{"product_id":"aeschylus-2-david-r-slavitt-9780812216714","title":"Aeschylus, 2: The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, the Suppliants, Prometheus Bound","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classical Greek drama: tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays. It is the only contemporary series of all the surviving work of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis final volume of the tragedies of Aeschylus relates the historic defeat and dissolution of the Persian Empire on the heels of Xerxes disastrous campaign to subdue Greece, the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the throne of Thebes, the story of fifty daughters who seek asylum from their uncle, the king of Egypt, because of his demand that they marry his sons, and the well-known tale of the proud and unrepentant Prometheus, who is chained to a massive rock for revealing fire and hope to humankind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslations are by David Slavitt (Persians), Stephen Sandy (Seven Against Thebes), Gail Holst-Warhaft (The Suppliants), and William Matthews (Prometheus Bound).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David R. Slavitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812216717\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812216714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/19\/1998 pg. 14","brand":"David R. Slavitt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059805810943,"sku":"9780812216714","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa10dc05-884b-4952-9bfc-26ff531924ba.jpg?v=1685060445","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aeschylus-2-david-r-slavitt-9780812216714","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}