{"product_id":"9780140443332-the-oresteia","title":"The Oresteia","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAgamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only trilogy in Greek drama that survives from antiquity, Aeschylus' \u003ci\u003eThe Oresteia\u003c\/i\u003e is translated by Robert fagles with an introduction, notes and glossary written in collaboration with W.B. Stanford in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the \u003ci\u003eOresteia\u003c\/i\u003e Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move 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. In \u003ci\u003eAgamemnon\u003c\/i\u003e, 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; \u003ci\u003eThe Libation Bearers\u003c\/i\u003e deals with the aftermath of Clytemnestra's regicide, as her son Orestes sets out to avenge his father's death; and in \u003ci\u003eThe Eumenides\u003c\/i\u003e, Orestes is tormented by supernatural powers that can never be appeased. Forming an elegant and subtle discourse on the emergence of Athenian democracy out of a period of chaos and destruction, \u003ci\u003eThe Oresteia \u003c\/i\u003eis a compelling tragedy of the tensions between our obligations to our families and the laws that bind us together as a society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAeschylus (525-456 BC) was born near Athens. He wrote more than seventy plays, of which seven have survived, all translated for Penguin Classics: \u003ci\u003eThe Supplicants, The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Prometheus Bound, Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Eumenides\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Oresteia\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Euripides' \u003ci\u003eMedea and Other Plays\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Conveys more vividly and powerfully than any of the ten competitors I have consulted the eternal power of this masterpiece . a triumph'\u003cbr\u003eBernard Levin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'How satisfying to read at last a modern translation which is rooted in Greek feeling and Greek thought . both the stature and the profound instinctive genius of Aeschylus are recognised'\u003cbr\u003eMary Renault, author of \u003ci\u003eThe King Must Die\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58184458010998,"sku":"9780140443332","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32414276.jpg?v=1782880715","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780140443332-the-oresteia","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}