Agamemnon
Title
Agamemnon
Text Read
Agamemnon
Author
Aeschylus. tr. Robert Potter
Original Source
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1860. Aeschylus. pp. 183-235
Digitized by
Internet Archive
Publication Date
1860
Date(s) of Reading
- 1856-01-01
- 1857-08-12
- 1857-12-06
- 1865-05-10
- 1865-07-29
- 1865-08-02
Evidence
1856-01-01: Reviewed Agamemnon the King: A Tragedy. From the Greek of Aeschylus, tr. William Blew, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855, in “Belles Lettres” within the Westminster Review, vol. 65, issue 127, pp. 290-312.
1857-08-12: "Aug. 12. Finished the Electra of Sophocles and Began Aeschylus - Agamemnon." Diary 1854-1861 70
1857-12-06: "Sunday, Dec. 6. Finished the Agamemnon today. In the evenings of late, we have been reading Harriet Martineau's sketch of The British Empire in India, and are now following it up with Macaulay's articles of Clive and Hastings. We have lately read H. M.'s Introduction to the History of the Peace and have begun the History of the Thirty Years' Peace." Diary 1854-1861 71
1865-05-10: "10. Finished a letter of Saccharissa for the P. M. G. Reading Aeschylus, Theatre of the Greeks, Klein's History of the Drama etc." Diary 1861-1877 124
1865-07-29: "29. Read Aeschylus before breakfast. Had a bath and wrote a little. Mrs. Congreve came to lunch with us and we went to the Zoological Gardens. I was weary, not being well. After Mrs. C. was gone in the evening, I read G's article on Grote's Plato." Diary 1861-1877 125
1865-08-02: "Aug. 2. Finished the Agamemnon, 2nd time. Mr. A. Trollope and his brother dined with us - the first time we have seen Mr. T. Trollope since his wife's death, which happened in March last." Diary 1861-1877 125
1857-08-12: "Aug. 12. Finished the Electra of Sophocles and Began Aeschylus - Agamemnon." Diary 1854-1861 70
1857-12-06: "Sunday, Dec. 6. Finished the Agamemnon today. In the evenings of late, we have been reading Harriet Martineau's sketch of The British Empire in India, and are now following it up with Macaulay's articles of Clive and Hastings. We have lately read H. M.'s Introduction to the History of the Peace and have begun the History of the Thirty Years' Peace." Diary 1854-1861 71
1865-05-10: "10. Finished a letter of Saccharissa for the P. M. G. Reading Aeschylus, Theatre of the Greeks, Klein's History of the Drama etc." Diary 1861-1877 124
1865-07-29: "29. Read Aeschylus before breakfast. Had a bath and wrote a little. Mrs. Congreve came to lunch with us and we went to the Zoological Gardens. I was weary, not being well. After Mrs. C. was gone in the evening, I read G's article on Grote's Plato." Diary 1861-1877 125
1865-08-02: "Aug. 2. Finished the Agamemnon, 2nd time. Mr. A. Trollope and his brother dined with us - the first time we have seen Mr. T. Trollope since his wife's death, which happened in March last." Diary 1861-1877 125
Related Works
Citation
Aeschylus. tr. Robert Potter, Agamemnon, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57557