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First presented in the spring of 458 BCE at the festival of Dionysus in Athens, Aeschylus' trilogy Oresteia won the first prize. It is the only surviving example of the ancient trilogy form for Greek tragedies. David Mulroy's fluid, accessible English translation with its rhyming choral songs does full justice to the meaning and theatricality of the ancient Greek.

The Oresteia Agamemnon Libation Bearers and The Holy Goddesses

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First presented in the spring of 458 BCE at the festival of Dionysus in Athens, Aeschylus' trilogy Oresteia won the... Read more

    Publisher: MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin
    Publication Date: 4/30/2018 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780299315603, 978-0299315603
    ISBN10: 0299315606

    Number of Pages: 192

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    First presented in the spring of 458 BCE at the festival of Dionysus in Athens, Aeschylus' trilogy Oresteia won the first prize. It is the only surviving example of the ancient trilogy form for Greek tragedies. David Mulroy's fluid, accessible English translation with its rhyming choral songs does full justice to the meaning and theatricality of the ancient Greek.

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