Accessible introductions to ancient tragedies. Each volume discusses
the main themes of a play and the central developments in modern
criticism, while also addressing the play's historical context and the
history of its performance and adaptation.

One of our earliest surviving Greek tragedies, Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes
is an extraordinarily rich poetic text. It dramatises the civil war
between the sons of Oedipus ?Polynices, the exile, and Eteocles,
reigning king of Thebes. Polynices marches on Thebes to regain his
throne along with six other...