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Medea and Other Plays (9780140449297)
Alcestis/Medea/The Children of Heracles/Hippolytus
'One of the best prose translations of Euripides I have seen' Robert Fagles
This selection of plays shows Euripides transforming the titanic figures of Greek myths into recognizable, fallible human beings. Medea, in which a spurned woman takes revenge upon her lover by killing her children, is one of the most shocking of all the Greek tragedies. Medea is a towering figure who demonstrates Euripides' unusual willingness to give voice to a woman's case. Alcestis is based on a magical myth in which Death is overcome, and The Children of Heracles examines conflict between might and right, while Hippolytus deals with self-destructive integrity.
Translated by JOHN DAVIE
Product details
- Paperback | 256 pages
- 129 x 198 x 15mm | 191g
- 01 May 2003
- Penguin Books Ltd
- PENGUIN CLASSICS
- London, United Kingdom
- English
- Reissue
- notes, bibliography, glossary
- 0140449299
- 9780140449297
- 108,143
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