Aeschylus

Broschiertes Buch

The Oresteia

Beschreibung

A king's decision to sacrifice his daughter and turn the tide of war inflicts lasting damage on his family, culminating in a terrible act of retribution.

Autor

Aeschylus was born of noble family near Athens in 525 BC. He took part in the Persian Wars, and his epitaph represents him as fighting at Marathon. He wrote more than seventy plays, of which only seven have survived, all translated for Penguin Classics: The Supplicants, The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Prometheus Bound, Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 335
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 1984
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 164mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 236g
• ISBN-13: 9780140443332
• ISBN-10: 0140443339
• Artikelnr.: 21319998