Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aeschylus, greek tragedy, argos, the oresteian trilogy, agamemnon, the libation bearers, the eumenides, philip vellacott, apollo, the furies, clytemnestra, electra, aegisthus, cassandra on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Oresteian Trilogy (458 BCE) (Comprised of Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides)
By Aeschylus
Penguin Classics, pp203
Translation by Philip Vellacott
And so we come, at last, to the first pieces I had have previously read from the Penguin Classics range, The Oresteian Trilogy of Aeschylus, made up of the three plays Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged The Persians, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliants, Prometheus Bound, Hiketides, the egyptians, the daughters of danaus, the danaids, aphrodite, argos, king pelasgus, hypermnestra, lynceus, greek drama, greek poetry on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hiketides (The Suppliants) (c.470 BC)
By Aeschylus
Penguin Classics (grouped with The Persians, Seven against Thebes and Prometheus Bound), 160pp
The Suppliants is the first part of a lost trilogy that would have included the works The Egyptians and The Daughters of Danaus. As such, The Suppliants reads as an introduction to a larger work, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aeschylus, antigone, bohn classical library, CES Headlam, Epta epi Thebas, etreocles, laius, million books project, oedipus, penguin classics, polynices, Prometheus Bound, Seven Against Thebes, sophocles, The Persians, The Suppliants, Walter Headlam on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Epta epi Thēbas (Seven against Thebes) (467BCE)
By Aeschylus
Penguin Classics (grouped with The Persians, The Suppliants and Prometheus Bound), 160pp
Like The Persians, Seven against Thebes is part of a trilogy of which the other two parts are missing. In this instance, Seven against Thebes would have been paired with Laius and Oedipus, forming a connected [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aeschylus, athenian democracy, atossa, Battle of Plataea, Battle of Salamis, Boeotians, Bohn’s Classical Library, CES Headlam, City Dionysia festival, Darius, Glausus, greek tragedy, hellespont, king xerxes, million books project, penguin classics, Persai, Persia, Peter Sellars, Phineus, Prometheus Bound, Robert Auletta, Seven Against Thebes, susa, The Persians, The Suppliants, Walter Headlam on October 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Persai (The Persians) (472BCE)
By Aeschylus
Penguin Classics (grouped with Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliants and Prometheus Bound), 160pp
Aeschylus is the father of tragedy. Of his estimated 92 plays, only six confirmed works have survived to the present day (with another possible, Prometheus Bound, whose authorship is now uncertain, but once was credited to Aeschylus). Of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adomnan, edmonston and douglas, Ernan, hagiography, iona, King Bridei, lives of saints, Mocu Neth Corb, Oissene, penguin classics, pict, sixth century, the life of st. columba, vita columbae, william reeves on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Vita Columbae (The Life of St. Columba) (c.700)
By Adomnan of Iona
Penguin Classics, 432pp
The life of St. Columba, as detailed by Adomnan of Iona in his Vita Columbae (c.700AD) is vital source of information about life in the sixth century, and of religious belief in that century. The Vita Columbae contains the first reference to [...]
