Description
Book SynopsisThis edition of Aeschylus'
Eumenides presents a newly constituted text that diverges substantially from Page's Oxford Classical Text of 1972. The facing-page translation is in prose, with literary and historical commentary, notes, and an introduction dealing with myth, historical background and suggested staging of the play.
Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTIONI. The Myth before Aeschylus; cult of the Semnai; early Conceptions of the ErinyesII. Staging a. The Design of the Early Theatreb. The Staging of
EumenidesIII. Philosophy and PoliticsIV. Influencea. Ancient Literatureb. Ancient Artc. The Myth in Later Literature and MusicV. The
Eumenides and its Place in the Work of Aeschylus;
Dike (Justice) in
The Oresteia; the Moral of the TrilogyVI. The Text of
Eumenides and its TransmissionNOTESTEXT AND TRANSLATIONCOMMENTARYApparatus CriticusAppendicesI. Athenian Judicial Procedure as Reflected in the Trial SceneII. Athena’s Vote at vv. 735 and 752–3 and the so-called “Vote of Athena”III. The Choral MetresGENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX
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