Choephori / Aeschylus ; with introduction and commentary by A.F. Garvie
1986, First Edition. Oxford [Oxfordshire] New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Light foxing to wrappers and end papers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #476762
ISBN: 0198141882
Physical description; lx, 394 pages ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-373) and indexes. Text in Greek, edited by Sir D.L. Page; with English introduction and commentary. Contents; This new edition of Choephori takes into account the abundance of recent scholarship on Aeschylus' work. A. F. Garvie's introduction discusses the pre-Aeschylean Orestes tradition in literature and art, the character of the play itself -- its ideas, imagery, structure, and staging -- and the state of the transmitted text. This edition reprints the Greek text and critical apparatus from the well-received Oxford Classical Text, edited by D. L. Page, and includes 350 pages of commentary devoted to problems of interpretation, style, and dramatic technique. Subjects; Orestes King of Argos (Mythological character) ; Drama. Electra (Greek mythological figure) ; Drama. Electra (Greek mythological figure). Orestes King of Argos (Mythological character).
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