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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790103103321

Autore

Conacher D. J.

Titolo

Aeschylus : the earlier plays and related studies / / D. J. Conacher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

1-4426-6467-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

882/.01

Soggetti

Mythology, Greek, in literature

Tragedy

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Part I -- Persae (The Persians) -- Septem (The Seven Against Thebes) and its trilogy -- Supplices (The Suppliants) and its trilogy -- Part II -- Imagery -- The chorus.

Sommario/riassunto

In this volume Conacher provides a detailed running commentary on the three earlier plays (The Persians, The Seven against Thebes, and The Suppliants), as well as an analysis of their themes, structure, and dramatic techniques and devices. In two more general studies he reviews Aeschylus' dramatic uses of the Chorus and of imagery. Conacher's close readings of the text and sensitive analysis of the main problems in the plays will be of benefit to students, especially those encountering these plays for the first time, either in Greek or in translation. He provides a thorough overview of the various interpretative and philological problems and opinions encountered in Aeschylean scholarship, which will be of interest to senior scholars as well as students.