A new verse translation of Agamemnon, the first play in Aeschylus's trilogy The Oresteia. Agamemnon, King of Argos, returns to Greece a victor in the Trojan War, bringing with him the seer Cassandra as his war-prize and concubine. Awaiting him is his vengeful wife Clytemnestra, who is angry at Agamemnon's sacrifice of their daughter Iphigeneia to the gods, jealous of Cassandra, and guilty of taking a lover herself. The events that unfold catch everyone in a bloody net, including their absent son Orestes. Aeschylus was the ...
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A new verse translation of Agamemnon, the first play in Aeschylus's trilogy The Oresteia. Agamemnon, King of Argos, returns to Greece a victor in the Trojan War, bringing with him the seer Cassandra as his war-prize and concubine. Awaiting him is his vengeful wife Clytemnestra, who is angry at Agamemnon's sacrifice of their daughter Iphigeneia to the gods, jealous of Cassandra, and guilty of taking a lover herself. The events that unfold catch everyone in a bloody net, including their absent son Orestes. Aeschylus was the first of the three great tragic dramatists of ancient Greece, a forerunner of Sophocles and Euripides. His earlier tragedies were largely choral pageants with minimal plots. In Agamemnon, he retains the lyricism of those works, but he infuses this drama with such creativity and energy that the spectator or reader is constantly spellbound. From the speech of the weary watchman on the roof, lying on his forepaws like a dog, to the blood-splattered Clytemnestra who likens herself to a garden in bloom, passage after passage demands to be included in anthologies of Greece's greatest poems. Translator David Mulroy brings this ancient tragedy to life for modern readers and audiences. Using end rhyme and strict metrics, he combines the buoyant lyricism of the Greek text with a faithful rendering of its meaning in lucid English. The Agamemnon no longer needs to be called a difficult play.
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Add this copy of Agamemnon to cart. $58.56, good condition, Sold by Jenhams rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dundee, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1957 by Oxford University Press.
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1972 printing. A hardback volume in Good to Very Good condition, firsat few pages have splash stain at top front corner, otherwise clean and bright, copious pencil notes to text, in a Good dustjacket. Introduction and Commentary are in English, poetry text is in Greek. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own).
Add this copy of Agamemnon to cart. $28.00, good condition, Sold by BARNABY rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oxford, OXFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1979 by Oxford University Press.
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Good Condition. Dust jacket is complete but rubbed and worn at edges and corners Pages are unmarked and uncreased. Binding is tight, spine fully intact. Overall, sound and serviceable. Size: 19 x 13 cm. 280 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Theatre & Plays; Agamemnon, King of Mycenae (Mythological character); Greek drama; 26; ISBN: 0198141025. Add. Inventory No: 220302AKD5-1-011.
Add this copy of Agamemnon to cart. $35.00, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1957 by Oxford University Press, USA.
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Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards and dust jacket show signs of wear. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Add this copy of Aeschylus: Agamemnon to cart. $44.00, very good condition, Sold by Ancient World Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 1957 by Oxford University Press.
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Very Good-with no dust jacket. 0198141025. Scholar's name on ffep (Martin Cropp). Corners bumped. Correction to 1 page in blue ink (1 greek word of apparatus). 2 pages with blue checkmark. Light rubbing to boards.; Commentary for Agamemnon.; 240 pages.
