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Suppliant Women by Euripides & David Kovacs & David Kovacs
One of antuiquity's foremost poets, Euripides (c 485-406 BC) has been prized for the pathos, terror, surprising plot twists and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. This volume contains four of his plays: "Suppliant Women", "Electra", "Heracles", and "Trojan Women".One of antiquity's greatest poets, Euripides (ca. 485-406 B.C.) has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, surprising plot twists, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. Here, in the third volume of a new edition that is receiving much praise, are four of his plays. "Suppliant Women" reflects on war and on the rule of law. Euripides's "Electra"--presenting the famous legend of a brother and sister who seek revenge on their mother for killing their father--is a portrayal interestingly different from that of Aeschylus or Sophocles. "Heracles" shows the malice of the gods--and mutual loyalty as the human response to divinely sent disaster. And the theme of the tragic unpredictability of life is developed in "Trojan Women." David Kovacs gives us a freshly edited Greek text and a new translation that, in the words of "Greece and Rome," is "close to the Greek and reads fluently and well." |
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| Author(s) : Euripides & David Kovacs & David Kovacs | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 067499566X | ISBN-13 : 9780674995666 |
| RRP : £14.50 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Loeb Classical Library
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 07/06/1998
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page Length : 464mm
Page Size : 155mm