Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound

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Aeschylus

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

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The myth of fire stolen from the gods appears in many pre-industrial societies. In Greek culture Prometheus the fire-stealer figures prominently in the poems of Hesiod, but in Prometheus Bound Hesiod's morality tale has been transformed into a drama of tragic tone and proportions. In the introduction to this edition Mark Griffith examines how the dramatist has achieved this transformation, looking at the play from all angles - plot and characters, dramatic technique, style and metre. He includes a short section on the production of the play and on the questions of authenticity and date. The commentary guides the reader through problems of language, metre and content. An important feature of this volume is the appendix, which gathers together the existing fragments of the other two plays in the supposed Prometheus trilogy, quoting them in full in the original language and in translation, with short accompanying commentary. This is an edition suitable for undergraduates and students in the upper forms of schools, but it also deserves the serious attention of scholars. The introduction requires no knowledge of Greek and will interest students of drama and literature in other cultures too.

Release date NZ

May 19th, 1983

Author

Aeschylus

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Edited by Mark Griffith

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

328

Series

Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

Dimensions

123x186x28

ISBN-13

9780521270113

Product ID

2113373

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