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The Agamemnon of Aeschylus - A Commentary for Students (Paperback)
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The Agamemnon of Aeschylus - A Commentary for Students (Paperback)
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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 for the first time, and includes a
reprint of D. L. Page's Oxford Classical Text of the play.
The introduction defines the place of Agamemnon within the Oresteia
trilogy as a whole, and the historical context in which the plays
were produced. It discusses Aeschylus' handling of the traditional
myth and the main ideas which underpin his overall design: such as
the development of justice and the nature of human responsibility;
and it emphasizes how the power of words, seen as ominous
speech-acts which can determine future events, makes a central
contribution to the play's dramatic momentum. Separate sections
explore Aeschylus' use of theatrical resources, the role of the
chorus, and the solo characters. Finally there is an analysis of
Aeschylus' distinctive poetic style and use of imagery, and an
outline of the transmission of the play from 458 BC to the first
printed editions.
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