Aeschylus: Suppliants

ISBN-13: 9781107058330 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 414 str.

Alan H. Sommerstein

Opis

Student-oriented edition with commentary of a long-neglected Greek tragedy about refugees, gender, race, war, and political deception.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Aeschylus; 2. The Danaid myth; 3. The Danaid tetralogy; 4. Supplication; 5. Marriage; 6. Greek and barbarian; 7. King, people and tyrant; 8. Zeus and Io; 9. Characters and choruses; 10. Performance; 11. Place in Aeschylus' work; 12. Transmission and text; Sigla; ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΥ ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ; Commentary.