Aeschylus, 2 - The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliants, Prometheus Bound (Paperback, New)

The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander. This final volume of the tragedies of Aeschylus relates the historic defeat and dissolution of the Persian Empire on the heels of Xerxes disastrous campaign to subdue Greece, the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the throne of Thebes, the story of fifty daughters who seek asylum from their uncle, the king of Egypt, because of his demand that they marry his sons, and the well-known tale of the proud and unrepentant Prometheus, who is chained to a massive rock for revealing fire and hope to humankind. Translations are by David Slavitt (Persians), Stephen Sandy (Seven Against Thebes), Gail Holst-Warhaft (The Suppliants), and William Matthews (Prometheus Bound).

General

Imprint:	University of PennsylvaniaPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Penn Greek Drama Series
Release date:	1998
First published:	1998
Editors:	David R. Slavitt • Palmer Bovie
Contributors:	David R. Slavitt
Translators:	David R. Slavitt
Contributors:	Stephen Sandy
Translators:	Stephen Sandy
Contributors:	Gail Holst-Warhaft
Translators:	Gail Holst-Warhaft
Contributors:	William Matthews
Translators:	William Matthews
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	232
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8122-1671-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8122-1671-7
Barcode:	9780812216714

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