Prometheus Bound - Couverture souple

Aeschylus, Aeschylus

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486287629 ISBN 13 : 9780486287621

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2003

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

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, 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 suitable for undergraduates and students in the upper forms of schools. 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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

James Scully is Professor of English at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of several volumes of poetry, including The Marches, and winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize.C. John Herington is Professor of Classics and Talcott Professor of Greek at Yale University. He is the author of several books, including Poetry into Drama and Aeschylus.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0486287629
• ISBN 13: 9780486287621
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 64