Aeschylus: Libation Bearers

C. W. Marshall (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2017
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-4742-5506-6 (ISBN)

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Libation Bearers is the 'middle' play in the only extant tragic trilogy to survive from antiquity, Aeschylus’ Oresteia, first produced in 458 BCE. This introduction to the play will be useful for anyone reading it in Greek or in translation. Drawing on his wide experience teaching about performance in the ancient world, C. W. Marshall helps readers understand how the play was experienced by its ancient audience. His discussion explores the impact of the chorus, the characters, theology, and the play’s apparent affinities with comedy. The architecture of choral songs is described in detail. The book also investigates the role of revenge in Athenian society and the problematic nature of Orestes’ matricide.

Libation Bearers immediately entered the Athenian visual imagination, influencing artistic depictions on red-figured vases, and inspiring plays by Euripides and Sophocles. This study looks to the later plays to show how 5th-century audiences understood Libation Bearers. Modern reception of the play is integrated into the analysis. The volume includes a full range of ancillary material, providing a list of relevant red-figure vase illustrations, a glossary of technical terms, and a chronology of ancient and modern theatrical versions.

C. W. Marshall is Professor of Greek at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada.

List of tables
Preface
1. Theatre and Theodicy
2. Reperformance and Recognition
3. Chorus and Characterization.
4. Matricide and Madness.
Appendix: Ancient Illustrations of Libation Bearers
Glossary of Greek terms
Guide to further reading
Selected Chronology
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	28.09.2017
Reihe/Serie	Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	214 x 138 mm
Gewicht	260 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4742-5506-X / 147425506X
ISBN-13	978-1-4742-5506-6 / 9781474255066
Zustand	Neuware