The Agamemnon of Aeschylus : a commentary for students /
"This commentary discusses Aeschylus' play Agamemnon (458 BC), which is one of the most popular of the surviving ancient Greek tragedies, and is the first to be published in English since 1958. It is designed particularly to help students who are tackling Aeschylus in the original Greek fo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Agamemnon and the Oresteia
- The historical context of the Oresteia
- Aeschylus and previous versions of the myth
- The ideas in Agamemnon
- Aeschylus use of his medium
- Dramatic technique: the power of words
- The chorus
- The solo characters
- Language, imagery, and theme
- The transmission of Agamemnon.