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Aeschylus

RESOURCES:

Journal articles from academic databases (click here for section one).
Books. Print and electronic (eBooks) books (click here for section two).
Critical and biographical Web sites (click here for section three).

SECTION ONE: Journal articles from academic databases. <back to page top>

Literary topics are among the more difficult to research in online databases. To assist you in this, the following are specific recommendations regarding Aeschylus.

DATABASE	SEARCH TERMS	RESULTS
Academic Search Premier	*aeschylus* Perform the basic search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full Text," and "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journals."	Provides a number of relevant items.
Arts & Sciences Collections I-IV	*aeschylus* JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details).	Provides a great number of excellent items.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online	*aeschylus* Perform the default search.	Provides a small of poems.
Encyclopedia Britannica	*aeschylus* Perform the default search.	Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles and a couple of Web sites.
Expanded Academic ASAP	*aeschylus* Perform the Keyword search, NOT the Subject search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search "to articles with text" and "to refereed publication."	Provides a good number of worthy items.
Literature Resources Center	*aeschylus* Perform the default (author) search. After you perform your search, be sure to select each of the tabs for biography, criticisms, Web links, and journal articles (many are full-text).	Provides a small number of quality items.
netLibrary	*aeschylus* Perform the basic search and select the Full Text checkbox.	Provides a large number eBooks that refer to the author, along with a few that focus on his works.
Research Library Complete	*aeschylus* Perform the basic search. Set the "Database" drop-down menu to "Interdisciplinary -Research Library." Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full text articles only" and "Scholarly journals."	Provides a good number of excellent items.
Scribner's	Select "Writers A-Z" and click on the *Aeschylus* link.	Provides an essay about the author and his works, along with a bibliography.
SIRS Renaissance	*aeschylus* Perform the "Quick Search."	Provides a couple of excellent items.
Twayne Authors Series- Twayne World, English and US Authors	Select "Writers A-Z" and click on the *Aeschylus* link.	Provides a number of quality items.

SECTION TWO: Troy Library book holdings. <back to page top>

The following bibliography is for selected holdings. For complete holdings consult the Online Catalog.
Circulating books not available at your local library may be requested by interlibrary loan.
eBooks are electronic books that Troy makes available (immediately) to its users worldwide via the Internet.
Oresteia / Aeschylus
PA3827 .A7 C58 2002
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan

The complete Greek drama: all the extant tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and the comedies of Aristophanes and Menander
PA3626 .A2 O2 1938
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City

A commentary on the Complete Greek tragedies—Aeschylus
PA3829.H62 1984
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan; Montgomery

Aeschylus II: the suppliant maidens; the Persians; seven against Thebes; Prometheus bound
PA3827.A391 1967
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan

Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes
AC1 .G72
Location:Troy, AL; Phenix City

Aeschylus, the prophet of Greek freedom; an essay on the Oresteian trilogy
PA3825 .A6 S5 1974
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City

Aeschylus & Sophocles: their work and influence
PA3829 .S45 1963
Location: Troy, AL; Phenix City
Aeschylus; a collection of critical essays
PA3829.M27
Location: Troy, AL

Agamemnon
Location: eBook (via NetLibrary) Click here to learn how to access NetLibrary

The furies
Location: eBook

The libation-bearers
Location: eBook

Prometheus bound
Location: eBook

SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
Aeschylus (c.525-456 BC)
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc3.htm
Biography of Aeschylus (525-456)
http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_aeschylus.html
Aeschylus and his Tragedies
http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/aeschylus001.html
Aeschylus (c 525-426 B.C.)
http://www.theatredatabase.com/ancient/aeschylus_001.html

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