OresteiaMeineck's translation is faithful and supple; the language employed is modern without betraying the grandeur and complexity--particularly the images--of the Aeschylean text. After reading this translation, one has but one further wish: to see it and hear it at Delphi, Epidaurus or Syracuse. --Herman Van Looy, L'Antiquite Classique |
Contents
| vi | |
Translators Preface | xlviii |
Diagram of the Stage | li |
Agamemnon | 1 |
The Libation Bearers | 67 |
The Furies | 115 |
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actors Aegisthus Aeschylean Aeschylus Agamemnon altar anapests Antistrophe Apollo Areopagus Argive Argos Artemis Athena Athenian avenge bless blood bring CASSANDRA chanted anapests chariot child choral CHORUS CILISSA Clytemnestra cries crime cult curse dactyls dark daughter dead death Delphi Destiny divine dochmiacs doors dream earth ELECTRA Enter Erinyes evil Exit father female Furies goddess gods Greek hate hear heart Helen HERALD Hermes honor House of Atreus husband iambic trimeter Iphigenia Justice killed killers king land Libation Bearers male man’s marriage Menelaus meter mind mortal mother mourn murder myth never night Odysseus orchestra Oresteia Orestes pain Phocis play prayers prophecies prophet Pylades rage revenge Ruin sacred sacrifice scene shrine sing slaughter sleep song speak speech spirit stage left wing stage right wing stand Stasimon Strophe suffering sung suppliant tears tell Theatre Thyestes tomb tragedy trilogy trochaic Trojan Troy victory woman women words Zeus