An Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by Euripides

Authors

Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles

Original Works

Agamemnon·Orestes·Electra

Translator

Anne Carson

Format

Collection / Anthology

Language

English

Year

2010

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Country

United States

Pages

272

ISBN

9780865479166

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In this innovative rendition of The Oresteia, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson combines three different visions -- Aischylos' Agamemnon, Sophokles' Elektra, and Euripides' Orestes, giving birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. Carson's accomplished rendering combines elements of contemporary vernacular with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy, opening up the plays to a modern audience. --from publisher description.— Google Books

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