ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EUMENIDES
From Greek, literally: the benevolent ones, from eumenēs benevolent, from eu- + menos spirit.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EUMENIDES»
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Professor Sommerstein presents here a freshly constituted text, with introduction and commentary, of Eumenides, the final play in Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy.
Alan H. Sommerstein, 1989
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The Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers, and The ...
The importance of Æschylus in the development of the drama is immense.
Eumenides and Greek Myth and Religion 1. The most useful starting point for the
myths of Eumenides is Gantz, Early Greek Myth, 676-86. For specialized, detailed
treatments of the myths behind Eumenides, see Sommerstein, Aeschylus: ...
Robin Mitchell-Boyask, 2013
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Masterpieces of Classic Greek Drama
SUMMARY OF THE EUMENIDES The Eumenides is the story of the trial of
Orestes for matricide before a court of Athenian citizens at which Orestes is
acquitted and the Furies agree to become resident deities guarding Athens.
AESCHYLUS' ...
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On the number of the chorus in the
Eumenides of Aeschylus
I PROFESSORIAL DLSéERTATIONS FOR 3§fi2_73. ( ______ ANCIENT
grammarians tell us that the regular number of Choreutae in a Tragic Chorus was
fifteen; ~and the Agamemnon and the Eumenides of [Eschylus are specified as
plays in ...
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Spoken Like a Woman: Speech and Gender in Athenian Drama
The second play also foreshadows the trial scene in the Eumenides by using
judicial actions and language in connection with this positive use of peitho. At
972-1076, Orestes leaves the house and addresses the chorus, accompanied by
...
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Æschyli
Eumenides, with Engl. notes, an Engl. verse tr. and ...
MIJLLERS SECOND DISSERTATION — THEORY CONCERNING THE
POLITICAL OBJECTS OP THE EUMENIDES — ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OP
THE AREOPAGUS — ITS POWERS — REVERED BY THE PEOPLE —
ABRIDGED ...
Aeschylus, Bernard Drake, Carl Otfried Müller, 1853
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The Agamemnon, Choephori, and
Eumenides of Aeschyles, tr. ...
Eumenides. 132. eirovpiaaaa rw. This use of rw for avrw is undoubtedly corrupt in
166 and 337 ; so also, as I think, in Agam. 7. I have no index that will tell of other
such passages, but I think this ought to be (Vovpi'o-ao-d to>, i. e., rivi, " some ...
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The Agamemnon, Choephori, and
Eumenides
Eumenides. 132. eirovplo-ao-a ra. This use of r<ji for avrip is undoubtedly corrupt
in 166 and 337 ; so also, as I think, in Agam. 7. I have no index that will tell of
other such passages, but I think tliis ought to be iirovpio-ao-d ra, i. e., nvl, " some
...
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Aeschylus: Oresteia. Agamemnon ; Libation- bearers ;
Eumenides
Aeschylus (c. 525–456 BCE) is the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world's great art forms.
Aeschylus, Alan H. Sommerstein, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EUMENIDES»
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Why Greece Needs Its Classics More Than Ever
Most important, plays like The Eumenides are engines of political understanding, remapping our emotional responses in the face of the new ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Our top ten Greek tragedies in writing
Justice and consequences loom large in the third play, The Eumenides, as Orestes pays for the sins of the family. Medea (431 BC), Euripides «Irish Times, Jul 15»
In search of the authentic: taking tragedy home
Their interpretation of Aeschylus' Eumenides was truly spectacular: it involved song, physical theatre and incredible ensemble sections. «Varsity Online, Jun 15»
Review: In London, 'Oresteia' and 'King John' Examine Power
... “The Libation Bearers,” and “The Eumenides”) so that an ages-old study in retribution poses questions about the permanence — the need, ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
REVIEW: Oresteia, Almeida Theatre
This is Oresteia, not The Oresteia, the trilogy of plays (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides) which won Aeschylus a prize in ... «British Theatre, Jun 15»
“Game of Thrones” politics: “What great thing has ever been …
In Aeschylus' “Eumenides,” Orestes is driven to the point of death, tormented for having killed his mother as revenge for the murder of his father ... «Salon, Jun 15»
How the Greeks invented courtroom drama
At the Globe, Rory Mullarkey is knocking the three plays of the Oresteia – Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers and The Eumenides – into one ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
Kill and counter-kill: why does the Oresteia still slay them?
The third, Eumenides, releases the drama from this blood-clotted atmosphere, ... Here, Eumenides presents an aetiology of Athens' own newly ... «The Guardian, May 15»
Private I: When security products don't actually make you safer
I can guarantee you that if my hint to an old friend is “that terrible joke about Greek clothing” they would come up with “Euripdes, Eumenides. «Macworld, May 15»
The True Story of Rupert Brooke
... in a production of “The Eumenides” during his first term at Cambridge. In July 1918, after three years of battling Brooke's formidable mother, ... «The New Yorker, Apr 15»
