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Prometheus Bound, The Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes; The Persians by Aeschylus
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
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 S ...Show more
The Oresteia by Aeschylus
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
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 everlasting song of celebra ...Show more
The Oresteian Trilogy by Aeschylus Aeschylus, Aeschylus
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
The only surviving trilogy from ancient times - a story of murder, madness and justice Aeschylus (525-c.456 bc) set his great trilogy in the immediate aftermath of the Fall of Troy, when King Agamemnon returns to Argos, a victor in war. Agamemnon depicts the hero's discovery that his family has been ...Show more
The Persians and Other Plays: The Persians / Prometheus Bound / Seven Against Thebes / The Suppliants by Aeschylus
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Category: Performing Arts Drama Plays
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. "The Persians", the only Greek tragedy to deal with events from recent Athenian history, depicts the final defeat of Persia in the battle of Salamis, through the eyes of t ...Show more
Three Other Theban Plays: Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes; Euripides' Suppliants; Euripides' Phoenician Women by Aeschylus
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Category: Performing Arts Drama Plays
Though now associated mainly with Sophocles' Theban Plays and Euripides' Bacchae , the theme of Thebes and its royalty was a favorite of ancient Greek poets, one explored in a now lost epic cycle, as well as several other surviving tragedies. With a rich Introduction that sets three of these plays withi ...Show more
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