681 reviews for:

Aeschylus I: Oresteia, Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers & The Eumenides

Richmond Lattimore, Aeschylus, David Grene

3.91 AVERAGE

klrrjt's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective medium-paced

rebecca_xoxo's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense

temperancecard's review against another edition

4.25

dark sad tense slow-paced

colormeblue's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional tense

yong's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

julierambaeck's review against another edition

3.0

funny mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Another interesting look into the Greek history. Lovely to see some women at the center of the story and some irony. 

ryneidai's review against another edition

fast-paced

guusje's review against another edition

3.0

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This is a beautiful text in itself. Ted Hughes writes in a dramatic and powerful language that fits the play and its tone well. It’s a pity that he lost a lot of the original text in his process of translation.

It is clear that Hughes’ intent was not to translate the Greek to English, but to translate the ancient emotions to modern ones. In this, I think, he succeeded.

This is an excellent book, but not close enough to Aeschylus’ text to be an excellent translation.

emnzl's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

faintlyminty's review against another edition

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definitely will reread