Prometheus Bound Contributor(s): Aeschylus (Author), Scully, James (Author), Herington, C. John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195061659 ISBN-13: 9780195061659 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $12.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1990 Annotation: For readers accustomed to the relatively undramatic standard translations of Prometheus Bound, this version by James Scully, a poet and winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize, and C. John Herington, one of the world's foremost Aeschylean scholars, will come as a revelation. Scully and Herington accentuate the play's true power, drama, and relevance to modern times. Aeschylus originally wrote Prometheus Bound as part of a tragic trilogy, and this translation is unique in including the extant fragments of the companion plays. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | Ancient & Classical - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
Dewey: 882.01 |
LCCN: 89022868 |
Lexile Measure: 1170 |
Physical Information: 0.24" H x 5.44" W x 8" (0.27 lbs) 144 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: For readers accustomed to the relatively undramatic standard translations of Prometheus Bound, this version by James Scully, a poet and winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize, and C. John Herington, one of the world's foremost Aeschylean scholars, will come as a revelation. Scully and Herington accentuate the play's true power, drama, and relevance to modern times. Aeschylus originally wrote Prometheus Bound as part of a tragic trilogy, and this translation is unique in including the extant fragments of the companion plays. |