{"product_id":"the-oresteia-of-aeschylus-a-new-translation-by-ted-hughes","title":"The Oresteia of Aeschylus: A New Translation by Ted Hughes","description":"In the last year of his life, Ted Hughes completed translations of three major dramatic works: Racine's Phedre, Euripedes' Alcestis, and the trilogy of plays known as at The Oresteia, a family story of astonishing power and the background or inspiration for much subsequent drama, fiction, and poetry.\n\nThe Oresteia--Agamemnon, Choephori, and the Eumenides--tell the story of the house of Atreus: After King Agamemnon is murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, their son, Orestes, is commanded by Apollo to avenge the crime by killing his mother, and he returns from exile to do so, bringing on himself the wrath of the Furies and the judgment of the court of Athens.\n\nHughes's \"acting version\" of the trilogy is faithful to its nature as a dramatic work, and his translation is itself a great performance; while artfully inflected with the contemporary, it has a classical beauty and authority. Hughes's Oresteia is quickly becoming the standard edition for English-language readers and for the stage, too.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374527059\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0374527059.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Aeschylus|Ted Hughes\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41449858760762,"sku":"DBV.0374527059.VG","price":4.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0374527059-0.jpg?v=1780900209","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-oresteia-of-aeschylus-a-new-translation-by-ted-hughes","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}