Aeschylus

Aeschylus can be called the creator of the art of tragedy in the Western tradition. Author of the first dramas that have survived in their entirety, he was also one of the world’s greatest lyric and imaginative poets. This book by John Herington is designed to introduce all aspects of his majestic achievement to the general reader.
Herington begins by sketching the background to Aeschylus’ plays. He first explains the very ancient mythical conception of our universe in which Aeschylus was br...