Prometheus Bound and Other Plays

Aeschylus, Philip Vellacott, Philip Vellacott

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02 January 2001

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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.

By: Aeschylus
Edited by: Philip Vellacott
Translated by: Philip Vellacott
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 123g
ISBN: 9780140441123
ISBN 10: 0140441123
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 02 January 2001
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Prometheus Bound and Other PlaysIntroduction Prometheus Bound The Suppliants Seven Against Thebes The Persians Notes

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.