Theodore Alois Buckley Livres

Pâris a enlevé la belle Hélène. Son mari Ménélas et tous les Grecs rassemblés crient vengeance et font le siège de Troie depuis neuf ans. Le divin Homère entonne alors le premier chant de l'Iliade. Il y en aura vingt-quatre, tous plus beaux les uns que les autres, tous centrés sur la colère d'Achille. Le roi des rois, Agamemnon, lui a enlevé sa compagne, l'esclave Briséis. En pleine bataille, Achille se retire sous sa tente, affaiblissant les rangs des Achéens. Il n'en sortira qu'à la mort de son ami Patrocle, pour combattre Hector. On ne sait si Homère est bien l'auteur de tous ces chants, mais cette épopée a traversé les siècles par sa démesure et sa beauté. Au combat des hommes se superpose celui des dieux et des déesses. Tous sont nobles, héroïques et généreux mais Homère, réaliste, montre aussi leurs faiblesses. Cette histoire faite de larmes et de sang est le symbole de la destinée humaine ballottée par le hasard. Achille le sait bien, lui dont les exploits dépendent de la fantaisie des dieux.

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Reproduction of the original: Prometheus bound and the Seven against Thebes by Theodore Alois Buckley

Æschylus was a Greek playwright who lived in the 5th century BC. He is considered one of the great tragedians of the ancient world. This book is a collection of Æschylus's surviving plays, translated into English. The translators have taken care to preserve the poetic style and dramatic power of the original Greek. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in ancient Greek drama and literature.

Euripides (c. 480-406 BCE) was one of the greatest dramatists of ancient Greece, and this volume collects some of his most powerful and influential plays. Among them are Medea, Hippolytus, and The Bacchae, all of which explore the darker aspects of human nature and are renowned for their psychological insight and dramatic intensity. In Buckley's acclaimed translation, these tragedies remain as fresh and moving today as they were over two millennia ago.

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