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Sound knowledge of the structural elements of Greek tragedy and their functions; familiarity with the iambic trimeter and fair working knowledge of the lyric metres of Greek drama

The position of the Agamemnon as a late work of the author, its relation to the other plays of the trilogy, and its importance for the history of theatrical practice

Continuous assessment (based on regular oral contribution) and one paper.

Course examination according to § 7, statute section on "requirement regulations"

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The participants in my Greek seminar Aeschylus, Agamemnon, are asked to prepare verses 1-103 for the first session, including the metric (is simple, but must be). Please practice the loud reading!
Recommended for purchase:
a) for the Agamemnon: David Raeburn / Oliver Thomas, The Agamemnon of Aeschylus (the issue is that of Page, the comm. of the two, unfortunately, almost exclusively takes into account English-language literature, but is very helpful especially for language and metric; Decisions are often unfortunate)
b) b) for the Oresteia as a whole: Vincenzo Di Benedetto and others, Eschilo, Orestea, Milan 1995 (one of the popular and inexpensive BUR volumes, but the comm. is already very scarce)
To staging: unfortunately, both volumes go from the now really unacceptable theory of an early round Orchestra