Aeschylus: Prometheus Bound - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0856684724 ISBN 13 : 9780856684722

Editeur : Aris & Phillips Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

The play's title figure has long held a central place in the 'libertarian' stream of Western culture, but controversies continue to swirl about the work and its hero. What are we to make of Prometheus's extravagant claims? Was he, as he insists, the only force that stood between the human race and extinction? Can Zeus really have been as misanthropic as his adversary paints him? Are we, in short, to think of Prometheus as a genuine hero, or merely as a megalomaniac rebel without sufficient cause? As for the play itself, the present editor, flying in the face of current orthodoxy, takes the view that the case against Aeschylean authorship has not been established. But this lingering doubt should do nothing to diminish its stature as a masterpiece of ancient Greek drama. The volume presents the original Greek text with facing-page translation, commentary and notes.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Anthony J. Podlecki is a retired Professor of Classics at the University of British Columbia. He has written many books, with a major focus on the interaction between the literature and the history of ancient Greece of the archaic and classical periods. These include 'Perikles and his Circle' (Routledge) and 'The Political Background to Aeschylean Tragedy' (Bristol Classical Press).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aris & Phillips Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: grec ancien (jusqu'à 1453)
• ISBN 10: 0856684724
• ISBN 13: 9780856684722
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible