Aeschylus: 104 books

PROMETHEUS BOUND and THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES features two dramas attributed to Aeschylus.  Of the two, SEVEN AGAINST THEBES is the older, having first been performed in 467 BC.  It tells of two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, who agree to share the throne of Thebes.  After a year...

"Greek Tragedy" is meticulously edited collection of the most famous plays written by Aeschylus and Sophocles. Aeschylus (525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. He is often described as the father of tragedy. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters...

THE SEVEN PLAYS OF AESCHYLUS contains the seven surviving works of the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus, who wrote perhaps eighty works during his lifetime.  Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. • The Persians • Seven Against Thebes • The Suppliants • Agamemnon...

The ORESTEIA is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The only surviving example of a trilogy of ancient Greek plays, the Oresteia was originally performed at the Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BC, where it won first prize. ...

The Agamemnon of Aeschylus is the first play in The Trilogy of the Oresteia, which deals with the eternal problem of the evil act causing vengeance which wreaks more evil which must be avenged. Aeschylus declares that the new ruler in heaven, Zeus, heralds the end of this cycle and the beginning of hope. Zeus has suffered and sinned and grown wise, and thereby shows humans how to grow wise also.

In PROMETHEUS BOUND (doubtfully attributed to Aeschylus), the story of the Titan, Prometheus, and his punishments from Zeus are told. Aeschylus (c. 524 BC – c. 455 BC) was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived, the others being Sophocles and Euripides,...

The only trilogy in Greek drama that survives from antiquity, Aeschylus' The Oresteia described the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. “At home there tarries like a lurking snake, Biding its time, a wrath unreconciled…” In Agamemnon,...

THE AGAMEMNON, one of the few surviving dramas of Aeschylus, tells the story of the king of Argos, Agamemnon.  It forms one part of a trilogy along with THE LIBATION BEARERS and THE EUMENIDES. Aeschylus (c. 524 BC – c. 455 BC) was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose...

Four Plays of Aeschylus by Aeschylus (525bc-456bc) includes The Suppliant Maidens, The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes and The Prometheus Bound. Mermaids Classics, an imprint of Mermaids Publishing brings the very best of old classic books to a modern era of digital reading by producing...

"You wish to be called righteous rather than act right…" Towering over the rest of Greek tragedy, The Eumenides, one of Aeschylus’ earliest surviving tragedies, is one of the most enduring dramas ever written. After the murder of his mother, Orestes wanders as an outcast....

This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books and plays. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces...

Io, the daughter of Inachus, King of Argos, was beloved of Zeus. But Hera was jealous of that love, and by her ill will was Io given over to frenzy, and her body took the semblance of a heifer: and Argus, a many-eyed herdsman, was set by Hera to watch Io whithersoever she strayed. Yet, in despite...

SEVEN AGAINST THEBES tells of two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, who agree to share the throne of Thebes.  After a year this arrangement breaks down, leading to fratricide and civil war. Aeschylus (c. 524 BC – c. 455 BC) was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose...

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order...