Aeschylus (c. 525-456 BC)
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List of Works
[Agamemnon] [The Choephori] [The Eumenides] [The Furies] [The Libation Bearers] [The Oresteia] [The Persians] [Prometheus Bound] [Seven Against Thebes] [The Suppliant Maidens]

Agamemnon (458 BC) [GBF,GBWW,GI,htr,HC]
  • HTML (single page, 149 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by E.D.A. Morshead)
  • HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Herbert Weir Smyth)
  • Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
  • German HTML (3 pages) at Projekt Gutenberg - DE (Translated by J.G. Droysen)
  • Finnish Multi-format (HTML, EPUB, Kindle, Text) at Project Gutenberg (Translated by Kaarlo Forsman)

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  • Greek/English Hardcover edition of Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, and Eumenides, plus fragments; translated by Alan H. Sommerstein (Harvard Univ Pr, 2009, 544 pg).
  • Paperback edition of The Oresteia, translated by Ted Hughes (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2000, 208 pg).
  • Paperback edition of The Oresteia, translated by Robert Fagles (Penguin, 1984, 335 pg).

    Available at other booksellers:
  • Paperback edition of The Oresteia at Richer Resources Publications, translated by Ian Johnston.
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The Choephori (or, The Libation Bearers) (450 BC) [GBWW,GI,htr,HC]
  • HTML (single page, 99 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by E.D.A. Morshead)
  • HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Herbert Weir Smyth)
  • Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
  • German HTML (2 pages) at Projekt Gutenberg - DE (Translated by J.G. Droysen)

    Available at Amazon.Com:
  • Greek/English Hardcover edition of Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, and Eumenides, plus fragments; translated by Alan H. Sommerstein (Harvard Univ Pr, 2009, 544 pg).
  • Paperback edition of The Oresteia, translated by Ted Hughes (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2000, 208 pg).
  • Paperback edition of The Oresteia, translated by Robert Fagles (Penguin, 1984, 335 pg).

    Available at other booksellers:
  • Paperback edition of The Oresteia at Richer Resources Publications, translated by Ian Johnston.
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The Eumenides (or, The Furies) (458 BC) [GBWW,GI,htr,HC]
  • HTML (single page, 95 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by E.D.A. Morshead)
  • HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Herbert Weir Smyth)
  • Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
  • German HTML (2 pages) at Projekt Gutenberg - DE (Translated by J.G. Droysen)

    Available at Amazon.Com:
  • Greek/English Hardcover edition of Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, and Eumenides, plus fragments; translated by Alan H. Sommerstein (Harvard Univ Pr, 2009, 544 pg).
  • Paperback edition of The Oresteia, translated by Ted Hughes (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2000, 208 pg).
  • Paperback edition of The Oresteia, translated by Robert Fagles (Penguin, 1984, 335 pg).

    Available at other booksellers:
  • Paperback edition of The Oresteia at Richer Resources Publications, translated by Ian Johnston.
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The Oresteia (458-450 BC) [GBWW,GI,htr,HC]
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The Persians (472 BC) [GBWW,htr]
  • HTML (single page, 87 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Robert Potter)
  • HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Herbert Weir Smyth)
  • Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
  • German HTML (2 pages) at Projekt Gutenberg - DE (Translated by J.G. Droysen)

    Available at Amazon.Com:
  • Greek/English Hardcover edition of Suppliant Maidens, Persians, Prometheus Bound, and Seven Against Thebes, translated by Alan H. Sommerstein (Harvard Univ Pr, 2009, 624 pg).
  • Paperback edition of Prometheus Bound and Other Plays : Prometheus Bound, The Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, The Persians, translated by Philip Vellacott (Penguin Classics, 1961, 160 pg).
  • Paperback edition, translated by Janet Lembke and C.J. Herington (Oxford Univ Pr, 1991).

    Available at other booksellers:
  • Paperback edition at Richer Resources Publications, translated by Ian Johnston.
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Prometheus Bound (c. 430 BC) [GBWW,GI,htr,HC]
  • HTML (single page, 100 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by ?)
  • HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Herbert Weir Smyth)
  • Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
  • German HTML (2 pages) at Projekt Gutenberg - DE (Translated by J.G. Droysen)

    Available at Amazon.Com:
  • Greek/English Hardcover edition of Suppliant Maidens, Persians, Prometheus Bound, and Seven Against Thebes, translated by Alan H. Sommerstein (Harvard Univ Pr, 2009, 624 pg).
  • Paperback edition of Prometheus Bound and Other Plays : Prometheus Bound, The Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, The Persians, translated by Philip Vellacott (Penguin Classics, 1961, 160 pg).
  • Paperback edition, translated by James Scully and C.J. Herington (Oxford Univ Pr, 1989, 117 pg).

    Available at other booksellers:
  • Paperback edition at Richer Resources Publications, translated by Ian Johnston.
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Seven Against Thebes (467 BC) [GBWW,htr]
  • HTML (single page, 90 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by E.D.A. Morshead)
  • HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Herbert Weir Smyth)
  • Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
  • German HTML (2 pages) at Projekt Gutenberg - DE (Translated by J.G. Droysen)

    Available at Amazon.Com:
  • Greek/English Hardcover edition of Suppliant Maidens, Persians, Prometheus Bound, and Seven Against Thebes, translated by Alan H. Sommerstein (Harvard Univ Pr, 2009, 624 pg).
  • Paperback edition of Prometheus Bound and Other Plays : Prometheus Bound, The Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, The Persians, translated by Philip Vellacott (Penguin Classics, 1961, 160 pg).
  • Paperback edition, translated by Robert Emmet Meagher (Bolchazy Carducci, 1996, 44 pg).
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The Suppliant Maidens (c. 463 BC) [GBWW,htr]
Also called The Suppliants, or Suppliant Women.
  • HTML (single page, 94 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by E.D.A. Morshead)
  • HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Herbert Weir Smyth)
  • Flipbook Reader (52 pages, indexed) at Richer Resources Publications (translated by Ian Johnston)
  • Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
  • German HTML (2 pages) at Projekt Gutenberg - DE (Translated by J.G. Droysen)

    Available at Amazon.Com:
  • Greek/English Hardcover edition of Suppliant Maidens, Persians, Prometheus Bound, and Seven Against Thebes, translated by Alan H. Sommerstein (Harvard Univ Pr, 2009, 624 pg).
  • Paperback edition of Prometheus Bound and Other Plays : Prometheus Bound, The Suppliants, Seven Against Thebes, The Persians, translated by Philip Vellacott (Penguin Classics, 1961, 160 pg).
  • Paperback edition (Oxford Univ Press, 1995, 96 pg).

    Available at other booksellers:
  • Paperback edition at Richer Resources Publications, translated by Ian Johnston.
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Nemean Odes (c. 476? BC)
Olympian Odes (c. 476 BC)
The Persians (472 BC)
Pythian Odes (c. 470 BC)
Seven Against Thebes (467 BC)
The Suppliant Maidens (Aeschylus) (463 BC)
Agamemnon (458 BC)
The Eumenides (458 BC)
Isthmian Odes (c. 458? BC)
The Oresteia (458-450 BC)
The Choephori (450 BC)
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