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Euripides
1) The Bacchae
Author
Publication Date
1970
Summary
A bold new translation of Euripides' shockingly modern classic work, from Forward Prize-winning poet, Robin Robertson, with a new introduction by bestselling and award-winning writer, critic and translator Daniel Mendelsohn.
Thebes has been rocked by the arrival of Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy. Drawn by the god's power, the women of the city have rushed to worship him on the mountain, drinking and dancing with frenzied abandon.
Pentheus,
...Author
Series
Penguin classics volume 129
Publication Date
1963
Summary
Euripides, along was Sophocles, and Aeschylus, is largely responsible for the rise of Greek tragedy. It was in the 5th Century BC, during the height of Greece's cultural bloom, that Euripides lived and worked. Of his roughly ninety-two plays, only seventeen tragedies survive. Both ridiculed and lauded during his life, Euripides now stands as an innovator of the Greek drama. Collected here are six of Euripides' tragedies in prose translation by Edward...
Author
Series
Publication Date
1973
Summary
"Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Phoenician Women portrays the rival sons of King Oedipus and their mother's doomed attempts at reconciliation, while Orestes shows a son ravaged with guilt after the vengeful murder of his mother. In The Bacchae, a king mistreats a newcomer to his land, little knowing...
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Publication Date
2018
Summary
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Euripides was one of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. Euripides' work is known for being even more tragic than the plays of Sophocles and Aeschylus and they focused more on the inner...
Euripides was one of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. Euripides' work is known for being even more tragic than the plays of Sophocles and Aeschylus and they focused more on the inner...
