{"product_id":"9780674996298-fragments","title":"Fragments","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAeschylus (ca. 525–456 BC) is the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world’s great art forms. Seven of his eighty or so plays survive complete, including the Oresteia trilogy and the \u003ci\u003ePersians\u003c\/i\u003e, the only extant Greek historical drama. Fragments of his lost plays also survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTantalizing quotations from lost tragedies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAeschylus (ca. 525–456 BC),  the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world’s great art  forms, witnessed the establishment of democracy at Athens, fought  against the Persians at Marathon and probably also at Salamis, and had  one of his productions sponsored by the young Pericles. He was twice  invited to visit Sicily, and it was there that he died. At Athens he  competed for the tragic prize at the City Dionysia about nineteen times  between circa 499 and 458, and won it on thirteen occasions; in his  later years he was probably victorious almost every time he put on a  production, though Sophocles beat him at least once. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Of his  total of about eighty plays, seven survive complete. The first volume of  this new Loeb Classical Library edition contains fresh texts and  translations by Alan H. Sommerstein of \u003ci\u003ePersians \u003c\/i\u003e(472), on the recent war, the only surviving Greek historical drama; \u003ci\u003eSeven against Thebes\u003c\/i\u003e (467), the third play of a trilogy, on the conflict between Oedipus’ sons which ends when they kill each other; \u003ci\u003eSuppliants\u003c\/i\u003e,  the first or second play of a trilogy, on the successful appeal by the  daughters of Danaus to the king and people of Argos for protection  against a forced marriage to their cousins (whom they will later murder,  all but one); and \u003ci\u003ePrometheus Bound\u003c\/i\u003e (of disputed authenticity),  on the terrible punishment of Prometheus for giving fire to humans in  defiance of Zeus (with whom he will later be reconciled after preventing  his overthrow). The second volume contains the complete Oresteia  trilogy (458), comprising \u003ci\u003eAgamemnon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLibation-Bearers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEumenides\u003c\/i\u003e,  presenting the murder of Agamemnon by his wife, the revenge taken by  their son Orestes, the pursuit of Orestes by his mother’s avenging  Furies, his trial and acquittal at Athens, Athena’s pacification of the  Furies, and the blessings they both invoke upon the Athenian people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis  edition’s third volume offers all the major fragments of lost  Aeschylean plays, with brief headnotes explaining what is known, or can  be plausibly inferred, about their content, and bibliographies of recent  studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450611347830,"sku":"9780674996298","price":23.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41252804.jpg?v=1778734702","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674996298-fragments","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}