Oresteia
by Aeschylus
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Desert, California, United States
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About This Item
This limited edition leather bound book is from the Franklin Library's 100 Greatest Books of All Times. It has no writing nor book plates in it. The binding is tight and it appears that the book has never been read nor fully opened. The ribbon bookmark is neatly folded up into the book as from the publisher. The gilt pages edges are in excellent condition. This book is of gift-giving quality.
Synopsis
In the Oresteia the only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquityAeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos. Moving from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, the family’s spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration. This masterful translation by the acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles includes an introduction, notes and glossary written in collaboration with W. B. Stanford.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of Palm Desert Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2023061800001
- Title
- Oresteia
- Author
- Aeschylus
- Illustrator
- Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 186
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Greek;
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...