Persians. Seven against Thebes. Suppliants. Prometheus Bound

Aeschylus, Alan H. Sommerstein, Alan H. Sommerstein

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Harvard Uni.Press Academi
31 January 2009

Plays & playscripts; History

Series: Loeb Classical Library

Aeschylus (ca. 525–456 BCE), the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world's great art forms, witnessed the establishment of democracy at Athens and fought against the Persians at Marathon. He won the tragic prize at the City Dionysia thirteen times between ca. 499 and 458, and in his later years was probably victorious almost every time he put on a production, though Sophocles beat him at least once.

Of his total of about eighty plays, seven survive complete. The first volume of this new Loeb Classical Library edition offers fresh texts and translations by Alan H. Sommerstein of Persians, the only surviving Greek historical drama; Seven against Thebes, from a trilogy on the conflict between Oedipus' sons; Suppliants, on the successful appeal by the daughters of Danaus to the king and people of Argos for protection against a forced marriage; and Prometheus Bound (of disputed authenticity), on the terrible punishment of Prometheus for giving fire to humans in defiance of Zeus.

By: Aeschylus
Translated by: Alan H. Sommerstein
Edited and translated by: Alan H. Sommerstein
Imprint: Harvard Uni.Press Academi
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: v. 145
Dimensions: Height: 162mm, Width: 108mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9780674996274
ISBN 10: 0674996275
Series: Loeb Classical Library
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 31 January 2009
Audience: General/trade , Adult education , ELT Advanced , Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alan H. Sommerstein is Professor of Greek, University of Nottingham.

Reviews for Persians. Seven against Thebes. Suppliants. Prometheus Bound

Alan Sommerstein’s three-volume Aeschylus… is in many respects the best critical edition of this playwright available in any format. Sommerstein’s authority as a linguist and expert in Aeschylean drama is second to none, and he has provided an up-to-date and carefully constituted text for the seven surviving plays, plus all of the fragmentary remains that are at least one line long. Important manuscript variants and modern conjectures are scrupulously recorded (making the page a little cluttered, but clear enough); and in addition he has provided copious notes, fuller and more numerous than is normal for a Loeb, on matters of myth, geography, history and interpretation. -- Mark Griffith * Times Literary Supplement *