Aeschylus:Eumenides(CambridgeGreekandLatinClassics)

ProfessorSommersteinherepresentsafreshlyconstitutedtext,withintroductionandcommentary,ofEumenides,theclimacticplayoftheonlysurvivingcompleteGreektragictrilogy,theOresteiaofAeschylus.EumenidesisofallAtheniantragicdramastheonemostconsciouslydesignedtoberelevanttothesituationoftheAthenianstateatthetimeofitsperformance(458BC),andseemstohavecontaineddaringinnovationsbothintechniqueandinideas.TheintroductionandcommentarytothiseditionseektobringouthowAeschylusshapedtohispurposethelegendsheinherited,andendedthetragicstoryofAgamemnon'sfamilyinacelebrationofAtheniancivicunityandjustice.Thecommentaryalsopaysdetailedattentiontothelinguistic,metricalandtextualproblemstobeencounteredbythereader.