Prometheus bound
By: Aeschylys ; translated with an introduction by Philip Vellacott
Contributors: Vellacott, Philip
Series: Penguin classics -- L112
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1961
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Classical literature.
Other titles: The suppliants; Seven against Thebes; The Persians
Description: Aeschylus was the first of the great Greek tragedians. The four plays presented in this volume -- together with the Oresteian Trilogy -- are all that survive of his work. "The Persians" is set against the Athenian victory at Salamis, which took place only eight years before the play was written. In "Seven against Thebes" the two sons of Oedipus are relentlessly pursued to their death by a family curse. But in "The Suppliants" and "Prometheus" conflict of principle is resolved by rational compromise. [Back cover].
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