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, [...]
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Aeschylus. “The Oresteian Trilogy” (458 BCE)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged aegisthus, Aeschylus, agamemnon, apollo, argos, cassandra, clytemnestra, electra, greek tragedy, philip vellacott, the eumenides, the furies, the libation bearers, the oresteian trilogy on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Aeschylus. “The Suppliants” (470 BCE)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aeschylus, aphrodite, argos, greek drama, greek poetry, Hiketides, hypermnestra, king pelasgus, lynceus, Prometheus Bound, Seven Against Thebes, the danaids, the daughters of danaus, the egyptians, The Persians, The Suppliants 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, [...]
Aeschylus. “Seven against Thebes” (467BCE)
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 [...]
Aeschylus. “The Persians” (472BCE)
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 [...]
Adomnan of Iona. “Vita Columbae” (c.700)
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 [...]
