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Dramas of Aeschylus (Swanwick)

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The Dramas of Aeschylus (1886)
by Aeschylus, translated from Ancient Greek by Anna Swanwick

Swanwick's translations of Aeschylus' Oresteia were first published in 1865 under the title The Agamemnon, Choephori, and Eumenides of Aeschylus, translated into English verse. A favorable reception prompted Swanwick to translate and publish the remaining four Aeschylean plays shortly thereafter. Subsequent editions collected her translations of all seven plays under the title The Dramas of Aeschylus. The edition below is the fourth edition, printed in 1886, and was included as part of the series Bohn's Classical Library.

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BOHN'S CLASSICAL LIBRARY.



THE DRAMAS OF ÆSCHYLUS.

THE

DRAMAS OF ÆSCHYLUS.



TRANSLATED BY

ANNA SWANWICK.



FOURTH EDITION REVISED.



LONDON: GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.
1886.


CONTENTS.

Preface to the Trilogy vii
Preface to the Four Plays xiii
Introduction to the Trilogy xix
Agamemnon 1
Choephori 79
Eumenides 139
The Persians 191
The Seven against Thebes 261
Prometheus Bound 325
The Suppliants 393


LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,

STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

 This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content.

Original:

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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Translation:

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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