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Tables of Contents for Oresteia
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Abbreviations: Play-Titles and Works Frequently Cited
ix
Summary of the Stage-Action
xi
Introduction
xv
1. Aeschylus and the Oresteia
xv
2. A view of the Oresteia
xx
2.1. The dramatic ideas and their sources
xx
2.2. The dramatic design and the characters
xxiii
2.3. Issues and meanings
xxx
2.4. The plays in Aeschylus' theatre
xliii
3. Dramatic form and language in Aeschylus
xlviii
3.1. Dramatic form in general
xlviii
3.2. Speech and spoken dialogue
xlix
3.3. Choral song and lyric dialogue
li
3.4. Language and imagery
liv
4. Aeschylus now: 'reception' and public response
lix
Note on the Text, Translation, and Explanatory Notes
lxiii
Bibliography and Further Reading
lxix
A Chronology of Aeschylus' Life and Times
lxxiv
Family Trees of the Principal Characters of the Oresteia
lxxvi
Map: Greece and the Aegean Sea
lxxviii
AGAMEMNON
1
48
LIBATION BEARERS
49
34
EUMENIDES
83
31
Explanatory Notes
114
115
Textual Appendix
229