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Aeschylus
Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles

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Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles

by Aeschylus, Sophocles

EN·~4 hours·1040 chapters

Chapters

1040 total

This eBook was produced by Juliet Sutherland, William Koven,

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SPECIMENS OF GREEK TRAGEDY

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GOLDWIN SMITH, D.C.L. - AESCHYLUS AND SOPHOCLES

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AESCHYLUS - PROMETHEUS BOUND.

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LINES 1-113. - SCENE: The Caucasus. - MIGHT.

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HEPHAESTUS.

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MIGHT.

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HEPHAESTUS.

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MIGHT.

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HEPHAESTUS.

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Description

Excerpts from various plays of Aeschylus and Sophocles.

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Duration

~4 hours (238K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2004-12-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Greek drama (Tragedy) -- Translations into English

About the authors

Aeschylus

-525–-456

Often called the father of Greek tragedy, this pioneering playwright helped shape what drama could do on stage. His surviving works still feel grand and intense, full of justice, revenge, gods, and human pride.

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Sophocles

-496–-406

One of ancient Greece’s greatest playwrights, he shaped tragedy with unforgettable stories of fate, pride, and moral conflict. His surviving plays, including Oedipus Rex and Antigone, still feel startlingly alive more than two thousand years later.

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