LEADER 04413nam 22006251c 450 001 9910813886303321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-3959-1 010 $a1-4725-1963-9 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472539595 035 $a(CKB)3710000000055143 035 $a(EBL)1538985 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001152222 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11775742 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001152222 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11146078 035 $a(PQKB)10017500 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1538985 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1538985 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10794469 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL603512 035 $a(OCoLC)862612811 035 $a(OCoLC)868975776 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255196 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000055143 100 $a20140929d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAeschylus $eEumenides /$fRobin Mitchell-Boyask 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon $cBloomsbury $d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (158 p.) 225 1 $aBloomsbury companions to Greek and Roman tragedy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7156-3642-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $aAeschylus the Athenian -- Eumenides and Greek myth and religion -- The theatre of Aeschylus -- The play and its staging -- Justice, law, and Athenian politics in Eumenides -- The reception of Eumenides : ancient tragedy, gender, and the modern world. 330 $a"The 'Eumenides', the concluding drama in Aeschylus' sole surviving trilogy, the "Oresteia", is not only one of the most admired Greek tragedies, but also one of the most controversial and contested, both to specialist scholars and public intellectuals. It stands at the crux of the controversies over the relationship between the fledgling democracy of Athens and the dramas it produced during the City Dionysia, and over the representation of women in the theatre and their implied status in Athenian society. The "Eumenides" enacts the trial of Agamemnon's son Orestes, who had been ordered under the threat of punishment by the god Apollo to murder his mother Clytemnestra, who had earlier killed Agamemnon. In the Eumenides, Orestes, hounded by the Eumenides (Furies), travels first to Delphi to obtain ritual purgation of his mother's blood, and then, at Apollo's urging, to Athens to seek the help of Athena, who then decides herself that an impartial jury of Athenians should decide the matter. Aeschylus thus presents a drama that shows a growing awareness of the importance of free will in Athenian thought through the mythologized institution of the first jury trial."--Bloomsbury Publishing 330 8 $aThe "Eumenides", the concluding drama in Aeschylus' sole surviving trilogy, the "Oresteia", is not only one of the most admired Greek tragedies, but also one of the most controversial and contested, both to specialist scholars and public intellectuals. It stands at the crux of the controversies over the relationship between the fledgling democracy of Athens and the dramas it produced during the City Dionysia, and over the representation of women in the theatre and their implied status in Athenian society. The "Eumenides" enacts the trial of Agamemnon's son Orestes, who had been ordered under the threat of punishment by the god Apollo to murder his mother Clytemnestra, who had earlier killed Agamemnon.In the "Eumenides", Orestes, hounded by the Eumenides (Furies), travels first to Delphi to obtain ritual purgation of his mother's blood, and then, at Apollo's urging, to Athens to seek the help of Athena, who then decides herself that an impartial jury of Athenians should decide the matter. Aeschylus thus presents a drama that shows a growing awareness of the importance of free will in Athenian thought through the mythologized institution of the first jury trial 410 0$aCompanions to Greek and Roman tragedy. 606 $aGreek drama (Tragedy) 606 $2Literary studies: classical, early & medieval 615 0$aGreek drama (Tragedy) 676 $a880 700 $aMitchell-Boyask$b Robin$f1961-$01677362 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813886303321 996 $aAeschylus$94044185 997 $aUNINA