PREFACE
The sense of difficulty, and indeed of awe, with which
a scholar approaches the task of translating the Agamemnon
depends directly on its greatness as poetry.
It is in part a matter of d...
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The Greek playwright Aeschylus (524-456 BC) is the first European dramatist whose plays have been preserved. He is also the earliest of the great Greek tragedians, and more than any other he is concer...
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In the city of Athens in the fifth century B.C., Aeschylus, the Father of Tragedy, developed a spectacle in which choral song and dance alternated with solo speeches into one of the major genres of wo...
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Biography EssayIn the city of Athens in the fifth century B.C., Aeschylus, the Father of Tragedy, developed a spectacle in which choral song and dance alternated with solo speeches into one of the maj...
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The Agamemnon of Aeschylus
Aeschylus
Aeschylus