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Seven Tragedies of Aeschylus

ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΥ ΤΡΑΓΩΔΙΑΙ Ζ

Aeschylus' tragedies are among the most important of Greek theatre. This book contains the tragedian's seven surviving works. His most notable plays are the three plays making up the Oresteia, "Agamemnon," "The Libation Bearers," and "Eumenides." The Greek text on the title page is translated as follows:

SEVEN TRAGEDIES OF AESCHYLUS,
Prometheus Bound,
Seven Against Thebes,
Persians,
Agamemnon,
Choephoroi [Libation Bearers],
Eumenides,
Suppliatns.

SCHOLIA for the same tragedies.

This book was published by Henri Estienne II (Henricus Stephanus II). Henri II took over the publishing house his father, Robert Estienne I, established in Geneva in 1550 due to persecution for his Protestant beliefs in Paris. "Henri Estienne [II] mastered Latin, Greek, and Italian and devoted a significant amount of work to translating, editing, publishing, and collating essential classical texts" (Shangler).
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(Translation by Brian Merrill, Philosophy Department, Brigham Young University-Idaho).

Shangler, Nicholas. "The language of identity: Henri Estienne's anti-Italian polemics." The Journal of the Early Book Society for the Study of Manuscripts and Printing History 18 (2015): 103+. Gale Literature Resource Center (accessed October 26, 2020).

1557 AD

Aeschylus

Henri Estienne II

Henricus Stephanus II

Stephanus

Estienne

Greece (ancient)

Geneva

Switzerland

5th Century BC

16th Century AD

Print

First Edition

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Aeschylus, 525/524-456/455 BCE. ΑΙΣΧΥΛΟΥ ΤΡΑΓΩΔΙΑΙ Ζ [Seven Tragedies of Aeschylus]. Geneva: Henri Estienne II, 1557.