Aeschylus, 2: The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliants, Prometheus Bou

Description: Aeschylus, 2 by David R. Slavitt, Palmer Bovie, Stephen Sandy, Gail Holst-Warhaft, William Matthews A volume of the tragedies of Aeschylus which relates the historic defeat and dissolution of the Persian Empire on the heels of Xerxes disastrous campaign to subdue Greece, the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the throne of Thebes, the story of fifty daughters who seek asylum from their uncle, the king of Egypt. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander.This final volume of the tragedies of Aeschylus relates the historic defeat and dissolution of the Persian Empire on the heels of Xerxes disastrous campaign to subdue Greece, the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the throne of Thebes, the story of fifty daughters who seek asylum from their uncle, the king of Egypt, because of his demand that they marry his sons, and the well-known tale of the proud and unrepentant Prometheus, who is chained to a massive rock for revealing fire and hope to humankind.Translations are by David Slavitt (Persians), Stephen Sandy (Seven Against Thebes), Gail Holst-Warhaft (The Suppliants), and William Matthews (Prometheus Bound). Author Biography About the Translators: Gail Holst-Warhaft graduated from Melbourne University and received her Ph.D. degree in comparative literature from Cornell University, where she now teaches classics and modern Greek and is active in Balkan studies. She has lectured and taught also in Australia, Portugal, Greece, and Thailand. Her translations of the poems of Nikos Kavadias won the Columbia University translation prize. She has written extensively on Greek popular music and is currently completing a book on the traditional and contemporary manipulation of grief. Her recent books include Mauthausen (translation of a novel by Iakovos Kambanellis), Dangerous Voices: Womens Laments and Greek Literature, Achilles Fiancee (translation of a novel by Alki Zei), and Road to Rembetika: Music of a Greek Sub-culture (currently in its fifth edition and available in several translations). William Matthews was the author of more than a dozen books, including eight of original poetry and two of translation. His Selected Poems and Translations appeared in 1992. He received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Ingram Merrill Foundation; his poetry received the Oscar Blumenthal Award, the Eunice Tietjens Memorial Prize, and the Union League Prize. He taught at Wells College, Cornell University, the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Columbia University, University of Washington, New York University, City College of New York, and elsewhere. Mr. Matthews served on the editorial board of Weslyean University Press and as poetry editor of Iowa Review. He was president of the Poetry Society of America from 1985-89. He died before he could see his translation of Prometheus Bound achieve publication. Stephen Sandy graduated from Yale and received his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University, where he has taught. He has taught also at Tokyo University, Brown University, the Wesleyan University Writers Conference, The Writing Center at the Chautauqua Institution, and Davidson College. His numerous awards and grants include a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, an Ingram Merrill Foundation fellowship; a Fulbright Lectureship, the Academy of American Poets Prize, a Dexter Fellowship, Harvard Monthly Prize, Javits Fellowships, and Yaddo residencies. He has been on the faculty of Bennington College since 1969. He is the author of ten books; his New and Selected Poems is forthcoming. David R. Slavitt was educated at Andover and Yale and has published more than sixty books: original poetry (recently Eight Longer Poems), translations (recently Broken Columns, of Statius and Claudian), novels (recently Lives of the Saints), critical works (recently Virgil), and short stories. He worked for seven years as a journalist at Newsweek and continues to do freelance reporting and reviewing. With Palmer Bovie he coedited the series Complete Roman Drama in Translation. Table of Contents Introduction, by Palmer BovieThe Persians—Translated by David R. SlavittSeven Against Thebes—Translated by Stephen SandyThe Suppliants—Translated by Gail Holst-WarhaftPrometheus Bound—Translated by William MatthewsPronouncing Glossary of NamesAbout the Translators Review Praise for the Penn Greek Drama Series: "Directness, vivid imagery, and rhetorical music prevail."--San Francisco Chronicle Praise for the Penn Greek Drama Series: "A boon for classicists and general readers alike. For the reader who comes to tragedy for the first time, these translations are eminently accessible, and consummately American in tone and feeling. 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Details ISBN0812216717 Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press Language English ISBN-10 0812216717 ISBN-13 9780812216714 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 882.01 Series Number 02 Year 1998 Translator Gail Holst-Warhaft Pages 232 Short Title AESCHYLUS V02 AESCHYLUS 2 Imprint University of Pennsylvania Press Place of Publication Pennsylvania Country of Publication United States Edited by Palmer Bovie Illustrations black & white illustrations Subtitle The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliants, Prometheus Bound DOI 10.1604/9780812216714 UK Release Date 1998-01-01 AU Release Date 1998-01-01 NZ Release Date 1998-01-01 US Release Date 1998-01-01 Author William Matthews Series Penn Greek Drama Series Publication Date 1998-01-01 Alternative 9780812234657 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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