{"product_id":"helen-and-three-other-plays-george-theodoridis-9798696575629","title":"Helen and Three Other Plays: Phoenician Women, Ion, and Cyclops","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the three tragedies of this volume, Euripides presents careful studies of people in an inescapable trap, caught through no fault of their own in the crossfire between rivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe real Helen - not the beautiful but sinister phantom that went off with Paris to Troy - is stuck in Crete waiting for her husband, Melelaos, while being pursued by Theoclymenos, the island's king.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePhoenician Women\u003c\/i\u003e, a retelling of the Oedipus myth, Jocasta - who in Euripides' version did not hang herself - must witness the death of her two sons, Polyneices and Eteocles who are fighting over the throne of Thebes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIon, too, is trapped in Apollo's temple where he must serve as a caretaker. He is without a name and without a past, without a mother and without a memory, the very stuff, the very substance of a mortal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final play, Euripides' \u003ci\u003eCyclops\u003c\/i\u003e, is the only satyr play that has survived the tortuous travails of history. It is a play that rolls as clowns roll on the floor of a Circus as pirates capture Dionysus and the Cyclops Polyphemus captures Odysseus and his men... and there is plenty of wine \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Theodoridis, Euripides\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8696575628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798696575629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"George Theodoridis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064703377663,"sku":"9798696575629","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61b8a3ee-7787-40d6-9943-9cf333e4771f.jpg?v=1712124847","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/helen-and-three-other-plays-george-theodoridis-9798696575629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}