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Aeschylus: Agamemnon

Name: Aeschylus: Agamemnon
Brand: Liverpool University Press
SKU: 9781800856288
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Contributors:

Edith Hall

Publisher:

Liverpool University Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

History, Education, Literary Criticism

Book Subcategory:

Ancient, Ancient and Classical

Book Topic:

Greece

Series:

Aris & Phillips Classical Texts

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Release Date:

10/28/2024

ISBN 13:

9781800856288

Weight:

1.8 lbs

Size:

8.27 x 5.83 x 1.19 inches

Pages:

560

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The first revenge drama, the first great female role, the first tragedy set on the cusp between public space and private household, the first part of the only surviving tragic trilogy--the foundational status of Aeschylus' monumental Agamemnon cannot be over-estimated. Agamemnon's entry on a chariot, arrogant passage over purple carpets, death in the bath and display as a corpse, along with the inspired prophetess, his war booty Cassandra, make this tragedy visually electrifying; the poetry, especially in Clytemnestra's orations and the choral odes, in magniloquence and vivid imagery surpasses anything in classical literature. This new edition, with Greek text, critical introduction, accessible translation and detailed commentary gives consistent support in construing the ancient Greek and appreciating the aural power of Aeschylus' language and rhythms. It draws on cutting-edge scholarship to provide unprecedented illumination of sociological and performative aspects of his play: the chorus' struggle to maintain representation for ordinary Argives, the different responses of Clytemnestra and Cassandra to the inequities imposed on them by patriarchy, the sensory experience of poetry imbued with prompts to taste, smell, touch and hearing as well as vision, the challenges and opportunities presented by the text to directors and actors both ancient and modern, and the thrilling control of the tragic medium by its undisputed founding father.

About the Author
Hall, Edith: - Edith Hall FBA, Professor of Classics at Durham University, has previously taught at Oxford, Cambridge, Reading, London, Leiden and Northwestern Universities. She has published more than thirty books and is co-leader of the campaign Advocating Classics Education. She regularly broadcasts on television and BBC Radio and acts as consultant to professional theatre companies.

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