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Book Title: Oresteia : Agamemnon; the Libation Bearers; the Eumenides
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 1984
Topic: European / General, Ancient & Classical
Item Height: 0.6 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Drama, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 7.8 Oz
Item Length: 7.7 in
Author: Aeschylus
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
