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Euripides II contains the plays "Andromache," translated by Deborah Roberts; "Hecuba," translated by William Arrowsmith; "The Suppliant Women," translated by Frank William Jones; and "Electra," translated by Emily Townsend Vermeule. Many years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new...

Euripides III contains the plays "Heracles," translated by William Arrowsmith; "The Trojan Women," translated by Richmond Lattimore; "Iphigenia among the Taurians," translated by Anne Carson; and "Ion," translated by Ronald Frederick Willetts. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project:...

Euripides III contains the plays "Heracles," translated by William Arrowsmith; "The Trojan Women," translated by Richmond Lattimore; "Iphigenia among the Taurians," translated by Anne Carson; and "Ion," translated by Ronald Frederick Willetts. Many years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project:...

Euripides IV contains the plays "Helen," translated by Richmond Lattimore; "The Phoenician Women," translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff; and "Orestes," translated by William Arrowsmith. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would...

Euripides IV contains the plays "Helen," translated by Richmond Lattimore; "The Phoenician Women," translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff; and "Orestes," translated by William Arrowsmith. Many years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would...

Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series.Always controversial, Euripides' plays are now celebrated for the subtlety of their characterisation and their unorthodox dramatic style. This volume contains three of his finest tragedies: Medea, the abandoned wife, who murders her own children; The Phoenician...

Published in the new Methuen Classical Dramatists series The three plays in this volume straddle the borders between comedy and tragedy. Alkestis is a moving "romance" with death; it has parallels to Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. Helen, an alternative version of the tragic portrayal...

A modern translation exclusive to signet From perhaps the greatest of the ancient Greek playwrights comes this collection of plays, including Alcestis, Hippolytus, Ion, Electra, Iphigenia at Aulis, Iphigenia Among the Taurians, Medea, The Bacchae, The Trojan Women, and The Cyclops.Author: EuripidesISBN-10: 0451527003ISBN-13: 9780451527004Publisher:...

This collection presents the tragedies of Euripides, one of the greatest playwrights of ancient Greece. Renowned for his innovative and often controversial approach to traditional myths, Euripides crafted plays that explored complex psychological and social themes, challenging the conventions of his time. Included in...

Euripides V includes the plays "The Bacchae," translated by William Arrowsmith; "Iphigenia in Aulis," translated by Charles R. Walker; "The Cyclops," translated by William Arrowsmith; and "Rhesus," translated by Richmond Lattimore. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a...

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Euripides' Alcestis--perhaps the most anthologized Attic drama--is an ideal text for students reading their first play in the original Greek. Literary commentaries and language aids in most editions are too advanced or too elementary for intermediate students of the language, but in their new...

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This edition of Euripides's Helena, edited by C.S. Jerram, offers a fresh interpretation of this classic play. With insightful critical notes and a detailed introduction, Jerram sheds new light on the play's themes of love, desire, and revenge. A must-read for fans of Greek...

This up-to-date edition offers a detailed literary and cultural analysis of Euripides' Helen, a work which arguably embodies the variety and dynamism of fifth-century Athenian tragedy more than any other surviving play. The story of an exemplary wife (not an adulteress) who went to...

First published in 1954 in OUP's series of commentaries on Euripides' plays, this edition provides an introduction and commentary (including metrical analysis) to this intriguing 'pro-satyr' play.Author: EuripidesISBN-10: 1853995975ISBN-13: 9781853995972Publisher: Bristol Classical PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/23/1999Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 7.32h x 4.92w x 0.43d

Euripides' "Cyclops" is the only complete surviving example of a Satyric drama. The Satyr-play drama has a nature entirely of its own, neither tragic nor comic, but something between the two. Its most distinctive feature is its chorus of Satyrs, strange creatures, half goat...

This edition of Euripides' Hecuba was first published in 1946 and is suitable for late school and early university students. The introduction covers the development of tragedy, the ancient Greek theatre, play production, the differences between ancient and modern tragedy, Euripides' life, works and...

This student's edition of Hecuba prepared by Justina Gregory offers the first modern, full-length commentary suitable for classroom use. It includes an introduction, appendix on lyric meters, bibliography, and index.Author: EuripidesISBN-10: 0788506129ISBN-13: 9780788506123Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/1999Pages: 256Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.17lbsSize: 9.11h x...

This useful edition includes Ferguson's introduction to the history of Greek theatre along with full notes and vocabulary.Author: EuripidesISBN-10: 0862920744ISBN-13: 9780862920746Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1991Pages: 172Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.38h x 5.90w x 0.43d

Ion is one of Euripides' most appealing and inventive plays. With its story of an anonymous temple slave discovered to be the son of Apollo and Creusa, an Athenian princess, it is a rare example of Athenian myth dramatized for the Athenian stage. It...

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, including suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous practical questions stimulate ideas...

This edition presents Medea, the most famous play of the Athenian tragedian Euripides, in ancient Greek, with commentary designed for university Greek classes, from second-year Greek upward. It helps students experience a classic drama as they work through the process of careful translation and...

This volume provides a thorough philological and dramatic commentary on Euripides' Phoenissae, the first detailed commentary in English since 1911. An introduction surveys the play, its possible date, features of the original production, the background of Theban myth, the general problem of interpolation, and...

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A collection of plays by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides, translated into English by Frederick Apthorp Paley in the mid-19th century. The plays, which include such classics as 'Medea', 'Hippolytus', and 'Electra', are known for their complex characters, intense emotional drama, and sophisticated use...

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Euripidis Alcestis est fabula tragica, scripta ab Euripide, poeta Graeco antiquo, anno 438 a.C. Fabula narrat de Alcestide, uxor Admeti regis Thessaliae, qui moritur, sed Alcestis, propter amorem suum, voluntarie mortem subit, ut maritum salvum servet. Fabula tractat de amoris virtute et amicitiae fortitudine,...

A classic work of Greek drama, exploring themes of revenge, power, and justice through the tragic story of Hecuba, Queen of Troy, and her quest for retribution against the forces that destroyed her family and empire.This work has been selected by scholars as being...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Now in paperback. Euripides, the last of the three great tragedians of ancient Athens, reached the height of his renown during the disastrous Peloponnesian War, when democratic Athens was brought down by its own outsized ambitions. "Euripides," the classicist Bernard Knox has written, "was...

Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, The Greek Tragedy in New Translation series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced...

Hecuba and Other Plays is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1888. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we...

This is the final in a series of three volumes of a new prose translation of Euripides' most popular plays. In the three great war plays contained in this volume Euripides subjects the sufferings of Troy's survivors to a harrowing examination. The horrific brutality...

Transcending the literal bounds of genre, Euripides' Helen has been characterized as both a comedy and a tragedy. In this evocative translation by James Michie and Colin Leach, Euripides' delicate balance--in all its subtlety of texture and tone--is beautifully captured. The reader encounters myriad...

Helen is a play by the Greek playwright Euripides, believed to have been written in the late 5th century BCE. The play tells the story of Helen, the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta, who was famously abducted by the Trojan prince Paris, sparking...

Heracles is a Greek tragedy written by Euripides, one of the most famous playwrights of ancient Greece. The play tells the story of Heracles, a demigod known for his strength and bravery, who returns home after completing his famous twelve labors. However, upon his...

Euripides wrote about timeless themes, of friendship and enmity, hope and despair, duty and betrayal. The first three plays in this volume are imbued with an atmosphere of violence, while the fourth, Cyclops, is our only surviving example of a genuine satyr play, with...

No detailed description available for "Heraclidae".Author: EuripidesISBN-10: 3598713282ISBN-13: 9783598713286Publisher: de GruyterLanguage: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)Published: 01/01/1972Pages: 64Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.25d

In Herakles, Euripides reveals with great subtlety and complexity the often brutal underpinnings of our social arrangements. The play enacts a thoroughly contemporary dilemma about the relationship between personal and state violence to civic order. Of all of Euripides' plays, this is his most...

In most versions of the Hippolytos myth, Phaidra is depicted as an utterly debauched character, a woman reduced to shamelessness by the power of Aphrodite. In Euripides' Hippolytos, however--informed by the playwright's moral and religious fascination--we find a Phaidra resisting the goddess of love...

Euripides' Hippolytos tells of an honourable youth's tragic death, contrived by his father in the false belief that his son had seduced his new wife. This edition of the play is intended for students and scholars alike. The text is based upon new collations...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced...

Euripides was one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, the other two being Aeschylus and Sophocles. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived complete. Euripides is identified with theatrical innovations that have profoundly influenced...

Euripides wrote two plays called "Hippolytus." In this, the second, he dramatized the tragic failure of perfection. This translation comes in two forms; the first presents a simulacrum of the text as it might have appeared in unprocessed form to a reader sometime shortly...

Hippolytus is an Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides, based on the myth of Hippolytus, son of Theseus. The play was first produced for the City Dionysia of Athens in 428 BC and won first prize as part of a trilogy. Euripides first treated the...