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The Persae of Aeschylus: Edited With Introduction, Notes, and a Map (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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9780282240097: The Persae of Aeschylus: Edited With Introduction, Notes, and a Map (Classic Reprint)

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Though this is not a critical edition, the text has been carefully revised, and the editor has endeavoured to call attention to 0 every passage where the reading given differs from that of the Medicean ms. Otherwise than in points of accent, orthography, or punctuation, shewing to whom the alteration is due. His information as to the readings of the mss. Is derived from Hermann's edition of Aeschylus and from Merkel's transcript of the Medicean ms. This ms. Has been re ferred to by its usual symbol M; others are mentioned only in general terms. In the nu meration of lines, and doubtless in many other points, Dindorf's Oxford edition of 1852 has been followed. The Scholia are quoted from Dindorf's Oxford edition.

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Dr Broadhead assesses the Persae as a work of dramatic art, considers how far Aeschylus' patriotism has coloured his presentation of the tragedy, discusses the possibility that the play is part of a tetralogy, and reviews the evidence for a Sicilian text.

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Aeschylus was Greece's leading playwright between his first victory at the festival Dionysus in 0484 B.C.E. until his death, winning thirteen first-place crowns in that period. His epitaph boasts only that he fought bravely for Athens at the Battle of Marathin.

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