书目

Oresteia: Agamemnon. Libation-Bearers. Eumenides

内容简介

Aeschylus(ca.525?456BCE),thedramatistwhomadeAtheniantragedyoneoftheworld?sgreatartforms,witnessedtheestablishmentofdemocracyatAthensandfoughtagainstthePersiansatMarathon.HewonthetragicprizeattheCityDionysiathirteentimesbetweenca.499and458,andinhislateryearswasprobablyvictoriousalmosteverytimeheputonaproduction,thoughSophoclesbeathimatleastonce.Ofhistotalofabouteightyplays,sevensurvivecomplete.ThesecondvolumecontainsthecompleteOresteiatrilogy,comprisingAgamemnon,Libation-Bearers,andEumenides,presentingthemurderofAgamemnonbyhiswife,therevengetakenbytheirsonOrestes,thepursuitofOrestesbyhismother?savengingFuries,histrialandacquittalatAthens,Athena?spacificationoftheFuries,andtheblessingstheybothinvokeupontheAthenianpeople.,

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