Suppliants

by Aeschylus

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Title Statements

Full title :Suppliants / Aeschylus ; edited by Alan H. Sommerstein.

Summary

"Many of the themes of Aeschylus' Suppliants - the treatment of refugees, forced marriage, ethnic and cultural clashes, decisions on war and peace, political deception - resonate strongly in the world of today. The play was, however, for many years neglected in comparison to Aeschylus' other works, probably in part because it was wrongly believed to be very early and hence 'primitive', and this edition, aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates and graduate students, is the first since 1889 to offer an accessible English commentary based on the Greek text. This provides particular help with the peculiarities of tragic, especially Aeschylean, Greek. An extensive introduction discusses the Danaid myth and its many variations, the four-play production (tetralogy) of which Suppliants formed part, the underlying social and religious issues and presuppositions, the conditions of performance, and the place of Suppliants in Aeschylus' work, among other topics"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2019

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdomb
Language:grc
Publication Date:©2019

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 404 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781107058330, 1107058333, 9781107686717, 1107686717
oclc:on1108694972
LC Classification:PA3825
Dewey Decimal:882.01

Aeschylus -- The Danaid myth -- The Danaid tetralogy -- Supplication -- Marriage -- Greek and barbarian -- King, people and tyrant -- Zeus and Io -- Characters and choruses -- Performance -- Place in Aeschylus' work -- Transmission and text -- Aischylou Hikedites -- Commentary.

Subjects

Aeschylus Criticism, interpretation, etc Danaids (Greek mythology) Danaids (Greek mythology) -- Drama Drama Forced marriage Forced marriage -- Greece Greece -- Drama Greek drama (Tragedy) Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and cr… Mariage forcé -- Grèce Suppliants (Aeschylus) Tragédie grecque -- Histoire et critique tragedies Tragedies (Drama)