Fiona MacIntosh – Aeschylus and the Enlightenment

The Humanities and Arts Research Centre at Royal Holloway University of London (HARC) presents:

18 Feb, 2009
Dr. Fiona McIntosh ‘Aeschylus and the Enlightenment’

The often overlooked first complete translation of Aeschylus’ plays into French by Le Franc de Pompignan (1770) lies at the centre of Dr. Macintosh’s investigation into the reception of the Oresteia in pre- and post-revolutionary France.

Fiona Macintosh is Senior Research Fellow and Reader in Greek and Roman Drama at the University of Oxford.

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