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Preface; Bibliography of short titles; Part I. The Earlier Plays: 1. Zeus in Persae; 2. Septem contra Thebas; 3. The Danaid trilogy; Part II. Oresteia: 4. Oresteia: introductory; 5. Agamemnon and the Trojan War; 6. Clytemnestra and the vote of Athena; 7. Orestes and Apollo; 8. Zeus and the Etinyes; Part III: 9. Towards an interpretation of Prometheus Bound; Appendices; Index.
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Charles Waller
reviewed Studies in Aeschylus on September 27, 2014
Studies in Aeschylus
It's medieval France, a time before TV, movies, sports. What did one do for entertainment? Tell stories of course!
Bards and entertainers traveled the courts plying their trade, and in the 1200's the story of the Holy Grail was one of the favourites. Each one took the basic pagan tale, Christianized it of course, and made it his own, changing it freely to suit his audience. Several have passed down to us in written form, and the author attempts here to trace the connections back to the pagan tales for each. For example, the bloody spear which pierced the Lord perhaps arose from a spear that paralyzed an Irish chieftain which appears in older Irish stories. The name Pelles could be a derivation of the Welsh king Beli. That sort of thing.
It is one historian's opinion of course, and I'm certain other equally scholarly types would disagree with certain points. But it is an interesting read, weaving the actual text with the analysis. Recommend it.
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Add Studies in Aeschylus, Professor Winnington-Ingram's reputation as an authority on Greek drama is based on a lifetime's careful scholarship. In 1980 the Press published Professor Winnington-Ingram's book on Sophocles and in 1983 he followed it up with some studies on Aeschylus., Studies in Aeschylus to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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