Aeschylus: Eumenides - Couverture souple

Mitchell-Boyask, Robin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0715636421 ISBN 13 : 9780715636428

Editeur : Bristol Classical Press, 2009

Synopsis

The 'Eumenides', the concluding drama in Aeschylus' sole surviving trilogy, the 'Oresteia', is not only one of the most admired Greek tragedies, but also one of the most controversial. It stands at the crux of the controversies over the relationship between the fledgling democracy of Athens and the dramas it produced, and over the representation of women in the theatre and their implied status in Athenian society. The play enacts the trial of Agamemnon's son Orestes, who had been ordered under threat of punishment by the god Apollo to murder his mother Clytemnestra, who herself had earlier killed Agamemnon. Orestes, hounded by the Eumenides, travels first to Delphi to obtain ritual purgation of his mother's blood, and then, at Apollo's urging, to Athens to seek the help of Athena, who decides that an impartial jury of Athenians should decide the matter. Aeschylus thus presents a drama that shows a growing awareness of the importance of free will in Athenian thought through the mythologized institution of the first jury trial.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robin Mitchell-Boyask is Associate Professor of Classics, Temple University. He has published widely on Greek tragedy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bristol Classical Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0715636421
• ISBN 13: 9780715636428
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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