{"id":1158,"date":"2024-06-07T01:22:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T01:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2024-06-07T01:24:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T01:24:03","slug":"8-aeschylus-525-456-5-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/8-aeschylus-525-456-5-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"8. Aeschylus (525-456\/5 BC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Original language: Greek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I read the <strong>Oresteia<\/strong>, edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, translated by Lattimore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oresteia-662x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1159\" style=\"width:auto;height:320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oresteia-662x1024.jpg 662w, https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oresteia-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oresteia-768x1188.jpg 768w, https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/oresteia.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I loved it. It&#8217;s poetry, it&#8217;s art. The Lattimore translation is excellent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like how the Chorus Leader is a character in the play, who interacts with the other characters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original language: Greek. I read the Oresteia, edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, translated by Lattimore. I loved it. It&#8217;s poetry, it&#8217;s art. The Lattimore translation is excellent. I like how the Chorus Leader is a character in the play, who interacts with the other characters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1163,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions\/1163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}