The Oresteia (First Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

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“This vivid and accessible translation captures the drama of Aeschylus’ poetry and the excitement of the action in performance.” ―VICTORIA WOHL, University of Toronto

“This critical edition provides a lavish and fulsome picture of ancient Greek tragedy’s most significant surviving document.” ―JOHANNA HANINK, Brown University

Ranked #2 Translation of 2018 by Open Letters Review

This Norton Critical Edition includes:         

• Oliver Taplin’s new translation of the fifth-century B.C.E. Greek tragedy―a trilogy of revenge and murder within the royal family of Argos―with explanatory annotations by the editors.       
• Ancient backgrounds and responses from Homer, Stesichorus, Pindar, Euripides, and Sophocles. ·        
• Fourteen wide-ranging critical essays on the Oresteia, from G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche to Oliver Taplin and Peter Wilson.     
• A Glossary of Technical Terms and Proper Names and a Selected Bibliography.

About the Series  

Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format―annotated text, contexts, and criticism―helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.

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