| #64594 in eBooks | 1998-09-15 | 1998-09-15 | File type: PDF||9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| Thumbs up for this translation|By Deardon|I started to read the Richard Lattimore translation and found it utterly utterly unreadable. I teach philosophy and I can manage the patience of a saint, at times, with difficult texts, but oftentimes the Lattimore translation simply left me with no idea what was being said no matter how many times I read it.
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|Peter Meineck's new rendition of the Oresteia is that rare and wonderful thing: a text accessible to the Greekless audience while still preserving the vocabulary of Aeschylus. Those of us who have seen Peter Meineck's performances have long marvel
Meineck's translation is faithful and supple; the language employed is modern without betraying the grandeur and complexity--particularly the images--of the Aeschylean text. After reading this translation, one has but one further wish: to see it and hear it at Delphi, Epidaurus or Syracuse. --Herman Van Looy, L'Antiquite Classique
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Oresteia (Hackett Classics) | Aeschylus. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
