Notes from Source: Anne Carson’s translation of “An Oresteia” suggests we go on to think about the immense familiarity of the ancient Greek stories themselves, the sense of déjà vu haunting even the first performance of any of the great Greek plays. All instances of the myth are interpretations of it, as if they were played from a musical score that everyone knows but no-one possesses. It is in this sense that there can be such a thing as what Carson can “an Oresteia”.

Further Notes: Publisher: LRB, Ltd