Description: Aeschylus is a towering figure in western literature, the first of the great Greek playwrights. The four plays in this volume--The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Suppliants, and Prometheus Bound--demonstrate the full range and depth of Aeschylus's genius. Christopher Collard's highly readable new translation is accompanied by an introduction that sets the plays in their original context; by comprehensive explanatory notes on the language, structure, and content of the plays, and by an up-to-date bibliography, five maps, and an index.
