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Aeschylus was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed, the others being Sophocles and Euripides. He is often described as the father of tragedy: our knowledge of the genre begins with his work and our understanding of earlier... Read Full Overview

Contains the Greek texts of the seven extant plays of Aeschylus: Persae, Septem contra Thebas, Supplices, Agamemnon, Choephoroe, Eumenides, and Prometheus Vinctus.

Este libro contiene las siete tragedias que se conservan en su totalidad, del poeta, dramaturgo y guerrero griego, Esquilo. Seg n r cords hist ricos, escribi alrededor de 80 obras teatrales, incluyendo algunos dramas sat ricos. Nacido en Eleusis en 525/24 A.C., intervino en... Read Full Overview

Le th tre d'Eschyle est essentiellement remarqu pour sa force dramatique, la tension, l'angoisse qui habite ses pi ces, dont la coh rence se comprend surtout par la progression qui les reliait au sein de trilogies li es, dont ne subsiste aujourd'hui que l'Orestie. S'il ne d veloppe... Read Full Overview

Aischylos: Die sieben Trag dien. Die Perser / Der gefesselte Prometheus / Die Sieben gegen Theben / Die Schutzflehenden / Agamemnon / Die Grabesspenderinnen / Die Eumeniden ber 90 Dramen soll er geschrieben haben, 79 sind namentlich bekannt, nur sieben Trag dien sind vollst... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This collection of the Complete Works of Aeschylus has all of the following works: Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, The Eumenides, The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliants, Choephorae or, the Libation-Bearers

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good... Read Full Overview