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AESCHYLUS, Agamemnon. Edited by the late J.D. Denniston and D. Page. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1957. 1st ed. XXXIX,240p. Orignal burgundy cloth. Spine gilt titled. Spine discoloured. 'No eminent scholar - least of all the first editor after Fraenkel - could be expected to commit himself on the many complex and controversial issues of this play without arguing his case. Yet the edition is on a moderate scale and designed for undergraduates. Compromise was inevitable; and it has in the main been skillfully conducted. It is right that the undergraduate should realize the complexity of the issues; and they are often presented to him here with brilliant lucidity and pungent brevity. Many of the general interpretative comments (...) are admirably designed for their purpose. (...) The text is a blend of caution and boldness (...). It is not easy at this time of day to improve the text of the play. (...) The interest of the commentary never flags, and its attraction is even enhanced by the 'disagreeably dogmatic-looking brevity' (...). (R.P. WINNINGTON-INGRAM in The Classical Review (New Series), 1959, pp.23-24). € 21.50 (Antiquarian)