Aeschylus I: Oresteia (The Complete Greek Tragedies)
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-24-2009
- An excellent edition of the relevant plays of Aeschylus
I found this edition of the more notable of the surviving plays of Aeschylus to be more than adequate, quite good in fact. For a more modern reading of these plays, I would highly recommend this particular edition of Aeschylus, compared...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Mar-13-2009
- Review of Grene/Lattimore Orestia
This Lattimore translation of the Orestia is unarguably well-written. The introduction provided in this book is thorough and very enlightening, both about Greek drama in general and Aeschlyus with his Orestia in particular. The writing...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-29-2008
- bad translation
Lattimore, in his inept poetic exuberance, often loses the sense of a line and confuses the reader. Aeschylus is so powerful he can't be diminished entirely, but where is the modern translation we need? Lattimore published this in...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-23-2008
- Vengeance Is Mine
This Greek tragedy in three parts is a continuation of the life of Agamemnon and his family following the Trojan War. The house of Atreus is in big trouble. Agamemnon's father, Atreus had a brother, Thyestes, who seduced his wife. In...
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-24-2009
- An excellent edition of the relevant plays of Aeschylus
I found this edition of the more notable of the surviving plays of Aeschylus to be more than adequate, quite good in fact. For a more modern reading of these plays, I would highly recommend this particular edition of Aeschylus, compared...
- read full review | report as inappropriate
- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-29-2008
- bad translation
Lattimore, in his inept poetic exuberance, often loses the sense of a line and confuses the reader. Aeschylus is so powerful he can't be diminished entirely, but where is the modern translation we need? Lattimore published this in...
- read full review | report as inappropriate
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