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Fresh from victory over the city of Troy, the victorious Greek army is returning home. King Agamemnon is at the height of his power, the Greek world surrounding the Aegean Sea lies under his dominion. However, not all is well for the great king. Upon his homecoming, Agamemnon's... Read Full Overview

In the Oresteia Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an... Read Full Overview

Louis MacNeice read classics at Oxford, and his professional life began as a lecturer in classics, before his career developed as a poet and broadcaster. Published in 1936 and intended primarily for the stage, MacNeice's version of The Agamemnon was immediately recognised, in... Read Full Overview

This paperback edition replaces the hardback first published in 1957.

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, including0 suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous... Read Full Overview

The Agamemnon Of Aeschylus: Translated Into English Rhyming Verse With Explanatory Notes By Gilbert Murray This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve... Read Full Overview

A victorious king returns home from Troy, but the house he enters is already filled with blood, hatred, prophecy, and revenge. In Agamemnon, Aeschylus transforms the aftermath of the Trojan War into one of the most powerful tragedies in world drama. Agamemnon... Read Full Overview

Aeschylus' Persae, first produced in 472 BC, is the oldest surviving Greek tragedy. It is also the only extant Greek tragedy that deals, not with a mythological subject, but with an event of recent history, the Greek defeat of the Persians at Salamis in 480 BC. Unlike Aeschylus'... Read Full Overview

A victorious king returns home from Troy, but the house he enters is already filled with blood, hatred, prophecy, and revenge. In Agamemnon, Aeschylus transforms the aftermath of the Trojan War into one of the most powerful tragedies in world drama. Agamemnon... Read Full Overview

Rubenstein's modern translation of the masterpiece of Aeschylus is acclaimed by scholars at Oxford, Cambridge and elsewhere and also by American high schools as lively vigorous great directness beautiful accessible to modern audiences brilliant vivid and immediate

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An early Greek tragedy depicting the aftermath of the Persian defeat at Salamis, presented from the perspective of the Persian court.

The Persians, first performed in 472 BC, is among the earliest surviving works of Greek drama and remains distinctive... Read Full Overview

The sexualized serial murder of women by men is the subject of this provocative book. Jane Caputi argues that the sensationalized murders by men such as Jack the Ripper, Son of Sam, Hillside Strangler, and the Yorkshire Ripper represent a contemporary genre of sexually political... Read Full Overview

Revenge. Adultery. Murder. Sounds like something from a modern drama series, right? But this isn't TV-this is ancient Greece at its most gripping. Aeschylus' Agamemnon is packed with raw emotion, tragic fate, and powerful themes that still resonate today. There's... Read Full Overview

"Agamemnon" written by legendary Greek playwright Aeschylus is widely considered to be the greatest play among his lifetime of works. "Agamemnon" will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many Agamemnon is required reading for various courses and curriculums... Read Full Overview

Agamemnon - Transcribed by Robert Browning is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1877. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres... Read Full Overview