Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Seven Against Thebes of Aeschylus: With Introduction, Critical Notes, Commentary, Translation and Recension of the Medicean Scholia
The questions which an editor is called upon to meet appear to be these. In what circumstances and with what motives if there are other motives than simple impulse to dramatic creation - was the piece produced Whence did the poet derive his material, and with what effectiveness of art does he use it? How did his play strike a contemporary, ' and, if it strikes us differently, what are the causes of this difference of effect? What precisely did his lines mean to those of his audience whose intelligence responded to the demands made upon it, or, to put the question otherwise, why does he select this or that word or phrase, and this or that place for it, rather than any other? And, finally, how far is the text before us presumably that which Aeschylus actually wrote?
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
