The Oresteia of Aeschylus

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THE ATHENIAN DRAMA
A
Series ofVerse Translations from the Greek Dramatic
Poets, with Commentaries and Explanatory
Essays, for English Readers
EDITED BY
GEORGE C. W. WARR, M.A.
VOL.
I.
"
THE ORESTEIA OF AESCHYLUS
IN PREPARATION
VOLUME II.
SOPHOCLES: Oedipus Tyrannus and Coloneus,
and jfntigone. By Prof. J. S. PHILLIMORE.
With an Introduction on The Greek Theatre.
VOLUME III.
EURIPIDES. By Prof. GILBERT MURRAY.
With an Introduction on The Athenian
Society.
VOLUME IV.
ARISTOPHANES:
Frogs and Plutus, the
Trinummus of Plautus, and the Adelphi of
Terence. ByProf. WARR and Prof. MURRAY.
With an Introduction on Greek and Graeco-
Roman
Comedy.

'To Aeschylus.sonofE
ofAchens namedandlav/nyMarathon.
His spiritsheiksfromGela's golden sward
'Brave-mitredWede.thy deathwas myrr
From.a.photobyD.Anderson.
THE ORESTEIA OF
AESCHYLUS
TRANSLATED AND EXPLAINED BY
GEORGE C. W. WARR, M.A.
EX-FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, PROFESSOR OF
CLASSICAL LITERATURE IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON
GEORGE ALLEN, CHARING CROSS ROAD
156,
1900
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