must decide if he'd rather face the wrath of the gods, or the earthly consequences for his actions When Orestes returns home to Agos after hearing of his father's death, he has a quest and a secret. Since he had been banished... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

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Excerpt from Aeschylus Choephoroi, Vol. 1: With Introduction and Notes; Introduction and Text

Coephori - Greek and English - 1893 Aischylou Choephoroi. The Choephori. With an introd., commentary and translation by A.W. Verrall is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as... Read Full Overview

Ghoyf roi is an annotated edition of Aeschylus's Choephorae, the second play in the Oresteia trilogy. This edition, featuring short English notes by T.A.W. Buckley, is designed to aid students and scholars in understanding the complexities of Aeschylus's language... Read Full Overview

Aischylou Choephoroi presents Aeschylus's celebrated tragedy, "The Libation Bearers," in Latin. This edition, likely from 1824, offers a valuable resource for students and scholars of classical literature. The text provides insight into Aeschylus's dramatic art and... Read Full Overview

"The Choephoroe, Libation Bearers," the second play in Aeschylus's "Oresteia" trilogy, continues the saga of the cursed House of Atreus. In this installment, Orestes returns to Argos to avenge his father Agamemnon's murder at the hands of his mother, Clytemnestra, and her... Read Full Overview