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Bloomsbury Aeschylus: Libation Bearers (Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy)

Name: Aeschylus: Libation Bearers (Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy)
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Libation Bearers is the 'middle' play in the only extant tragic trilogy to survive from antiquity, Aeschylus Oresteia, first produced in 458 BCE. This introduction to the play will be useful for anyone reading it in Greek or in translation. Drawing on his wide experience teaching about performance in the ancient world, C. W. Marshall helps readers understand how the play was experienced by its ancient audience. His discussion explores the impact of the chorus, the characters, theology, and the plays apparent affinities with comedy. The architecture of choral songs is described in detail. The book also investigates the role of revenge in Athenian society and the problematic nature of Orestes matricide. Libation Bearers immediately entered the Athenian visual imagination, influencing artistic depictions on red-figured vases, and inspiring plays by Euripides and Sophocles. This study looks to the later plays to show how 5th-century audiences understood Libation Bearers. Modern reception of the play is integrated into the analysis. The volume includes a full range of ancillary material, providing a list of relevant red-figure vase illustrations, a glossary of technical terms, and a chronology of ancient and modern theatrical versions.

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Brand: Bloomsbury
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1474255078
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > Drama > Type
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 07 September 2017
Listed Since: 20 July 2016

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