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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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~4 hours (238K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2004-12-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7073

Subjects

Greek drama (Tragedy) -- Translations into English PA

About the authors

Aeschylus

-525–-456

Often called the father of tragedy, this pioneering playwright helped shape what drama could be. His surviving works still feel grand and intense, full of justice, fate, war, and the uneasy relationship between humans and the gods.

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Sophocles

-496–-406

One of the great playwrights of ancient Athens, this master of tragedy helped shape dramatic storytelling for centuries. His surviving plays, including Oedipus the King and Antigone, still feel sharp, tense, and deeply human.

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