John symmons translator (2 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: VG. 43pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume XXX, No. 184, August, 1831. A contemporary review of recent editions, including passages in Greek. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Hardback. Condición: Good. An uncommon translation of the Greek tragedy Agamemnon by Aeschylus. An uncommon translated edition of The Agamemnon of Aeschylus.Aeschylus wrote a trilogy of Greek tragedies which are called the Oresteia. Agamemnon is the first in the trilogy. Agamemnon details the homecoming of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, from the Trojan War. Waiting at home is his wife Clytemnestra who has been planning his murder to avenge the sacrifice of her daughter Iphigenia.Translated by John Symmons. In the original hardback binding. Externally, sound with some marks to the boards and spine and spine label. With bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright pages with some spotting to the first and last few pages. Good. None (ilustrador). book.…