Aeschylus: Libation Bearers

C. W. Marshall is Professor of Greek at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada.

• List of tablesPreface 1. Theatre and Theodicy 2. Reperformance and Recognition 3. Chorus and Characterization. 4. Matricide and Madness. Appendix: Ancient Illustrations of Libation Bearers Glossary of Greek terms Guide to further reading Selected Chronology Bibliography Index

Beyond performance criticism, the book is adept in a multitude of other approaches, which it interweaves effectively with its main framework, and knowledgeable in the vast scholarship on the Oresteia. Despite being a general companion, it goes the extra scholarly mile and demonstrates solid original research and great sensitivity to the Aeschylean text … [It] succeeds in offering several fresh perspectives, which is a significant achievement given that the Oresteia is one of the most trodden texts of the Greek literary corpus.