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Suppliant Maidens (Morshead Translation)

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Aeschylus - Suppliant Maidens (Morshead Translation)

The Suppliants, also called The Suppliant Maidens, or The Suppliant Women, is a play by Aeschylus. It was probably first performed sometime after 470 BC. It was long thought to be the earliest surviving play by...

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Aeschylus - Seven Against Thebes (Way Translation)

Seven against Thebes is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea. It concerns the battle between an Argive army led by...

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Aeschylus - Agamemnon (Morshead Translation)

The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The name derives from the character Orestes, who sets out to avenge his father's murder. The...

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Aeschylus - Furies (Morshead Translation)

The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The name derives from the character Orestes, who sets out to avenge his father's murder. The...

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Aeschylus - Libation-Bearers (Morshead Translation)

The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus concerning the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. The name derives from the character Orestes, who sets out to avenge his father's murder. The...

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Aeschylus - Agamemnon (Browning Translation)

The play Agamemnon details the homecoming of Agamemnon, King of Argos, from the Trojan War. Waiting at home for him is his wife, Clytemnestra, who has been planning his murder, partly as revenge for the sacrifice of...

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Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound (Thoreau Translation)

Whether or not it was actually written by Aeschylus, as is much disputed, «Prometheus Bound» is a powerful statement on behalf of free humanity in the face of what often seem like the impersonal, implacable Forces...

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Aeschylus - Persians (version 2)

The earliest of Aeschylus' plays to survive is «The Persians» (Persai), performed in 472 BC and based on experiences in Aeschylus's own life, specifically the Battle of Salamis. It is unique among surviving Greek...

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Poetry

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Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound (Browning Translation)

Whether or not it was actually written by Aeschylus, as is much disputed, «Prometheus Bound» is a powerful statement on behalf of free humanity in the face of what often seem like the impersonal, implacable Forces...

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Aeschylus - Persians

This is one of the few Greek tragedies that deals with historical events rather than mythological ones. The elders of the Persian court await new of the outcome of the Battle of Salamis, and mourn when they find that...

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Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound (Buckley Translation)

«Prometheus Bound» is the only complete tragedy of the Prometheia trilogy, traditionally assumed to be the work of Aeschylus. Jupiter has turned against Prometheus for protecting mankind and has ordered him to be...

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Aeschylus - Seven Against Thebes

In this, the only extant tragedy from Aeschylus' trilogy about the House of Oedipus, Thebes is under siege from Polynices, a former prince of Thebes. After King Oedipus left his city and cursed the princes, Polynices...

1 hour 10 minutes

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