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| Title | : | The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (Oresteia #1-3) |
| Author | : | Aeschylus |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 335 pages |
| Published | : | February 7th 1984 by Penguin Classics (first published -458) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Plays. Drama. Fiction. Fantasy. Mythology. Poetry. Theatre |
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Relation As Books The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (Oresteia #1-3)
Alternate cover edition can be found here, here, here, hereIn the Oresteia—the only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquity—Aeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos.
Moving from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration.
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| Original Title: | Ὀρέστεια |
| ISBN: | 0140443339 (ISBN13: 9780140443332) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Oresteia #1-3 |
| Characters: | Orestes, Io . . ., Electra, Clytemnestra (wife of Agamemnon), Elektra, Cassandra, Agamemnon |
| Setting: | Greece Argos(Greece) |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Award Finalist for Translation (1977) |
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Ratings: 4.02 From 34599 Users | 1140 ReviewsWrite-Up Containing Books The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides (Oresteia #1-3)
Let good prevail ! So be it ! Yet what is good ? And who is God? As many deeply conservative societies have discovered time and time again - societies in which there is only one right order and this order is warranted by the highest authorities recognized by the society - when change comes, and come it always must,(*) not only do those in power tumble, but the authority of the gods/priests, ancestors, laws, whatever the highest authorities happen to be in that society, comes into question.I can only vouch for this Robert Fagles' translation, but yes, astonishingly gripping after more than 2,400 years.
Murder, betrayal, revenge, torment . . . you might wonder, Why would I bother reading three Greek plays when I could see the same sort of lurid problems on an episode of Jerry Springer? And fold laundry at the same time?? Two possible answers: First, youre not going to get patricide, matricide, human sacrifice and unintentional cannibalism on daytime TV because we still draw the line somewhere, and you have to admit those are pretty dramatic. More importantly, though, along with the dysfunction
....Just passed the Libation Bearers. Aeschylus has a way with ironic, monumental dialogues which portend tremendous climaxes. The language is so deep and seeps into the interaction- apparantly he suggests that there are no good options in life, merely the best of the worst, and that one must take their place amid the roil. Wisdom. This resonates with me, in the way that a drama read on the page will, as I imagine the perfect language and staging to bear witness to it....bigger review to follow,
The penguin classics version is to be particularly recommended - The translation works very well and the 90 page introduction is just brilliant. As for the plays, well...they are essential reading obviously. And like all great works in translation, one should really read 2 or 3 different versions in order to get as close as possible to the original. The Fagles translation should certainly be one of those versions.
38. The Oresteian Trilogy: Agamemnon; The Choephori; The Eumenides by Aeschylus, translated by Philip Vellacott first performed: 458 bceformat: 197 page paperback - 1965 Penguin classicsacquired: 2006, from my neighbor read: June 9-10, 17-22rating: 3½ stars The story of Orestes is told in The Odyssey, where he comes across as a hero of a tragedy, and a role model for young princes. Agamemnon, a valiant warrior but also somewhat incompetent as leader of the Greeks, or Achaens, returns home from
I intended to write about each of these plays individually, but the power of the famous stories and the language as rendered by Anne Carson's stunning translation job, meant that I devoured the whole volume in three sittings and never got the chance to sit down at my computer before the book was over. I've gushed about Carson's own work and her beautiful Sappho translation, and this alternate Oresteia lives up to all my high expectations of her offerings. But first, a little background: the
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