{"product_id":"oresteia-2","title":"Oresteia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe only trilogy in Greek drama that survives from antiquity, Aeschylus' \u003ci\u003eThe Oresteia\u003c\/i\u003e is translated by Robert fagles with an introduction, notes and glossary written in collaboration with W.B. Stanford in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the \u003ci\u003eOresteia\u003c\/i\u003e Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration. In \u003ci\u003eAgamemnon\u003c\/i\u003e, a king's decision to sacrifice his daughter and turn the tide of war inflicts lasting damage on his family, culminating in a terrible act of retribution; \u003ci\u003eThe Libation Bearers\u003c\/i\u003e deals with the aftermath of Clytemnestra's regicide, as her son Orestes sets out to avenge his father's death; and in \u003ci\u003eThe Eumenides\u003c\/i\u003e, Orestes is tormented by supernatural powers that can never be appeased. Forming an elegant and subtle discourse on the emergence of Athenian democracy out of a period of chaos and destruction, \u003ci\u003eThe Oresteia \u003c\/i\u003eis a compelling tragedy of the tensions between our obligations to our families and the laws that bind us together as a society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAeschylus (525-456 BC) was born near Athens. He wrote more than seventy plays, of which seven have survived, all translated for Penguin Classics: \u003ci\u003eThe Supplicants, The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Prometheus Bound, Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Eumenides\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Oresteia\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Euripides' \u003ci\u003eMedea and Other Plays\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Conveys more vividly and powerfully than any of the ten competitors I have consulted the eternal power of this masterpiece ... a triumph'\u003cbr\u003eBernard Levin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'How satisfying to read at last a modern translation which is rooted in Greek feeling and Greek thought ... both the stature and the profound instinctive genius of Aeschylus are recognised'\u003cbr\u003eMary Renault, author of \u003ci\u003eThe King Must Die\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54220803637592,"sku":"9780140443332","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780140443332_a92f31c7-1112-4f75-9f51-27e8fcda05eb.jpg?v=1764315041","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/oresteia-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}