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Benjamin FranklinPlatoWilliam ShakespeareRalph Waldo EmersonCharles DarwinJohn WoolmanWilliam PennEpictetusMarcus AureliusFrancis BaconJohn MiltonThomas BrowneRobert BurnsSaint AugustineThomas á KempisAeschylusSophoclesEuripidesAristophanesCiceroAdam SmithPliny the YoungerPlutarchVirgilMiguel De Cervantes SaavedraJohn BunyanIzaak WaltonAnonymousAesopGrimm BrothersHans Christian AndersenJohn DrydenRichard Brinsley SheridanOliver GoldsmithPercy Bysshe ShelleyRobert BrowningLord ByronJohann Wolfgang von GoetheChristopher MarloweDante AlighieriAlessandro ManzoniHomerRichard Henry Dana JrEdmund BurkeJohn Stuart MillThomas CarlylePedro Calderón de la BarcaPierre CorneilleJean RacineMolièreGotthold Ephraim LessingFriedrich von SchillerMichael FaradayHermann von HelmholtzLord KelvinSimon NewcombSir Archibald GeikieBenvenuto CelliniMichel de MontaigneCharles Augustin Sainte-BeuveErnest RenanImmanuel KantGiuseppe MazziniHerodotusTacitusPhiliip NicholsFrancis PrettyWalter BiggesEdward HaiesWalter RaleighRené DescartesVoltaireJean Jacques RousseauThomas HobbesJean FroissartThomas MalorySir Thomas MaloryWilliam HarrisonNiccolò MachiavelliWilliam RoperSir Thomas MoreMartin LutherJohn LockeGeorge BerkeleyDavid HumeHippocratesAmbroise ParéWilliam HarveyEdward JennerOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph ListerLouis PasteurCharles LyellConfuciusChristianThomas DekkerBen JonsonBeaumont and FletcherJohn WebsterPhilip MassingerBlaise PascalHenry FieldingLaurence SterneJane AustenSir Walter ScottWilliam Makepeace ThackerayCharles DickensGeorge EliotNathaniel HawthorneWashington IrvingEdgar Allan PoeFrancis Bret HarteSamuel L. ClemensEdward Everett HaleHenry JamesVictor HugoHonoré de BalzacGeorge SandAlfred de MussetAlphonse DaudetGuy de MaupassantGottfried KellerTheodor StormTheodor FontaneLeo TolstoyFyodor DostoevskyIvan TurgenevJuan ValeraBjørnstjerne BjørnsonAlexander L. Kielland

2024

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This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work. Contents: Compiled and Edited by Charles W. Eliot LL D in 1909, the Harvard C...


1973

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Aeschylus (525-c.456 bc) set his great trilogy in the immediate aftermath of the Fall of Troy, when King Agamemnon returns to Argos, a victor in war. Agamemnon depicts the hero's discovery that his family has been destroyed by his wife's infidelity and ends with his death at her callous hand. Clytemnestra's crime is repaid in The Choephori when her outraged son Orestes kills both her and her lover. The Eumenides then follows Orestes as he is hounded to Athens by the Furies' law of vengeanc...

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1990

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For readers accustomed to the relatively undramatic standard translations of Prometheus Bound, this version by James Scully, a poet and winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize, and C. John Herington, one of the world's foremost Aeschylean scholars, will come as a revelation. Scully and Herington accentuate the play's true power, drama, and relevance to modern times. Aeschylus originally wrote Prometheus Bound as part of a tragic trilogy, and this translation is unique in includ...

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The Oresteia

Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides


1984

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One of the founding documents of Western culture and the only surviving ancient Greek trilogy, the Oresteia of Aeschylus is one of the great tragedies of all time.The three plays of the Oresteia portray the bloody events that follow the victorious return of King Agamemnon from the Trojan War, at the start of which he had sacrificed his daughter Iphigeneia to secure divine favor. After Iphi-geneia’s mother, Clytemnestra, kills her husband in revenge, she in turn is murdered by their...

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Yale Classics - Ancient Greek Literature

Mythology, History, Philosophy, Poetry, Theater (Including Biographies of Authors and Critical Study of Each Work)

2021

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e-artnow presents you the greatest works of ancient Greek literature. The selection of books is based on Yale Department of Classics required reading list. Originally designed for students, this exceptional collection will benefit greatly everyone curious about the history, language, and literary and material culture of ancient Greece. Ancient Greek literature has had a profound impact on western literature at large. In particular, many ancient Roman authors drew inspiration from their Gre...


2010

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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 the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biography.This Co...

The Greek Plays

Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides


2016

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A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world’s most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the KingFeaturing translations by Emily Wilson, Frank Nisetich, Sarah Ruden, Rachel Kitzinger, Mary Lefkowitz, and James RommThe great plays of Ancient Greece are among the most enduring and...

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2019

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“Agamemnon” is the first of the three linked tragedies which make up “The Oresteia” trilogy (comprising “Agamemnon”, “Choephori” and “The Eumenides”), the only surviving example of a complete trilogy of ancient Greek plays, by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus."Agamemnon" was originally performed at the City Dionysia in 458 B.C."Agamemnon” describes the homecoming of Agamemnon, king of Argos, from the Trojan War, and his return to his wife, Clytemnestra, who ha...

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2019

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“The Persians” (Gr: “Persai”; Lat: “Persae”) is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus. First produced in 472 BCE, it is considered the oldest surviving play in the history of theatre, and also the only extant Greek tragedy that is based on contemporary events. It recounts the Persian response to news of their military defeat under Xerxes at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE, one of the decisive episodes in the ongoing Greco-Persian Wars.

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Charles DarwinJohn MiltonMolièreAnonymousPlatoAdam SmithFrancis BaconAesopOliver GoldsmithEpictetusBenjamin FranklinConfuciusVirgilChristopher MarloweMarcus AureliusThomas CarlyleSaint AugustineAristophanesWilliam ShakespeareAeschylusEuripidesTacitusSophoclesPlutarchDante AlighieriEdmund BurkeCiceroJohn DrydenGrimm BrothersRobert BurnsWilliam PennIzaak WaltonThomas BrowneCharles EliotLord Byron. Homer. VoltaireJohn WoolmanJane AustenJohann Wolfgang von GoetheWashington IrvingRalph Waldo EmersonThomas á KempisPliny the YoungerMiguel Cervantes De SaavedraRichard Brinsley SheridanPercy Bysshe ShelleyRobert BrowningAlessandro ManzoniRichard Henry Dana JrJohn Stuart MillPedro Calderón de la BarcaPierre CorneilleJean RacineGotthold Ephraim LessingFriedrich von SchillerMichael FaradayHermann von HelmholtzLord KelvinSimon NewcombSir Archibald GeikieBenvenuto CelliniMichel de MontaigneCharles Augustin Sainte-BeuveErnest RenanImmanuel KantGiuseppe MazziniHerodotusPhiliip NicholsFrancis PrettyWalter BiggesEdward HaiesWalter RaleighThomas HobbesJean FroissartSir Thomas MaloryWilliam HarrisonNiccolò MachiavelliWilliam RoperSir Thomas MoreMartin LutherJohn LockeGeorge BerkeleyDavid HumeHippocratesAmbroise ParéWilliam HarveyEdward JennerOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph ListerLouis PasteurCharles LyellThomas DekkerBen JonsonBeaumont and FletcherJohn WebsterPhilip MassingerHenry FieldingLaurence SterneSir Walter ScottWilliam Makepeace ThackerayGeorge EliotEdgar Allan PoeFrancis Bret HarteSamuel L. ClemensEdward Everett HaleHenry JamesVictor HugoHonoré de BalzacGeorge SandAlfred de MussetAlphonse DaudetGuy de MaupassantGottfried KellerTheodor StormTheodor FontaneFyodor DostoevskyJuan ValeraBjørnstjerne BjørnsonAlexander L. KiellandCharles DickensHans Christian AndersenLeo TolstoyNathaniel HawthorneJohn BunyanRené DescartesThomas MaloryChristianBlaise PascalIvan Turgenev

2024

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The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton

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2020

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A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world’s most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the King. The great plays of Ancient Greece are among the most enduring and important legacies of the Western world. Not only is the influence of Greek drama palpable in everything from Shakespeare to modern television, the insights contained in Greek traged...

2010

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The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. Though originally written as tetralogy, it is the only surviving example of a trilogy of ancient Greek plays; the fourth play, Proteus, a satyr play that would have been performed as finale, has not survived. The Oresteia was originally performed at the Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BC, where it won first prize. Overall, this trilogy emblemizes the shift from a...