Prometheus Bound and Other Plays: Prometheus Bound, the Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, the Persians - Paperback
by Aeschylus
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Availability:In StockContributor:Aeschylus, Philip Vellacott (Translator), Philip Vellacott (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1961-08-30Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140441123ISBN-10:140441123UPC:9780140441123Book Category:Drama, Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Ancient and ClassicalSize:7.68 x 5.08 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.2712Product ID:SCYHPZYA0X
Prometheus Bound and Other Plays: Prometheus Bound, the Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, the Persians
Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. In Prometheus Bound the defiant Titan Prometheus is brutally punished by Zeus for daring to improve the state of wretchedness and servitude in which mankind is kept. The Suppliants tells the story of the fifty daughters of Danaus who must flee to escape enforced...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140441123ISBN-10:140441123UPC:9780140441123Book Category:Drama, Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Ancient and ClassicalSize:7.68 x 5.08 x 0.41 inchesWeight:0.2712Product ID:SCYHPZYA0X
Aeschylus was born of noble family near Athens in 525 BC. He took part in the Persian Wars, adn his epitahp represents him as fighting at Marathon. He wrote more than seventy plays, of which only seven have survived.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Aeschylus, Philip Vellacott (Translator), Philip Vellacott (Introduction by)
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