Aeschylus

Oresteia
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-19-814967-5
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 579 g

Aeschylus' Oresteia is a tragedy of inescapable killing within one family, such that each generation must avenge it in kind. Right and wrong are ambiguous in this harsh system. Their conflict is resolved, and the family saved from extinction, in the case of Orestes the latest and matricidal killer. The gods' wisdom and the human process together inaugurate a way of just conduct which will ensure stable families and community; and the exemplary setting for this transition from the mythic to the historical is Aeschylus' own city of Athens.

The Oresteia is majestic as theatre and poetry; its recent successful return to the stage has confirmed its very high place in world drama. This new and close translation tries to preserve these qualities: introductory and explanatory matter emphasizes the interconnection of scenes, ideas, and language which distinguishes this unique work, the only trilogy to survive from Greek tragedy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aeschylus

Weitere Mitwirkende

Collard, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- The Oresteia: summary of the stage-action

- Abbreviations: play-titles and works frequently cited

- Introduction

- Advice on the Text, Translation, and Explanatory Notes

- Bibliography and Further Reading

- A Chronology of Aeschylus

- Map of Greece and the Aegean Sea

- The Plays of the Oresteia:

- Libation Bearers

- Eumenides

- Explanatory Notes

- Textual Appendix

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher Collard was Professor of Classics at the University of Wales, Swansea from 1975 until his retirement in 1996.