Prometheus Bound, The Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, The Persians
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the dawn of Western drama comes a collection of four extraordinary tragedies by Aeschylus — the father of Greek theatre — that have shaped the very foundations of storytelling for over two millennia. This Penguin Classics volume brings together Prometheus Bound, in which the defiant Titan endures divine punishment for gifting fire to humanity; The Suppliants, a haunting tale of refugee women fleeing forced marriage; Seven Against Thebes, a taut military drama chronicling the doomed siege of a city torn apart by fratricidal war; and The Persians, a rare and remarkable portrait of defeat told from the perspective of the vanquished enemy following the Battle of Salamis. Aeschylus writes with a grandeur and moral intensity that elevates personal suffering into cosmic drama, uniting the human and the divine in a theater of consequence and fate. His verse — majestic, compressed, and thunderously imagistic — presents questions of justice, hubris, and divine order that remain urgently alive in the modern world. Translated for accessibility without sacrificing poetic power, this anthology stands as an essential cornerstone of any serious literary education, leaving one to wonder: when gods punish and mortals endure, who, ultimately, is truly free?
Author: Aeschylus
Format: Paperback
Genre: Plays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the dawn of Western drama comes a collection of four extraordinary tragedies by Aeschylus — the father of Greek theatre — that have shaped the very foundations of storytelling for over two millennia. This Penguin Classics volume brings together Prometheus Bound, in which the defiant Titan endures divine punishment for gifting fire to humanity; The Suppliants, a haunting tale of refugee women fleeing forced marriage; Seven Against Thebes, a taut military drama chronicling the doomed siege of a city torn apart by fratricidal war; and The Persians, a rare and remarkable portrait of defeat told from the perspective of the vanquished enemy following the Battle of Salamis. Aeschylus writes with a grandeur and moral intensity that elevates personal suffering into cosmic drama, uniting the human and the divine in a theater of consequence and fate. His verse — majestic, compressed, and thunderously imagistic — presents questions of justice, hubris, and divine order that remain urgently alive in the modern world. Translated for accessibility without sacrificing poetic power, this anthology stands as an essential cornerstone of any serious literary education, leaving one to wonder: when gods punish and mortals endure, who, ultimately, is truly free?