Tales Of Thebes And Argos
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Tales Of Thebes And Argos
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Author : George William Cox
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1864
Tales Of Thebes And Argos written by George William Cox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1864 with Legends categories.
Tales Of Thebes And Argos
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Author : Bart George William COX (calling himself Sir George William Cox)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1864
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Tales Of Thebes And Argos
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Author : George William Cox
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2016-05-20
Tales Of Thebes And Argos written by George William Cox and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-20 with categories.
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The Seven Against Thebes
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Author : Aeschylus
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-04-15
The Seven Against Thebes written by Aeschylus and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-15 with Drama categories.
Third play of a trilogy (the other two are lost) about the doomed family of Laius and Oedipus and his sons. After the city of Thebes has banished Oedipus, the former ruler's sons vie for the crown. The victor, Eteocles, expels his brother, Polyneices, who then recruits 7 champions to lead an assault on Thebes, with a tragic results.
Seven Against Thebes
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Author : Aeschylus
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1991-04-25
Seven Against Thebes written by Aeschylus and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-04-25 with Drama categories.
The formidable talents of Anthony Hecht, one of the most gifted of contemporary American poets, and Helen Bacon, a classical scholar, are here brought to bear on this vibrant translation of Aeschylus' much underrated tragedy The Seven Against Thebes. The third and only remaining play in a trilogy dealing with related events, The Seven Against Thebes tells the story of the Argive attempt to claim the Kingdom of Thebes, and of the deaths of the brothers Eteocles and Polyneices, each by the others hand. Long dismissed by critics as ritualistic and lacking in dramatic tension, Seven Against Thebes is revealed by Hecht and Bacon as a work of great unity and drama, one exceptionally rich in symbolism and imagery.
The Seven Against Thebes
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Author : Aeschylus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
The Seven Against Thebes written by Aeschylus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Drama categories.
Oedipus's sons vie for the Theban crown. The victor, Eteocles, expels his brother, Polyneices, who flees to Argos and recruits a force of 7 champions to lead an assault on Thebes, with tragic results.
Old Tales From Greece
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Author : Alice Zimmern
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Old Tales From Greece written by Alice Zimmern and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Mythology, Greek categories.
Four Plays Of Aeschylus
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Author : Aeschylus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-06
Four Plays Of Aeschylus written by Aeschylus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06 with categories.
Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. The Suppliants pays tribute to the democratic undercurrents running through Athens in advance of the establishment of a democratic government in 461. In the play, the Danaids, the fifty daughters of Danaus, founder of Argos, flee a forced marriage to their cousins in Egypt. They turn to King Pelasgus of Argos for protection, but Pelasgus refuses until the people of Argos weigh in on the decision, a distinctly democratic move on the part of the king. The people decide that the Danaids deserve protection, and they are allowed within the walls of Argos despite Egyptian protests. The Persians is based on experiences in Aeschylus's own life, specifically the Battle of Salamis. It is unique among surviving Greek tragedies in that it describes a recent historical event. The Persians focuses on the popular Greek theme of hubris by blaming Persia's loss on the pride of its king. It opens with the arrival of a messenger in Susa, the Persian capital, bearing news of the catastrophic Persian defeat at Salamis to Atossa, the mother of the Persian King Xerxes. Atossa then travels to the tomb of Darius, her husband, where his ghost appears to explain the cause of the defeat. It is, he says, the result of Xerxes' hubris in building a bridge across the Hellespont, an action which angered the gods. Xerxes appears at the end of the play, not realizing the cause of his defeat, and the play closes to lamentations by Xerxes and the chorus. Seven against Thebes has the contrasting theme of the interference of the gods in human affairs. It also marks the first known appearance in Aeschylus's work of a theme which would continue through his plays, that of the polis (the city) being a key development of human civilization. The play tells the story of Eteocles and Polynices, the sons of the shamed King of Thebes, Oedipus. The sons agree to alternate in the throne of the city, but after the first year Eteocles refuses to step down, and Polynices wages war to claim his crown. The brothers kill each other in single combat, and the original ending of the play consisted of lamentations for the dead brothers. Prometheus Bound, is attributed to Aeschylus by ancient authorities. The play consists mostly of static dialogue, as throughout the play the Titan Prometheus is bound to a rock as punishment from the Olympian Zeus for providing fire to humans. The god Hephaestus, the Titan Oceanus, and the chorus of Oceanids all express sympathy for Prometheus' plight. Prometheus meets Io, a fellow victim of Zeus' cruelty; and prophesies her future travels, revealing that one of her descendants will free Prometheus. The play closes with Zeus sending Prometheus into the abyss because Prometheus refuses to divulge the secret of a potential marriage that could be Zeus' downfall.
Latin And Teutonic Christendom
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Author : George William Cox
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1870
Latin And Teutonic Christendom written by George William Cox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with Church history categories.
The Thebaid
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Author : Publius Papinius Statius
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2007-01-10
The Thebaid written by Publius Papinius Statius and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
A classical epic of fratricide and war, the Thebaid retells the legendary conflict between the sons of Oedipus—Polynices and Eteocles—for control of the city of Thebes. The Latin poet Statius reworks a familiar story from Greek myth, dramatized long before by Aeschylus in his tragedy Seven against Thebes. Statius chose his subject well: the Rome of his day, ruled by the emperor Domitian, was not too distant from the civil wars that had threatened the survival of the empire. Published in 92 A.D., the Thebaid was an immediate success, and its fame grew in succeeding centuries. It reached its peak of popularity in the later Middle Ages and Renaissance, influencing Dante, Chaucer, and perhaps Shakespeare. In recent times, however, it has received perhaps less attention than it deserves, in large part because there has been no accessible, dynamic translation of the work into English. Charles Stanley Ross offers a compelling version of the Thebaid rendered into forceful, modern English. Casting Statius's Latin hexameter into a lively iambic pentameter more natural to the modern ear, Ross frees the work from the archaic formality that has marred previous translations. His translation reinvigorates the Thebaid as a whole: its meditative first half and its violent second half; its intimate portrayal of defeat and retribution, and the need to seek justice at any cost. In a wide-ranging introduction, Ross provides an overview of the poem: its composition, reception and legacy; its major themes and literary influences; and its place in Statius' life. And in a helpful series of notes, he offers background information on the major characters and incidents. -- Paolo Asso