A Companion to Aeschylus

<p><b>Explore the work and influence of the earliest surviving Greek tragedian&nbsp;</b></p> <p>In&nbsp;<i>A Companion to Aeschylus</i>, distinguished classics experts&nbsp;Jacques A. Bromberg&nbsp;and Peter Burian&nbsp;deliver the first multi-authored examination in English of the works of the first surviving Greek tragedian.&nbsp;This book explores the&nbsp;contexts,&nbsp;histories, philosophies, religions, and socio-political realities presented in&nbsp;the&nbsp;works&nbsp;of the man unironically referred to as the creator of tragedy.&nbsp;</p> <p>Through 39 chapters, contributions from leading&nbsp;Aeschylean scholars&nbsp;examine&nbsp;the tragedian&rsquo;s reception and influence, from antiquity to the present day.&nbsp;Eminent, well-known authors appear alongside exciting, less established voices&nbsp;who add new perspectives to traditional&nbsp;scholarship.&nbsp;</p> <p>Written to remain accessible to students reading Aeschylus for the first time, with all the original Greek translated into English and technical terminology kept to a minimum,&nbsp;<i>A Companion to Aeschylus</i>&nbsp;also&nbsp;offers readers:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li style=”text-align: left;”>A thorough introduction to Aeschylus as a product of his time, including&nbsp;a discussion of Aeschylus&rsquo;&nbsp;place&nbsp;at the dawn of the Athenian democracy&nbsp;and the presentation of tragedy before Aeschylus&nbsp;</li> <li style=”text-align: left;”>Comprehensive explorations of Aeschylus as playwright, including treatments of&nbsp;all the extant&nbsp;plays&mdash;Persians,&nbsp;Seven&nbsp;against Thebes, Suppliants,&nbsp;and&nbsp;The Oresteia&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;Prometheus Bound, considered by many scholars not to be by Aeschylus&nbsp;</li> <li style=”text-align: left;”>Practical discussions of Aeschylus and Greek society, including&nbsp;his treatment of justice and injustice, Athenian law, and&nbsp;ritual&nbsp;</li> <li style=”text-align: left;”>In-depth examinations of the influence of Aeschylus, including&nbsp;the effect his work had on artists&nbsp;and thinkers&nbsp;from antiquity&nbsp;to the present day&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Perfect for scholars and students of&nbsp;Classical studies,&nbsp;<i>A Companion to Aeschylus</i>&nbsp;is the ideal starting&nbsp;point to those approaching the earliest surviving Greek tragedian for the first time. It belongs in the libraries of anyone seeking an insightful treatment of Aeschylus&rsquo; individual works and topics within those works, as well as historical background and later receptions.&nbsp;</p>