The Eumenides (The Furies) of Aeschylus
Author(s):
Aeschylus
; Murray, Gilbert (translator)
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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| Size: | 5 - 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | Yes |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Good |
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher Name: | George Allen and Unwin |
| Publication Year: | 1948 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| SKU: | 014642 |
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| Categories: | Classic Literature , Performance Arts and Plays |
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xvi, 64pp, Green cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine. 12mo. Rubbed spine head. Very lightly rubbed and worn corners. Light mottling to top front board; slightly cocked. Dusty top text block edge, all edges just starting to fox. Signature binding. Endpapers starting to fox and tan. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Gutter slightly stretched at title page. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has shelf wear; soiling to front; chipping to edges, not price clipped.
Translated into rhyming verse by Gilbert Murray, The Eumenides is the final play in Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy in which Orestes is pursued by the furious Furies for the murder of his mother, Clytemnestra, avenging the death of his father, Agamemnon
Keywords:
Greek Tragedy
Plays
Classical Literature
Ancient Greek
The Furies
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