Alan H. Sommerstein is Professor of Greek at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of many works, including most recently "Sophocles: Selected Fragmentary Plays I" (with D.G. Fitzpatrick & T.H. Talboy, 2006); "Horkos: The Oath in Greek Society" (ed. with J. Fletcher, 2007); "The Oath in Archaic and Classical Greece" (database) (with A.J. Bayliss & I.C. Torrance, 2007); "Aeschylus" (3 vols) (Loeb Classical Library, 2008); "Talking about Laughter and Other Studies in Greek Comedy" (Oxford, 2009).

Sommerstein builds his interpretations carefully from exemplary command of detail, and offers admirably clear positions with which one can grapple.

• Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Note to the Reader 1. The Life and Times of Aeschylus 2. Aeschylus’ Theatre 3. The Tetralogy 4. The Persians 6. The Danaid Plays 7. The Oresteia 8. The Prometheus Plays 9. Aeschylean Satyr-drama 10. Slices from Homeric Feasts 11. Aeschylus, the Gods and the World 12. Aeschylean Drama and the Political Moment 13. Of An Age, or For All Time? Genealogies Bibliographical Guide References Index of Passages Cited General Index

Alan H. Sommerstein is Professor of Greek at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of many works, including most recently "Sophocles: Selected Fragmentary Plays I" (with D.G. Fitzpatrick & T.H. Talboy, 2006); "Horkos: The Oath in Greek Society" (ed. with J. Fletcher, 2007); "The Oath in Archaic and Classical Greece" (database) (with A.J. Bayliss & I.C. Torrance, 2007); "Aeschylus" (3 vols) (Loeb Classical Library, 2008); "Talking about Laughter and Other Studies in Greek Comedy" (Oxford, 2009).

Sommerstein builds his interpretations carefully from exemplary command of detail, and offers admirably clear positions with which one can grapple.

• Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Note to the Reader 1. The Life and Times of Aeschylus 2. Aeschylus’ Theatre 3. The Tetralogy 4. The Persians 6. The Danaid Plays 7. The Oresteia 8. The Prometheus Plays 9. Aeschylean Satyr-drama 10. Slices from Homeric Feasts 11. Aeschylus, the Gods and the World 12. Aeschylean Drama and the Political Moment 13. Of An Age, or For All Time? Genealogies Bibliographical Guide References Index of Passages Cited General Index

Alan H. Sommerstein is Professor of Greek at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of many works, including most recently "Sophocles: Selected Fragmentary Plays I" (with D.G. Fitzpatrick & T.H. Talboy, 2006); "Horkos: The Oath in Greek Society" (ed. with J. Fletcher, 2007); "The Oath in Archaic and Classical Greece" (database) (with A.J. Bayliss & I.C. Torrance, 2007); "Aeschylus" (3 vols) (Loeb Classical Library, 2008); "Talking about Laughter and Other Studies in Greek Comedy" (Oxford, 2009).

Sommerstein builds his interpretations carefully from exemplary command of detail, and offers admirably clear positions with which one can grapple.

• Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Note to the Reader 1. The Life and Times of Aeschylus 2. Aeschylus’ Theatre 3. The Tetralogy 4. The Persians 6. The Danaid Plays 7. The Oresteia 8. The Prometheus Plays 9. Aeschylean Satyr-drama 10. Slices from Homeric Feasts 11. Aeschylus, the Gods and the World 12. Aeschylean Drama and the Political Moment 13. Of An Age, or For All Time? Genealogies Bibliographical Guide References Index of Passages Cited General Index