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AESCHYLUS THE GREEK TRAGEDIES

"Chicago's renowned translations of the greatest surviving plays of ancient Greece  collected
into a single volume. Drawn from the authoritative third editions of David Grene and Richmond
Lattimore's collections of the complete Greek tragedies  expertly updated by Mark Griffith and
Glenn W. Most  this collection brings together seventeen of the greatest surviving plays of
ancient Greece. Combining accuracy  poetic immediacy  and clarity of presentation  the
masterpieces of Aeschylus  Sophocles  and Euripides have been rendered so compellingly in
English that they remain the definitive translations. Each text has been carefully updated to
bring it even closer to the ancient Greek original while retaining the vibrancy for which
Chicago's versions are famous. Alongside the plays  this edition includes an introduction to
the life and work of each tragedian  an introduction to each play offering essential
information about its first production  plot  and reception through the centuries  and notes
addressing textual uncertainties. Featuring lively translations by eminent classicists and
authors including Anne Carson  Robert Fitzgerald  David Grene  Richmond Lattimore  Oliver
Taplin  Emily Townsend Vermeule  and Elizabeth Wyckoff  this is an indispensable anthology for
any reader of the foundational works of Western drama  art  and life"--

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