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The Complete Aeschylus Collection
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Actually, this is 5 because of two plays: Agamemnon and Prometheus Bound. These two are pieces of literature for which there are not sufficient superlatives. Agamemnon is the archetypal tragedy, with everything moving to its doom-laden conclusion, while Prometheus Bound establishes a genre of writing that will inspire such figures as Milton and Wagner.
Of the rest of the work, my response is more mixed. The Persians and Suppliants tend to be somewhat static, and while I'm always impressed by the roles of the Furies in the Eumenindes, the frankly misogynistic tone underlying Apollo's arguments on behalf of Orestes irritate me too profoundly.
Of the rest of the work, my response is more mixed. The Persians and Suppliants tend to be somewhat static, and while I'm always impressed by the roles of the Furies in the Eumenindes, the frankly misogynistic tone underlying Apollo's arguments on behalf of Orestes irritate me too profoundly.
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