Download or read book The Klytaimestra of the Agamemnon of Aeschylus Classic Reprint written by Herbert Pierrepont Houghton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Klytaimestra of the Agamemnon of Aeschylus Meanwhile, after Iphigeneia had been offered up, the Greeks obtained a favorable breeze; Agamemnon moved now against Trov as the commander of the expedition; but his queen, Klytaimestra, who remained at home in Argos, committed adultery with Aigisthus, another son of Thyestes, and together with him laid plans that she should slay her husband, upon his home'return from Troy. She gave orders that a look-out should be kept upon the palace-roof since that was agreed upon previously that when Troy had been sacked, a fire should be lighted and passed on from island to island across the Aegean Sea, so that the glad tidings should as speedily as possible be brought to Argos. The drama - Agamemnon begins, then, with the warder upon the palace-roof keeping watch, indulging in a fine, and edifying soliloquy. He is weary of continuously observing the heavens and the stars. may there come now, a welcome surcease from my pains, and may the fire of the night which brings the glad tidings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Classic Reprint written by Aeschylus Aeschylus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Agamemnon of AEschylus Editor has once or twice availed himself of 'jove 'mars and 'furies' for the sake of the metre. He has always written Erinnys' where the Greek name is retained, in order that the proper pronunciation may be evident from the form of the word. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Agamemnon of Aeschylus written by Aeschylus and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1932, this book presents the complete Greek text of Agamemnon with an English verse translation. The text also contains a detailed editorial introduction and critical notes. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in ancient Greek literature, translations from classical works and critical editions of Agamemnon.
Download or read book The Agamemnon of Aeschylus written by Aeschylus Aeschylus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Agamemnon of Aeschylus: A Revised Text and a Translation I have prayed the Gods for respite from these toils through the length of my year's watch, while, bedded on the roof of the Atreidae, from my bended arm I watch like a dog the assem blage of the stars of night, those that bring winter and summer to mortals, bright lords gleaming in the sky, - the stars I mean, their settings and their risings. And now I am watch ing for the signal of the torch, the gleam of fire that is to bring news from Troy and tidings of her capture; for so commands a. Woman's manly counselling hopeful heart. But While I keep this night-wandering dewy bed, not visited by dreams, - this bed of mine, for fear is my companion in place of sleep, so that I cannot close my eyes steadily in slumber, - and when I please to sing or hum, taking this medicine of song to keep off sleep, then I weep, bewailing the calamitie'emof this house, which is not as of yore ordered for the best. And now I pray that a happy release from my toils may come, by the signal fire appearing with good tidings through the gloom of night. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book The Agamemnon of schylus written by John Fletcher Davies and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Agamemnon of AEschylus: Revised and Translated By a 'literal' Translation the Editor means one which follows the construction of the Greek. With the exception of minor points, such as 'myto' hush!' and the passages which could not be literally rendered in any idiomatic prose version this professes to be a literal translation. Of course the ordinary and well known deviations from the Greek to the English idiom are systematically made. A peculiarity of the English language is its neglect of connecting particles between the periods. The logical connexion is always defined in Greek by the proper par ticles; in English the reader is nearly always left to discover it without assistance. The participle and finite verb usually become two finite verbs. The aorist participle is most frequently rendered by the English present. The present and imperfect tenses with a word of time must be translated by the perfect and pluperfect with 'been', thus: 'i have been asking'. The force of 75p in a monostichia may be given by other words besides 'for'. The gnomic aorist, as it is called, should always be turned into the present. Sometimes the Greek idiom prefers the singular number, while the English demands the plural; and vice versa. In the use of 'you' and 'thou' the translator must be guided by the tone of the passage, and the earnestness of the speaker; but, in general, the former is to be preferred. And so on. Without the observance of these and other idioms the Translation could not have passed even for English prose with poetic licenses. Where words are supplied for the sake of the metre they are written in italics, and care has been taken to use such words as would merely help to put the idea more clearly without adding to or subtracting from the sense or colouring of the sentence. Such words as are implied in the Greek but not expressed are not distinguished by italics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Agamemnon Classic Reprint written by Aeschylus Aeschylus and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Agamemnon The masterpieces of our national classics are now happily subjects of study wherever instruction in the humanities is given. There is probably no good school, public or private, in England in which a play of Shakespeare or a book of the Faerie Queene or of Paradise Lost is not included in the curriculum, and generally no doubt with the happiest results. In some cases such studies, degenerating into cram-work, may have failed to effect, but as a rule their record has certainly not been failure. An intelligent appreciation of good literature and a genuine interest in it have been created; liberal curiosity has been awakened, and very many boys and girls annually leave our schools both fitted and anxious to extend their reading and explore for themselves the authors to whom they have been introduced. All this has been the result of the salutary reforms of the last fifteen or twenty years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Aeschylus written by A. Sidgwick and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Aeschylus: Agamemnon, With Introduction and Notes The difficulty of editing Aeschylus Agamemnon for schools is due to the fact that the play is in many ways too hard for school-boys, though it will always continue, and rightly continue, to be read at school for the sake of its incomparable grandeur and beauty. For example, much of the difficulty of the Agamemnon is owing to the corruptness of the MSS.; and while it is impossible in editing it to put aside discussion of the text, it is not desirable with beginners to enter much into such points, nor even with more advanced students, except to a limited extent. At the same time the better boys in the Upper Form of a public school ought to be taught the elements of text criticism; and the Agamemnon is not at all a bad play for the purpose. Under these circumstances I have thought it best to give all the important Ms. variations in the text, and to give reasons in the notes for the readings adopted. The teacher can use this as much or as little as he likes. The mass of literature on the Agamemnon is so great that it is almost impossible to mention all one's obligations. The list of editors and emendators consulted or quoted is given at page xxi; but I may add that I have studied, more fully than the rest, the editions of Dindorf, Paley, Schneidewin, Enger, Hermann, and Kennedy: and that to all I owe much, especially to Enger for interpretation, and Hermann for text. Besides these I have tried to master the main contributions of Schiitz, Weil, Wellauer, Klausen, Hartung, Karstcn, Schomann, and Madvig. Hartung, Karsten, and Schomann are all very ingenious and suggestive, especially Hartung: and all too much given to emendation. Madvig, though I believe he has got the right reading in one hard passage by a brilliant conjecture (1228), is not usually happy in his suggestions in this play. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Agamemnon written by Aeschylus Aeschylus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Agamemnon: A Tragedy Taken From AEschylus Such as it is, however, others, whom I do not know, have asked for copies when I had no more copies to give. So Mr. Quaritch ventures on publishing it on his own account, at the risk of facing much less indulgent critics. I can add little more to the Apology prefixed to the private Edition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Agamemnon of Aeschylus written by Aeschylus and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-25 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes Author: Aeschylus ght. [_He is silent, watching. Suddenly at a distance in the night there is a glimmer of fire, increasing presently to a blaze._ Ha! 0 kindler of the dark, O daylight birth Of dawn and dancing upon Argive earth For this great end! All hail!--What ho, within! What ho! Bear word to Agamemnon's queen To rise, like dawn, and lift in answer strong To this glad lamp her women's triumph-song, If verily, verily, Ilion's citadel Is fallen, as yon beacons flaming tell. And I myself will tread the dance before All others; for my master's dice I score Good, and mine own to-night three sixes plain. [_Lights begin to show in the Palace_. Oh, good or ill, my hand shall clasp again My dear lord's hand, returning! Beyond that I speak not. A great ox hath laid his weight Across my tongue. But these stone walls know well, If stones had speech, what tale were theirs to tell. For me, to him that knoweth I can yet Speak; if another ques We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book The Complete Aeschylus written by Aeschylus and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 to evoke the poetry of the originals. Aeschylus' Oresteia, the only ancient tragic trilogy to survive, is one of the great foundational texts of Western culture. It begins with Agamemnon, which describes Agamemnon's return from the Trojan War and his murder at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra, continues with her murder by their son Orestes in Libation Bearers, and concludes with Orestes' acquittal at a court founded by Athena in Eumenides. The trilogy thus traces the evolution of justice in human society from blood vengeance to the rule of law, Aeschylus' contribution to a Greek legend steeped in murder, adultery, human sacrifice, cannibalism, and endless intrigue. This new translation is faithful to the strangeness of the original Greek and to its enduring human truth, expressed in language remarkable for poetic intensity, rich metaphorical texture, and a verbal density that modulates at times into powerful simplicity. The translation's precise but complicated rhythms honor the music of the Greek, bringing into unforgettable English the Aeschylean vision of a world fraught with spiritual and political tensions.
Download or read book Agamemnon of Aeschylus written by Aeschylus Aeschylus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Agamemnon of Aeschylus: With Verse Translation, Introduction and Notes For the principles by which the translator was guided in composing his version readers must be referred to the Preface to the Boo/e of Greek Verse (cambridge University Press, 1907) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Agamemnon of schylus written by Æschylus Æschylus and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Agamemnon of AEschylus: Translated From the Greek How far I may have succeeded in my undertaking, it is not for me either to judge or to say. If, however, (as it is not at all improbable, ) I have, in common with abler men and better scholars, altogether failed, I must, like them, throw myself on the gentle Reader's mercy, urging, in palliation of my offences, the difiicul ties that beset us, viz: a frequently corrupt text, and the prophetic, enigmatical, abrupt, (and, therefore, to modern students, obscure, ) language, in which no small portion of the Drama itself is composed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book The Oresteia written by Aeschylus, and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First performed in 458BC, Aeschylus's trilogy of plays - known collectively as The Oresteia - remains perhaps the great masterpiece of Ancient tragic drama. Telling the bloody story of the House of Atreus, Aeschylus's tragedy stages an eternal debate about justice and revenge that remains relevant more than two millenia later. Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series in this classic and authoritative translation by Hugh Lloyd-Jones, this book contains the text of all three plays - Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides - with extensive scholarly annotation throughout.
Download or read book Agamemnon written by Aeschylus and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agamemnon by Aeschylus the Oresteia Aeschylus addressed the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. As they move from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration. In Agamemnon, a king's decision to sacrifice his daughter and turn the tide of war inflicts lasting damage on his family, culminating in a terrible act of retribution We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience
Download or read book Agamemnon written by Aeschylus Aeschylus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-20 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Agamemnon: Translated From AEschylus In one passage indeed she alleges a pretext for the murder of Agamemnon in his consent to the sacrifice of their daughter Iphigeneia, at the instance of the prophet Calchas, who had declared that a virgin's blood could alone release the wind-bound fleet of the Greek heroes in the harbour of Aulis; but the pre text hardly rises in gravity to a plea of self defence. It is rather a bitter sarcasm thrown out against her murdered husband by one who is indifferent alike to its acceptance or rejection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Agamemnon of Aeschylus written by A. W. Verrall and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The 'Agamemnon' of Aeschylus: With an Introduction, Commentary, and Translation What is the plot of the Agamemnon? When the dramatist began his work, what was the story which he proposed to tell, or rather the difference of phrase is not unimportant - which he proposed to illustrate? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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