Prometheus Bound and Other Plays: Prometheus Bound, The Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, The Persians (Penguin Classics) - Tapa blanda

Aeschylus

 
9780140441123: Prometheus Bound and Other Plays: Prometheus Bound, The Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, The Persians (Penguin Classics)
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ISBN 10: 0140441123 ISBN 13: 9780140441123
Editorial: Penguin Classics, 1961

Sinopsis

Aeschylus (525–456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. In Prometheus Bound the defiant Titan Prometheus is brutally punished by Zeus for daring to improve the state of wretchedness and servitude in which mankind is kept. The Suppliants tells the story of the fifty daughters of Danaus who must flee to escape enforced marriages, while Seven Against Thebes shows the inexorable downfall of the last members of the cursed family of Oedipus. And The Persians, the only Greek tragedy to deal with events from recent Athenian history, depicts the aftermath of the defeat of Persia in the battle of Salamis, with a sympathetic portrayal of its disgraced King Xerxes.

Philip Vellacott’s evocative translation is accompanied by an introduction, with individual discussions of the plays, and their sources in history and mythology.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Acerca del autor

Aeschylus was born of noble family near Athens in 525 BC. He took part in the Persian Wars, adn his epitahp represents him as fighting at Marathon. He wrote more than seventy plays, of which only seven have survived.

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Editorial
Penguin Classics
Año de publicación
1961
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0140441123
ISBN 13 
9780140441123
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
160
Editor
Vellacott Philip
Contacto del fabricante
Penguin
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Madrid
Madrid
España

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9781590178607: Prometheus Bound (New York Review Books Classics)

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ISBN 10:  1590178602 ISBN 13:  9781590178607
Editorial: NYRB Classics, 2015
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