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Aeschylus : the earlier plays and related studies / D.J. Conacher

Author
Conacher, D. J.
Published
Toronto ; Buffalo, NY : University of Toronto Press, [1996]
Copyright Date
©1996
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 184 pages)
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Contents
Preface -- Part I -- Persae (The Persians) -- Septem (The Seven Against Thebes) and its trilogy -- Supplices (The Suppliants) and its trilogy -- Part II -- Imagery -- The chorus.
Summary
In this volume Conacher provides a detailed running commentary on the three earlier plays (The Persians, The Seven against Thebes, and The Suppliants), as well as an analysis of their themes, structure, and dramatic techniques and devices. In two more general studies he reviews Aeschylus' dramatic uses of the Chorus and of imagery. Conacher's close readings of the text and sensitive analysis of the main problems in the plays will be of benefit to students, especially those encountering these plays for the first time, either in Greek or in translation. He provides a thorough overview of the various interpretative and philological problems and opinions encountered in Aeschylean scholarship, which will be of interest to senior scholars as well as students.
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ISBN
9781442664678 (electronic bk.)
1442664673 (electronic bk.)
0802007961
9780802007964
0802071554 (pbk.)
9780802071552 (pbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-184).
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