Aeschylos: Eumeniden
Griechisch und Deutsch, mit Erläuternden Abhandlungen

Müller's translation and commentary to Aeschylus' play The Eumenides, re-enacting the Athenian trial against Orestes, was first published in 1833.

Karl Ottfrid von Müller (Edited by)

9781108015615, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 31 October 2010

216 pages
24.4 x 17 x 1.2 cm, 0.35 kg

Karl Ottfrid von Müller's translation of and commentary on Aeschylus' play The Eumenides, the concluding drama in the Oresteia trilogy, was first published in 1833. The play is a reenactment of the Greek legend of the trial of Agamemnon's son Orestes in Athens. Orestes' mother Clytemnestra had killed her husband, and as an act of revenge Apollo ordered Orestes to murder her. Orestes is hounded by the Eumenides (Furies) and travels first to Delphi to have his blood-guilt purified and then to Athens to seek the help of Athena. She decides that an impartial jury of Athenian citizens should decide the fate of Orestes, who is acquitted. Müller does not only deliver a translation of the play, but provides the reader with the tools for a wider interpretation by exploring the role of the chorus, the significance of the costumes and the composition of the play itself.

Vorwort
Eumeniden
Erläuternden abhandlungen
1. Abhandlung: Ueber die äussere Darstellung der Eumeniden
2. Erläuternde abhandlung: Ueber den Inhalt und die Composition der Eumeniden
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Subject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]