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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Classic Drama at its Best
As the inventor of tragedy, Aeschylus gives us a masterful example of classic Greek tragedy in the Oresteia. His famous trilogy is offered in the original Greek, side by side with Herbert Weir Smyth's inspiring English translation. With earthy metaphors and a storm of emotion, this volume cannot fail to excite.
Published on May 14, 2006 by David
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A solid Greek text with English, but not a very readable translation.
This book's primary virtue is that it makes a good Greek text available in compact form with a useable English translation side-by-side. That's very handy for students of the Greek. People who are more interested in experiencing the play in English should seek out a more recent translation, such as that of Lattimore. The Smyth translation is very scholarly and very 19th...
Published on June 1, 2006 by R. Bethune
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A solid Greek text with English, but not a very readable translation.,
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This review is from: Aeschylus II: Agamemnon, Libation-Bearers, Eumenides, Fragments (Loeb Classical Library #146) (Hardcover)
This book's primary virtue is that it makes a good Greek text available in compact form with a useable English translation side-by-side. That's very handy for students of the Greek. People who are more interested in experiencing the play in English should seek out a more recent translation, such as that of Lattimore. The Smyth translation is very scholarly and very 19th century; most modern readers find it accurate, but stilted.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Classic Drama at its Best,
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This review is from: Aeschylus II: Agamemnon, Libation-Bearers, Eumenides, Fragments (Loeb Classical Library #146) (Hardcover)
As the inventor of tragedy, Aeschylus gives us a masterful example of classic Greek tragedy in the Oresteia. His famous trilogy is offered in the original Greek, side by side with Herbert Weir Smyth's inspiring English translation. With earthy metaphors and a storm of emotion, this volume cannot fail to excite.
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Aeschylus II: Agamemnon, Libation-Bearers, Eumenides, Fragments (Loeb Classical Library #146) by H. Lloyd-Jones (Hardcover - Dec. 1930)
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