Teatro Grego

by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides

Ésquilo
- Prometeu acorrentado
- Os Sete contra Tebas

Sófocles
- Antígona

Eurípedes
- Medeia
- Andrómaca

Aristófanes
- As Vespas

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Greek Αισχύλος , Esquilo in Spanish, Eschyle in French, Èsquil in Catalan, Eschilo in Italian, Эсхил in Russian.

Aeschylus (c. 525/524 BC – c. 456 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek tragedy is largely based on inferences made from reading his surviving plays. According to Aristotle, he expanded the number of characters in the theatre and allowed conflict among them. Formerly, characters interacted only with the chorus.
Only seven of Aeschylus's estimated 70 to 90 plays have survived. There is a long-standing debate regarding the authorship of one of them, Prometheus Bound, with some scholars arguing that it may be the work of his son Euphorion. Fragments from other plays have survived in quotations, and more continue to be discovered on Egyptian papyri. These fragments often give further insights into Aeschylus' work. He was likely the first dramatist to present plays as a trilogy. His Oresteia is the only extant ancient example. At least one of his plays was influenced by the Persians' second invasion of Greece (480–479 BC). This work, The Persians, is one of very few classical Greek tragedies concerned with contemporary events, and the only one extant. The significance of the war with Persia was so great to Aeschylus and the Greeks that his epitaph commemorates his participation in the Greek victory at Marathon while making no mention of his success as a playwright.

Reviews

[Inês Braga · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uma antologia de mérito que julgo indicada quer aos já conhecedores da dramaturgia grega como àqueles com interesse em principiar um percurso nessa direção.
Abrangendo a obra de Ésquilo, Sófocles, Eurípedes e Aristófanes, esta antologia conta com uma nota prévia referente a cada um dos autores contemplados (em que constam informações quer de caráter biográfico como concernentes unicamente à atividade literária dos autores) que a torna compreensível a leitores com todo o tipo de conhecimentos alusivos àquele que é o berço da civilização e, consecutivamente da Literatura, ocidental. Aproveito também para assinalar um pequeno pormenor que, a meus olhos, enriquece esta obra: o constar, ao longo do livro, de imagens condizentes com as peças e autores em causa.
Creio que esta obra cumpre devidamente o seu papel, sendo assim esta uma leitura enriquecedora que acorda em nós o desejo de nos imergirmos naquilo que foi a Grécia Antiga.
Contudo, aconselho o leitor (principalmente os que forem menos conhecedores do que remete a esta época) a manter consigo algo a que se possa recorrer (como um dicionário ou até mesmo um telemóvel com acesso à Internet) para melhor compreender determinados vocábulos específicos da época.

[Vanessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pʀᴏᴍᴇᴛᴇᴜ Aᴄᴏʀʀᴇɴᴛᴀᴅᴏ, Ésǫᴜɪʟᴏ
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐮
“𝑵𝒂𝒅𝒂 𝒉á 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐 𝒏ã𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆, à 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒆𝒏-𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒔.” (𝒑. 𝟓𝟓)

Aɴᴛíɢᴏɴᴀ, Sóғᴏᴄʟᴇs
𝐀𝐧𝐭í𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐚
“𝑮𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒂-𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒓-𝒕𝒆 à 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒉𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆 𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒓-𝒕𝒆 𝒐 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒏ã𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆. 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒂 𝒆𝒖.”
𝐈𝐬𝐦ê𝐧𝐢𝐚
“𝑬 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒂, 𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒊, 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓á 𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒓-𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒄í𝒗𝒆𝒍?” (𝒑. 𝟗𝟎)

Mᴇᴅéɪᴀ, Eᴜʀíᴘᴇᴅᴇs
𝐌𝐞𝐝é𝐢𝐚
“[…] 𝑬 𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒋á 𝒏ã𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒓𝒂𝒛ã𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒕ã𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆-𝒓𝒂𝒏ç𝒂! 𝑷𝒐𝒓𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒊 𝒖𝒎𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒆𝒍, 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒅𝒂 𝒅𝒆 𝒗ó𝒔. 𝑱á 𝒏ã𝒐 𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓ã𝒐 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒐𝒔 𝒐𝒍𝒉𝒐𝒔 𝒂 𝒗𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒂 𝒎ã𝒆, 𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕ê𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂.[…]” (𝒑. 𝟏𝟕𝟑)

As Vᴇsᴘᴀs, Aʀɪsᴛóғᴀɴᴇs
𝐁𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐧
“[…] 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒎 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒋𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒃𝒓𝒆, 𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒓-𝒕𝒆-𝒆𝒊 𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒛ã𝒐: 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒆, 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒋𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐, à 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒂çã𝒐, 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒏ç𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔-𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒐 𝒖𝒎 𝒄ã𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒐𝒔. 𝑺𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒎, 𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒂 𝒍𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒔 𝒇á𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝒅𝒐 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒗𝒐.[…]” (𝒑. 𝟐𝟑𝟏)

[Cecília · Rating 2 out of 5]

Prometheus Bound, Aeschylus + Seven Against Thebes, Aeschylus + Andromacha, Euripedes

Portuguese translations of Greek plays always leave much to be desired. The language is stilted and archaic but without any sense of mystery. Portuguese translators MUST place adjectives before nouns, or else they’ll be executed on the spot.