Four Plays of Aeschylus (Cookson)

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Four Plays of Aeschylus (1922)
by Aeschylus, translated by Geoffrey Montague Cookson

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Cookson's translations of Aeschylus' plays were first published in the UK and the US in 1922. The four plays are those written by Aeschylus which survive intact, but are not part of his Oresteia trilogy.

Aeschylus2131836Four Plays of Aeschylus1922Geoffrey Montague Cookson

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FOUR PLAYS
OF AESCHYLUS

THE SUPPLIANT MAIDENS THE
PERSIANS THE SEVEN AGAINST
THEBES PROMETHEUS BOUND

RENDERED INTO ENGLISH VERSE BY

G. M. COOKSON

OXFORD · BASIL BLACKWELL · BROAD STREET

MD · CCCC · XXII

CONTENTS
	PAGE
THE SUPPLIANT MAIDENS	1
THE PERSIANS	58
THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES	110
PROMETHEUS BOUND	162

TO

Professor Charles Edwyn Vaughan

THE GOOD GENIUS THAT SHONE UPON MY YOUTH

AND SHOWED ME THE GLORY OF GREAT

LITERATURE

New York

Chas. H. Daniels

49 West 55th Street

HOLYWELL PRESS, OXFORD

BY THE AUTHOR OF THESE TRANSLATIONS

'DENYS OF AUXERRE'

A DRAMA IN VERSE

'Such a mastery of fine style as can come only from the genuine
emotion of great things deeply felt.'—Times.

'A poet of true fervour, sincere inspiration and uncommon
technical accomplishment.'—Daily Telegraph.

'It abounds in passages of real lyrical beauty, and we come here
and there, not very rarely, on lines which haunt the memory.'—
Irish Times.

Christophers, 22 Berners Street, W.C.

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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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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

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