{"product_id":"the-oresteia-agamemnon-libation-bearers-and-the-holy-goddesses-hardback-9780299315603","title":"The Oresteia; Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, and the Holy Goddesses (Hardback) 9780299315603","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Oresteia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAgamemnon, Libation Bearers, and the Holy Goddesses\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAeschylus (Author), David Mulroy (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299315603\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 April 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 12.7 x 1.1 cm, 0.367 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFirst presented in the spring of 458 B.C.E. at the festival of Dionysus in Athens, Aeschylus' trilogy \u003cem\u003eOresteia\u003c\/em\u003e won the first prize. Comprised of three plays—\u003cem\u003eAgamemnon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLibation Bearers\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Furies\u003c\/em\u003e—it is the only surviving example of the ancient trilogy form for Greek tragedies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis drama of the House of Atreus catches everyone in a bloody net. Queen Clytaemestra of Argos murders her husband Agamemnon. Their son Orestes avenges his father by killing his mother. The Furies, hideous deities who punish the murder of blood kin, pursue Orestes. Into this horrific cycle steps Athena, goddess of wisdom, who establishes the rule of law to replace fatal vengeance. Orestes is tried in court before a jury of Athenians and found not guilty. Athena transforms the Furies into benevolent goddesses and extols the virtue of mercy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn important historical document as well as gripping entertainment, the \u003cem\u003eOresteia\u003c\/em\u003e conveys beliefs and values of the ancient Athenians as they established the world's first great democracy. Aeschylus (525\/4–456\/5 B.C.E.) was the first of the three great tragic dramatists of ancient Greece, forerunner of Sophocles and Euripides. In this trilogy he created a new dramatic form with characters and plot, infused with spellbinding emotion. David Mulroy's fluid, accessible English translation with its rhyming choral songs does full justice to the meaning and theatricality of the ancient Greek. In an introduction and appendixes, he provides cultural background for modern readers, actors, and students.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685350732056,"sku":"9780299315603","price":28.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-oresteia-agamemnon-libation-bearers-and-the-holy-goddesses-hardback-9780299315603","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}