The Lyrical Dramas of Aeschylus Translated into English Verse
Aeschylus
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Aeschylus · 43 chapters
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- Everyday expressions
- Advanced vocabulary
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Quotes from this book
a good work of art contains within itself all that is necessary to unfold its own story to an intelligent spectator.
No man goes from a ball-room into a church without a certain decent interval, and, if possible, a few moments of becoming preparation.
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- PREFACESample
- ON THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF THE GREEK TRAGEDY
- THE LIFE OF ÆSCHYLUS
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- AGAMEMNON
- PERSONS
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- CHOEPHORÆ
- PERSONS
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- THE EUMENIDES
- PERSONS
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- PROMETHEUS BOUND
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- THE SUPPLIANTS
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
- THE PERSIANS
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
- THE PERSIANS
- NOTES TO THE AGAMEMNON
- NOTES TO THE CHOEPHORÆ
- NOTES TO THE EUMENIDES
- NOTES TO PROMETHEUS BOUND
- NOTES TO THE SUPPLIANTS
- NOTES TO THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
- NOTES TO THE PERSIANS
- LIST OF EDITIONS, COMMENTARIES, AND TRANSLATIONS USED BY THE TRANSLATOR
- FOOTNOTES TO THE PREFACE
- FOOTNOTES TO ON THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF THE GREEK TRAGEDY
- FOOTNOTES TO THE LIFE OF ÆSCHYLUS
- FOOTNOTES TO THE AGAMEMNON
- FOOTNOTES TO THE CHOEPHORÆ
- FOOTNOTES TO THE PROMETHEUS BOUND
- FOOTNOTES TO THE SUPPLIANTS
- FOOTNOTES TO THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
- FOOTNOTES TO THE PERSIANS
- GREEK TEXTUAL NOTES