GREEK

The Agamemnon of Aeschylus: With Verse Translation, Introduction and Notes

By A. C. Pearson (editor) , W. Headlam (translator)

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780511698026, 9781108012096
DOI
10.1017/CBO9780511698026
Google Books ID
1W4cRAAACAAJ
Language
greek
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3664226 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
Edition
1
Pages
283\283
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Published posthumously in 1910, this is the last great work of the eminent classical scholar Walter Headlam (1866-1908), who devoted most of his short life to the study of Aeschylus. On Headlam's death, Alfred Pearson was commissioned to finish the project, and the care and precision of both scholars are evident in this well-edited text. Pearson added a commentary and explanatory notes to Headlam's translation and introduction, both of which were nearly complete when the author died. The text is set out with the English translation facing the original Greek, making them easy to compare. The substantial introduction includes background about the House of Atreus as well as a detailed plot summary, a discussion of the moral and religious content of the play and a description of the characters. Pearson's commentary and notes are equally comprehensive and informative.

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