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The Complete Aeschylus - Volume I: The Oresteia by Aeschylus & Peter Burian & Alan Shapiro

Author:Aeschylus & Peter Burian & Alan Shapiro [Aeschylus & Burian, Peter & Shapiro, Alan] , Date: January 6, 2015 ,Views: 316

The Complete Aeschylus - Volume I: The Oresteia by Aeschylus & Peter Burian & Alan Shapiro

Author:Aeschylus & Peter Burian & Alan Shapiro [Aeschylus & Burian, Peter & Shapiro, Alan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Drama, Ancient Greece
ISBN: 0199753636
Amazon: B004WN4WFK
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011-01-04T00:00:00+00:00


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withering life away.

Yes, at our birth, we were given this holy

task.

Strophe 2

So the high gods steer clear of us, and we of them.

None of them would feast with us at the same table;

we have no part in festivals where white robes are

worn.

The calling I’ve made my own

Refrain 2

is the destruction of houses

when the spirit of Ares, reared,

tamed, pampered in the home,

cuts down a loved one. Then

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we hunt the doer down,

strong though he is, we suck

his blood away to nothing

for all the blood he shed.



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