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Description for Greek Tragedy
Paperback. Covers three of the most famous tragedies from Ancient Greece, all featuring female protagonists. This title presents a play-by-play introduction, key dates and a guide to pronunciation. Translator(s): McLeish, K.; Raphael, Frederic; Walton, Michael; McDonald, Marianne. Series: Drama Classic: Collections S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
Three of the most famous tragedies from Ancient Greece, all featuring female protagonists - in modern, much-performed translations.
This volume, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classic Collections series, contains:
Antigone by Sophocles, translated by Marianne McDonald. The first great 'resistance' drama, and perhaps the definitive Greek tragedy.
Bacchae by Euripides, translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael. The story of revenge by the half-man half-god Dionysos on Pentheus, King of Thebes, and all his people.
Medea by Euripides, translated by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael. The powerful myth of Medea, who murders her children as revenge for her husband's ... Read more
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Drama Classic: Collections S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854598479
SKU
V9781854598479
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Ref
99-50
About Euripides
Euripides (c. 480-406 BC) was, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens. Sophocles (c.496–405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. Of his more than 120 plays, only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus.
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