Poetry Books by Euripides
Publisher: A&C Black
Published Date: 2013-11-12
Categories: Drama
"Euripides, the Athenian playwright who dared to question the whims of wanton gods, has always been the most intriguing of the Greek tragedians. Now, with translations aimed at the stage rather than the page, his restless intellect strikes the chord This volume contains some of Euripides' most famous works: Elektra, which reverses previous notions of 'heroic' behaviour; Orestes, in which almost all the characters are driven by base motives of cowardice or revenge; Iphigeneia in Tauris who presumes her brother Orestes dead and her mother Klytemnestra and stepfather Aigisthos still living, is visited by a surprise guest. Elektra, Oresetes and Iphigeneia in Tauris were performed together as Agamemnon's children at The Gate Theatre in 1995 and show the consequences of Agamemnon's "sacrifice" of his daughter at the start of the Trojan war.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published Date: 2004-05-20
Categories: History
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 the textual tradition. The commentary treats the constitution of the text, noteworthy features of diction and style, dramatic technique and structure, and the controversies over possible later additions to the text.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published Date: 1998
Categories: Drama
One of the Penn Greek Drama Series, this volume, the second of four projected for the series of plays by Euripides, contains three tragedies plus HELEN, which could be called a romantic comedy, and CYCLOPS, the so-called satyr play of disputed authorship.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published Date: 2004-05-20
Categories: Fiction
Examines the manuscript evidence of the surviving text of the Phaethon of Euripides and offers many decipherments.
Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
Published Date: 1995
Categories: Literary Criticism
Euripides' Hekabe presents a spectacle of suffering, rage, and revenge that offers compelling witness to the courage and solidarity of those who suffer the most from violence. Meagher's brilliant translation is accessible yet does not diminish the powerful impact of this extraordinary and timeless play.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published Date: 1998-06
Categories: Drama
What man would murder his daughter to help a fleet get out to sea, or give his wife over to death in his stead? The tragedies in this Penn Greek Drama Series volume are filled with such dramatic conflicts.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published Date: 2002-08-15
Categories: Drama
Comprehensive edition of this classic play aimed at second-year students and above.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published Date: 1998
Categories: Drama
"Here Euripides stands, in vigorous English versions that fully do him justice. The most modern of the Greek tragedians has found a compelling modern form."--Robert Fagles
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published Date: 1998
Categories: Drama
"Here Euripides stands, in vigorous English versions that fully do him justice. The most modern of the Greek tragedians has found a compelling modern form."--Robert Fagles
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published Date: 2006
Categories: History
Euripides' Danae and Dictys are two of the most important and influential treatments of a popular tragic myth-cycle, which is unrepresented among extant plays. Moreover, they are early treatments of major Euripidean plot-patterns that anticipate and illuminate more familiar works in the corpus, both extant and fragmentary. This is the first full-scale study of the two plays, which sheds light on plot-patterns, key themes and aspects of Euripidean dramatic technique (e.g. his rhetoric, imagery, stagecraft), as well as matters of reception and transmission of both tragedies, by taking into account newly related evidence. The cautious recovery of the two lost plays based on the available evidence and the detailed commentary on their fragments seek to complement our knowledge of Euripidean drama by contributing to an overview and more comprehensive picture of the dramatist's technique, as the extant corpus represents only a small portion of his oeuvre.
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published Date: 1979-12-27
Categories: Drama
Professor Kirk's translation of The Bacchae, the last and greatest of Euripides' plays, is both accurate and readable.
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Published Date: 1995
Categories: Drama
This edition and commentary provides an invaluable introduction to one of Euripides' lesser-known plays. The play is centered round the fortunes of the children of Heracles and their persecution at the hands of the king of Athens, Eurystheus. Wilkins's commentary interprets the poetic and dramatic features of the play, and also locates it in its cultural setting, discussing its importance to the understanding of Greek cults and religious rituals. The Greek text matches that of the Oxford Classical Text.
Publisher: Penguin
Published Date: 1998-10-01
Categories: Drama
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.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published Date: 2008-02-21
Categories: Drama
Detailed commentary, suitable for students, on one of the most skilful and original Greek tragedies.
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Published Date: 1999
Categories: Literary Criticism
The first modern, full-length commentary of Hecuba suitable for classroom use, this edition also contains material directed to more advanced students and to scholars. It includes an introduction, appendix on lyric meters, bibliography, and index.
